Masculine

Fasan

Meaning

pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)

Synonyms

Jagdfasan

Ringfasan

Fasanenküken

Fasanenweibchen

Fasanenmännchen

Fasanenhuhn

Fasanenjunges

Fasanin

Kupferfasan

Translations

φασιανόs

faisan

φασιανός

faisan de Colchide

Phasianus colchicus

faisăo

Frequency

28k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/faˈzaːn/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German fasān, fasant, alteration after Old French fasan(t) of older fashuon, from Old High German fasihuon, itself an alteration based on huon (“chicken”) of unattested *fasiān, from Latin phasianus, from Ancient Greek φασιανός (phasianós).

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