different between egret vs flamingo

English

Etymology

From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman egret, aigrette (“egret”), from Old Occitan aigreta, diminutive of aigron (“heron”), from Medieval Latin hairo, from Frankish *haigro (“heron”). Cognate with Old High German heigaro (“heron”), Old English hr?gra (“heron”). Doublet of aigrette. More at heron.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i.???t/

Noun

egret (plural egrets)

1. Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea that includes herons, many of which are white or buff, and several of which develop fine plumes during the breeding season.
2. A plume or tuft of feathers worn as a part of a headdress, or anything imitating such an ornament.

   Synonym: aigrette

3. (botany) The flying feathery or hairy crown of seeds or achenes, such as the down of the thistle.
4. (obsolete) The crab-eating macaque (Macaca fascicularis)

Translations

Derived terms

• common egret
• great egret
• large egret

Related terms

• aigrette

See also

• heron

Further reading

• egret on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Geter, greet, reget

English

Etymology

From Portuguese flamingo, from Spanish flamengo (“flame colored”), from Provençal flama (“flame”), from Latin flamma (“flame”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /fl??m???o?/
• Rhymes: -?????

Noun

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.

Synonyms

• (bird): phenicopter

Translations

Adjective

flamingo (not comparable)

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

Translations

See also

• (reds) red; blood red, brick red, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, cerise, cherry, cherry red, Chinese red, cinnabar, claret, crimson, damask, fire brick, fire engine red, flame, flamingo, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, gules, hot pink, incarnadine, Indian red, magenta, maroon, misty rose, nacarat, oxblood, pillar-box red, pink, Pompeian red, poppy, raspberry, red violet, rose, rouge, ruby, ruddy, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, shocking pink, stammel, strawberry, Turkey red, Venetian red, vermillion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine ^{(Category: en:Reds)}

Danish

Noun

flamingo c (singular definite flamingoen, plural indefinite flamingoer)

1. flamingo (bird)

Declension

References

• “flamingo” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fla??m??.?o?/
• Hyphenation: fla?min?go

Noun

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

Descendants

• Afrikaans: flamink

Esperanto

Etymology

flamo (“flame”) +? -ingo (“socket”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fla?min?o/
• Hyphenation: fla?min?go

Noun

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

1. gas burner

See also

• flamengo (“flamingo”)

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fl?mi??o/, [?fl?mi??o?]
• Rhymes: -?mi??o
• Syllabification: fla?min?go

Noun

flamingo

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

Declension

Malay

Noun

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

1. flamingo

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Portuguese flamingo

Noun

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

1. a flamingo

References

• “flamingo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Portuguese flamingo

Noun

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

1. a flamingo

References

• “flamingo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• flamengo

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /fl?.?m?.?u/
• Hyphenation: fla?min?go

Noun

flamingo m (plural flamingos)

1. flamingo (bird)

Related terms

• chama
• flamejante

See also

• flamengo

Romanian

Alternative forms

• flaming (rare)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fla?min.?o/

Noun

flamingo m (plural flamingi)

1. flamingo (bird)

Declension

Derived terms

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

Paronyms

• flamenco

See also

• fenicopteriform

References

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

Spanish

Noun

flamingo m (plural flamingos)

1. flamingo

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

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

Noun

flamingo

1. scarlet ibis, Eudocimus ruber

   Synonym: korikori

Swedish

Noun

flamingo c

1. flamingo (bird)

Declension