different between parrot vs jako

English

Etymology

First attested in 1525. From Middle French perrot, either a diminutive of Pierre or a shortened form of perroquet (whence also parakeet). Compare French pierrot and Occitan parrat. A number of origins have been suggested for perroquet, such as Spanish periquito and Italian parrocchetto. The relationship between these various words is disputed. Replaced earlier popinjay.

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: p?r??t, IPA^(key): /?pæ??t/, /?p???t/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: p?r??t, IPA^(key): /?pæ??t/
• (Mary–marry–merry merger)
• Rhymes: -æ??t
• Hyphenation: par?rot

Noun

parrot (plural parrots)

1. A kind of bird, many species of which are colourful and able to mimic human speech, of the order Psittaciformes or (narrowly) of the family Psittacidae.

   Synonyms: (bird of the order Psittaciformes) psittacine, popinjay
2. (figuratively) A parroter; a person who repeats the words or ideas of others.

   Synonyms: copycat, mimic

   • 1837, Ralph Waldo Emerson, The American Scholar,

     In this distribution of functions, the scholar is the delegated intellect. In the right state, he is, Man Thinking. In the degenerate state, when the victim of society, he tends to become a mere thinker, or, still worse, the parrot of other men’s thinking.

3. (archaic) A puffin.

   Synonyms: sea-parrot, tomnoddy

4. (geology, obsolete) Channel coal.
5. (aviation, slang) A transponder.

Hyponyms

• (kind of bird): budgerigar, kakapo, lorikeet, lory, lovebird, macaw, parakeet, rosella

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• Polly
• popinjay
• Dead Parrot
• who's a pretty boy then

Verb

parrot (third-person singular simple present parrots, present participle parroting, simple past and past participle parroted or parrotted)

1. (transitive) To repeat (exactly what has just been said) without necessarily showing understanding, in the manner of a parrot.
   • 1996, Bill Clinton, Presidential Radio Address (15 June)

     So when political leaders parrot the tobacco company line, say cigarettes are not necessarily addictive, and oppose our efforts to keep tobacco away from our children, they continue to cater to powerful interests, but they're not standing up for parents and children.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:parrot.

Synonyms

• (to repeat exactly): ape, copycat

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• raptor

English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

jako (plural jakos)

1. An African grey parrot, Psittacus erithacus, commonly kept as a cage bird.
   • 1882, Rev. P. B. Power, The Home Visitor and District Companion

     Very little is known of these birds in their wild state, although they are brought to Europe in far greater numbers than any other species. We learn from Henglin that the habitat of the Jako extends from the western coast of Africa deep into the heart of that continent […]

   • 1908, Chandler Belden Beach, The Students' Reference Work

     The Jako, or gray parrot of Africa, has the capacity for speaking best developed, and the yellow-headed green parrot of Mexico stands second in the list.

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jako.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?jako/
• Rhymes: -ako

Adverb

jako

1. as
2. like

Related terms

• jaký
• jak
• jakoby
• see Category:Czech similes

Further reading

• jako in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• jako in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from German Jacke.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?jako/
• Hyphenation: ja?ko
• Rhymes: -ako

Noun

jako (accusative singular jakon, plural jakoj, accusative plural jakojn)

1. jacket, coat

Derived terms

• jaketo

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *jako, from *jakadak. Equivalent to jak- +? -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?j?ko/, [?j?ko?]
• Rhymes: -?ko
• Syllabification: ja?ko

Noun

jako

1. division, distribution, sharing, dealing (act)
2. division, distribution, sharing, dealing (result)
3. share, part
4. pitch (distance between evenly spaced objects, such as on a roller chain)

Declension

Derived terms

Anagrams

• joka, kajo, koja

Ido

Etymology

Modern and unofficial back-formation from jaketo. Also found in German Jacke, Italian giacca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ako/, /?d??ako/

Noun

jako (plural jaki)

1. jacket (long woman’s)

Ingrian

Etymology

From *jako.

Noun

jako

1. deal

Japanese

Romanization

jako

1. R?maji transcription of ???

Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

jako

1. common opossum (Didelphis marsupialis)

   Synonym: jako iñu

Derived terms

References

• Aguilar Feria, Martimiana; García Rojas, Vicente; Erickson de Hollenbach, Elena (2017) Diccionario mixteco de Magdalena Peñasco (Sa?an Ñuu Savi) (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 50)?^[1] (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 53

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jako.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ja.k?/

Preposition

jako (+ Nominative)

1. as

Conjunction

jako

1. as

Further reading

• jako in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• jako in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jako. Synchronically analysable as j?k (“strong”) +? -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jâ?ko/
• Hyphenation: ja?ko

Adverb

j?ko (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. very, very much

2. hard, strongly, powerfully, forcefully (with a great deal of effort or force)

3. hard, severely (to the fullest extent possible)