guillemot

English

a Brünnich's guillemot (Uria lomvia) with prey

Etymology

Borrowed from French guillemot.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡɪlɪmɒt/

Noun

guillemot (plural guillemots)

Any seabird belonging to the genera Uria and Cepphus of the auk family Alcidae. They have black and white bodies and are good at swimming and diving.

Usage notes

Not to be confused with guillemet.

Synonyms

murre

Derived terms

Translations

seabird

Bulgarian: кайра f (kajra)
Catalan: somorgollaire
Chukchi: ӄэруӄэр (qėruqėr), ӄэрут pl (qėrut)
Danish: lomvie (da) c, lomvi c
Dutch: zeekoet (nl) m
Faroese: lomviga f, lomvigi m
Finnish: kiisla (fi) (Uria), riskilä (fi) (Cepphus)
Galician: arao (gl) m
German: Lumme (de) f
Greek: ουρία (el) f (ouría), κόλυμβος m (kólymvos)
Hungarian: lumma (hu)
Italian: uria (it) f
Manx: caillagh varrey f, stronnag ghoo f (Cepphus grylle atlantis), stronnag f, çhennel f (Uria aalge)
Norman: dgillemot m (Jersey), gaude f (Jersey)
Portuguese: arau (pt) m, airo (pt) m
Romanian: guilemotă f
Russian: ка́йра (ru) f (kájra) (Uria), чи́стик (ru) m (čístik) (Cepphus)
Slovak: svišťúň m, alka (sk) f, norec m
Spanish: arao m
Welsh: gwylog f

French

Etymology

Diminutive of the male given name Guillaume, used as a common noun.

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

Noun

guillemot m (plural guillemots)

guillemot

Further reading

“guillemot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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