gufo

Meaning

Noun

owl (order Strigiformes)

Verb

first-person singular present indicative of gufare

Concepts

owl

🦉

nightowl

horned owl

eagle owl

barn owl

jinx

bird of night

bird of Minerva

breathalyser

breathalyzer

eagle-owl

hooter

Synonyms

civetta

🦉

strige

Translations

Eule

🦉

lechuza

🦉

hibou

🦉

coruja

🦉

baykuş

🦉

mocho

🦉

chouette

🦉

uil

🦉

búho

🦉

bufo

corujão

κουκουβάγια

kund

🦉

òliba

Hyphenated as

gù‧fo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡu.fo/

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *gūfus, further variant of Late Latin būfus, ultimately onomatopoeic. Its probable regional (such as Faliscan or Sabellic) origin is evident in the medial -f-, which corresponds to Latin -b-. Cognate to Romanian buhă, Spanish búho, Portuguese bufo, all "eagle owl". The original ōn-stem also gave Tuscan (Lucca) bofonchio (“hornet”), Italian bofonchiare, bifonchiare (“to mutter, grumble”).