Feminine
smient
Meaning
- (feminine) Eurasian wigeon (Mareca penelope)
- (feminine) a wigeon, any bird of three species in the genus Mareca
Concepts
Translations
Pfeifente
canard siffleur
silbón
fischione
piadeira
Fiyu
Anas penelopePronounced as (IPA)
/smint/
Etymology
The ending -ent is generally considered to be identical to eend (“duck”); the origin of smi- is however uncertain. Some link it to Proto-Germanic *smēhaz (“small”), wigeons being fairly small of stature compared to, say, mallards.
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