different between emu vs flamingo

English

Etymology 1

Probably from Portuguese ema (“(originally) cassowary; giant rhea; (now) ostrich”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?i?mju?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?im(j)u/

Noun

emu (plural emus)

1. (obsolete) A cassowary (genus Casuarius). [from early 17th c.]
2. A large flightless bird native to Australia, Dromaius novaehollandiae. [from 18th c.]

Usage notes

A flock of emus is generally called a mob.

Alternative forms

• emeu (obsolete)

Hyponyms

• (Dromaius novaehollandiae): Kangaroo Island emu (†Dromaius novaehollandiae baudinianus), King Island emu (†Dromaius novaehollandiae minor), Tasmanian emu (†Dromaius novaehollandiae diemenensis) – extinct subspecies

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• emu on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Dromaius novaehollandiae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Dromaius novaehollandiae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Etymology 2

From e(lectro)m(agnetic) u(nit).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /?i??m?ju?/

Noun

emu (plural emu)

1. (physics) Initialism of electromagnetic unit.

   Synonym: EMU

Further reading

• centimetre–gram–second system of units on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Translations

Etymology 3

From emu(lator).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??mju?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??mju/

Noun

emu (plural emus)

1. (computing, video games, informal) Clipping of emulator.

Translations

Further reading

• emulator on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Anagrams

• MEU, Ume, meu, mue, ume

Czech

Noun

emu m

1. emu (large flightless bird native to Australia)

Esperanto

Verb

emu

1. imperative of emi

Finnish

Noun

emu

1. emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae, the only extant species in its genus)

Declension

Anagrams

• ume

Galician

Noun

emu m (plural emus)

1. emu

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??mu]
• Hyphenation: e?mu
• Rhymes: -mu

Noun

emu (plural emuk)

1. emu

Declension

Further reading

• emu in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Japanese

Romanization

emu

1. R?maji transcription of ??
2. R?maji transcription of ??

Portuguese

Etymology

From English emu, from Portuguese ema (“rhea”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.?mu/

Noun

emu m (plural emus)

1. emu

Related terms

• ema, avestruz

Sakizaya

Noun

emu

1. nian gao (a Chinese New Year's cake made of glutinous rice flour)

Swedish

Noun

emu c

1. an emu

Declension

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