different between flamingo vs swan

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

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /sw?n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /sw?n/
• Rhymes: -?n

Etymology 1

From Middle English swan, from Old English swan, from Proto-Germanic *swanaz (“swan”, literally “the singing bird”), from Proto-Indo-European *swonh?-/*swenh?- (“to sing, make sound”). Cognate with West Frisian swan, Low German Swaan, swan, Dutch zwaan, German Schwan, Norwegian svane, Swedish svan. Related also to Old English ?eswin (“melody, song”), Old English swinsian (“to make melody”), Latin sonus (“sound”), Russian ???? (zvon, “ringing”), Russian ???? (zvuk, “sound”).

Noun

swan (plural swans or swan)

1. Any of various species of large, long-necked waterfowl, of genus Cygnus (bird family: Anatidae), most of which have white plumage.
2. (figuratively) One whose grace etc. suggests a swan.
3. (heraldry) This bird used as a heraldic charge, sometimes with a crown around its neck (e. g. the arms of Buckinghamshire).

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• cob (adult male)
• cygnet (epicene, young)
• lamentation
• pen (adult female)

Verb

swan (third-person singular simple present swans, present participle swanning, simple past and past participle swanned)

1. (Britain, intransitive) To travel or move about in an aimless, idle, or pretentiously casual way.
   • 2010, Lee Rourke, The Canal, Melville House Publishing (2010), ?ISBN, unnumbered page:

     He swans around that stinking office in his expensive clothes that are a little too tight for comfort, he swans around that stinking office without a care in the world.

   • 2013, Tilly Bagshawe, One Summer’s Afternoon, HarperCollins (2013), ?ISBN, unnumbered page:

     One of the few strokes of good luck Emma had had in recent days was the news that Tatiana Flint-Hamilton, her only real rival for top billing as 'most photographable girl' at today's event had decided to swan off to Sardinia instead, leaving the limelight entirely to Emma.

Usage notes

• In the sense “to travel”, usually used as part of the phrase “to swan about” or “to swan around”.

Etymology 2

Probably from dialectal I s’wan, a corruption of I shall warrant; or possibly from a minced form of I swear on.

Alternative forms

• swanny

Verb

swan (third-person singular simple present swans, present participle swanning, simple past and past participle swanned)

1. (US, dialectal or colloquial) To declare (chiefly in first-person present constructions).
   • 1907 December, J. D. Archer, Foiling an eavesdropper, in Telephony, volume 14, page 345:

     "Well, I swan, man, I had a better opinion of you than that."

   • 1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin 2010, page 214:

     ‘She slammed the door so hard I figured a window'd break […] .’ ‘I swan,’ I said.

Anagrams

• NASW, WANs, Wans, awns, sawn, wans

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English swan, from Proto-Germanic *swanaz.

Alternative forms

• swanne, swane, suan, swon, sqwan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /swan/

Noun

swan (plural swannes)

1. swan (bird of the genus Cygnus)
2. The meat of a swan.
3. (heraldry) A swan as a heraldic symbol.

Descendants

• English: swan
• Scots: swan

References

• “swan, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-11.

Etymology 2

From Old English sw?n.

Noun

swan

1. Alternative form of swon (“pigherder”)

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *swanaz, probably from Proto-Indo-European *swen- (“to sound, resound”). Compare Old Saxon swan (Low German Swaan), Dutch zwaan, Old High German swan (German Schwan), Old Norse svanr (Swedish svan).

Alternative forms

• swon, suan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sw?n/

Noun

swan m

1. swan

Declension

Synonyms

• ielfete

Descendants

• Middle English: swan
  • English: swan
  • Scots: swan

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *swainaz. Doublet of swe?en, a borrowing from Old Norse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sw??n/

Noun

sw?n m

1. man; warrior
2. herdsman; herder
3. servant
4. boy; lad

Descendants

• Middle English: swon, swan, swone

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian *swan, from Proto-Germanic *swanaz, probably from Proto-Indo-European *swen- (“to sound, resound”).

Noun

swan c (plural swannen, diminutive swantsje)

1. swan

Further reading

• “swan”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011