Pinguin

Significat (Anglès)

penguin (male or of unspecified gender)

Conceptes

pingüí

pingüi

Sinònims

Anzug- und Krawattenträger

Anzugträger

Traduccions

penguin

🐧

pingüino

🐧

manchot

pinguïn

🐧

pinguino

🐧

penguen

🐧

pinguim

🐧

pingouin

بطريق

pingüim

πιγκουίνος

πινγκουίνος

pinguini

بِطْرِيق

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈpɪŋˌɡu̯iːn/

Etimologia (Anglès)

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.