andorinha

Meaning

bird of the family Hirundinidae (swallows, martins and saw-wings)

Concepts

swallow

swallows

tern

common tern

house martin

Synonyms

gavina

Sternidae

Translations

hirondelle

zwaluw

Schwalbe

rondine

golondrina

oreneta

hirundo

kırlangıç

χελιδόνι

ironda

سنونو

sterne

aronde

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɐ̃.doˈɾĩ.ɲɐ/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: hirundō

Cognate with Galician: andoriña

Cognate with Mirandese: andorina

Cognate with Asturian: andarina

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese andorinna (“swallow”), from a Vulgar Latin root *harundīna, from Latin hirundō, hirundinem; cf. also harundō, which may have influenced it.
Cognate with Galician andoriña, Mirandese andorina, Leonese andolina and Asturian andarina.