Pinguin

Meaning

penguin (male or of unspecified gender)

Concepts

penguin

🐧

penguins

auk

Penguin

Synonyms

Anzug- und Krawattenträger

Anzugträger

Translations

pingüino

🐧

manchot

pinguïn

🐧

pinguino

🐧

penguen

🐧

pinguim

🐧

pingüí

pingouin

πιγκουίνος

بطريق

pingüim

πινγκουίνος

بِطْرِيق

pinguini

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɪŋˌɡu̯iːn/

Etymology

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.