Feminine
Ente
Meaning
- (feminine) duck (aquatic bird of the family Anatidae)
- (especially, feminine) mallard; the most common duck species in the area, thought of as the typical duck
- (feminine, informal) Citroën 2CV (an economy car produced by the French company Citroën)
- (feminine) bedpan (bedpan for holding urine)
- (feminine) canard (false or misleading report)
Concepts
Synonyms
2CV
falsches Gerücht
Citroën 2CV
falsche Aussage
Vorspiegelung
falsche Meldung
Willi Lippens
Cairina
Anas
Harnflasche
Translations
canard
pato
anatra
eend
pato
ördek
ànec
anas
πάπια
بطةFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɛntə/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German ente, confluence of (1.) the plural and oblique singular of ant and (2.) the Old High German variant enita, both from older anut, from Proto-West Germanic *anad. Cognate with Dutch eend. The sense “canard” (mid-19th c.) is a calque of French canard, but also ties in with the expression blaue Enten (“lies, humbug”, literally “blue ducks”, since 15th c.). The sense “Citroën 2CV” is shared with Dutch eend.
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