Pinguin

Betekenis (Engels)

penguin (male or of unspecified gender)

Sinonieme

Anzug- und Krawattenträger

Anzugträger

Vertalings

penguin

🐧

pingüino

🐧

manchot

pinguïn

🐧

pinguino

🐧

penguen

🐧

pingüí

pinguim

🐧

pingouin

πιγκουίνος

pingüim

بطريق

πινγκουίνος

بِطْرِيق

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈpɪŋˌɡu̯iːn/

Etimologie (Engels)

Early 17th century. Borrowed, perhaps through Dutch pinguïn (1595), from English penguin, which originally referred to the now extinct great auk. Further origin uncertain. Probably either from Welsh pen gwyn (literally “white head”), the great auk having two characteristic white patches near the eyes; or from Latin pinguis (“fat, plump”), referring to the plumpish appearance of both birds. Sources vary as to which theory is likelier.