flamingo

From Portuguese flamingo, from Spanish flamengo (“flame colored”), from Provençal flama (“flame”), from Latin flamma (“flame”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥g- (“to shimmer, gleam, shine”).

• (US) IPA^(key): /fləˈmɪŋɡoʊ/

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋɡəʊ

flamingo (plural flamingos or flamingoes)

1. A wading bird of the family Phoenicopteridae.
2. A deep pink color tinged with orange, like that of a flamingo.

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• (bird): phenicopter

flamingo (not comparable)

1. Of a deep pink color tinged with orange, like that of a flamingo.

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flamingo c (singular definite flamingoen, plural indefinite flamingoer)

1. flamingo (bird)

• “flamingo” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed from Portuguese flamingo, from Spanish flamengo, from Old Occitan flamenc. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

• IPA^(key): /ˌflaːˈmɪŋ.ɡoː/

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• Hyphenation: fla‧min‧go

flamingo m (plural flamingo's, diminutive flamingootje n)

1. flamingo, bird of the family Phoenicopteridae

   Synonym: zeegans

2. (Suriname) scarlet ibis, Eudocimus ruber

   Synonym: rode ibis

• Afrikaans: flamink

flamo (“flame”) +‎ -ingo (“socket”)

• IPA^(key): [flaˈminɡo]
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• Rhymes: -inɡo
• Hyphenation: fla‧min‧go

flamingo (accusative singular flamingon, plural flamingoj, accusative plural flamingojn)

1. gas burner

• flamengo (“flamingo”)

From English flamingo, from Spanish flamengo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈflɑmiŋːo/, [ˈflɑmiŋːo̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑmiŋːo
• Syllabification^(key): fla‧min‧go

flamingo

1. flamingo
2. (specifically) greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)

flamingo (plural flamingo-flamingo, informal 1st possessive flamingoku, 2nd possessive flamingomu, 3rd possessive flamingonya)

1. flamingo

From Portuguese flamingo.

flamingo m (definite singular flamingoen, indefinite plural flamingoer, definite plural flamingoene)

1. a flamingo

• “flamingo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Portuguese flamingo.

flamingo m (definite singular flamingoen, indefinite plural flamingoar, definite plural flamingoane)

1. a flamingo

• “flamingo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• flamengo

Borrowed from English flamingo, from Portuguese and Spanish flamengo (“flame colored”), from Old Occitan flamenc (“flame colored”), from Latin flamma (“flame”) (compare Portuguese chama, flama).

• Hyphenation: fla‧min‧go

flamingo m (plural flamingos)

1. flamingo (bird)

• chama
• flamejante

• flamengo

• flaming (rare)

Borrowed from German Flamingo, from Spanish flamengo or Portuguese flamengo (“flame colored”).

• IPA^(key): /flaˈmin.ɡo/

flamingo m (plural flamingi)

1. flamingo (bird)

• flamingo andin
• flamingo chilian
• flamingo minor
• flamingo roz

• flamenco

• fenicopteriform

• flamingo in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

• IPA^(key): /flaˈminɡo/ [flaˈmĩŋ.ɡo]
• Rhymes: -inɡo
• Syllabification: fla‧min‧go

flamingo m (plural flamingos)

1. flamingo

Borrowed from Dutch flamingo. (The bird that in English is known as flamingo is known instead as segansi.)

flamingo

1. scarlet ibis, Eudocimus ruber

   Synonym: korikori

Borrowed from English flamingo.

flamingo (needs class)

1. flamingo

   Synonym: heroe

   • 2012 February 5, “Utaliana yapata homa ya West Nile”, in BBC News Swahili‎:

     Wingu la flamingo, au heroe, huvutia maelfu ya watu kila mwaka, watu wanaopenda kuwatazama kwenye kisiwa cha Sardinia, magharibi mwa Utaliana.

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flamingo c

1. flamingo (bird)