donkey

Signification (Anglais)

1. A domestic animal, Equus asinus asinus, similar to a horse.
2. A stubborn person.
3. A fool.
4. A small auxiliary engine.
5. (dated, slang) A box or chest, especially a toolbox.
6. (slang) A bad poker player.
7. British sea term for a sailor's storage chest.

Concepts

âne

🫏

baudet

🍑

aliboron

ânesse

crétin

connard

bourricot

âne sauvage d’Afrique

âne africain

ane

Synonymes

ass

🍑

jackass

burro

mule

domestic ass

moke

hare

African wild ass

Equus asinus

bullfrog

cuddy

cur

dope

dunce

fool

groundhog

horse

🐴

idiot

imbecile

jennet

jenny

laborer

larry

mutton-head

pony

ram

🐏

secondary

she-ass

subordinate

subsidiary

supplementary

support

truck

🚚

wild ass

big cock

Neddy

male ass

female ass

feral ass

wild desert donkey

shlong

humongous dick

adjunct

big dick

adjuvant

aided

ancillary

assistant

auxiliary

barney

Traductions

Esel

🍑

burro

🫏

asino

🫏

ezel

🫏

asno

🫏

γάιδαρος

asno

🫏

burro

🫏

eşek

🫏

asinus

🫏

jumento

🫏

ase

🫏

حمار

🍑

ase

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈdɒŋki/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: *donekie

Appartenant à anglais: dun

Appartenant à moyen anglais: donning

Appartenant à anglais: dunnock

In summary

The origin is uncertain. Originally a slang term from the late eighteenth century. Perhaps from Middle English *donekie (“a miniature dun horse”), a double diminutive of Middle English don, dun, dunne (a name for a dun horse), equivalent to modern English dun (“brownish grey colour”) + -ock (diminutive suffix) + -ie (diminutive suffix), or similarly formed from the given name Duncan. Compare Middle English donning (“a dun horse”), English dunnock. Became more common than the original term ass due to the latter's homophony and partial merger with arse (compare similar development between coney and rabbit).