wigeon

English

Anas penelope

Alternative forms

• widgeon

Etymology

Early 16th century. Probably from Middle French vigeon, from Old French vigeon, vingeon (“wigeon”), from Old French vignier (“to whine or shout”) + -on (“noun suffix”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪdʒən, -ɪdʒɪn

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Noun

wigeon (plural wigeons)

1. Any of three freshwater dabbling ducks.
2. (dated) A fool.

Derived terms

• American wigeon Mareca americana
• Chiloe wigeon Mareca sibilatrix
• Eurasian wigeon Mareca penelope
• southern wigeon

Translations

a kind of duck

• Bulgarian: свирачка f (sviračka)
• Catalan: ànec xiulador m
• Czech: hvízdák
• Danish: brunnakke (da) c, pibeand (da) c
• Dutch: smient (nl) f
• Esperanto: Fajfanaso
• Finnish: haapana (fi)
• French: canard siffleur (fr)
• German: Pfeifente f
• Hungarian: csörgővadkacsa, csörgő réce (hu)
• Irish: lacha rua f, rualacha f
• Italian: fischione (it) m
• Japanese: 緋鳥 (hidori)
• Korean: 홍머리오리 (hongmeoriori)
• Luxembourgish: Päifint f
• Manx: ommidan
• Norman: sûfflieux m
• Northern Sami: snárttal
• Polish: świstun (pl) m
• Portuguese: piadeira (pt) f
• Romanian: rață fluierătoare f
• Russian: свия́зь (ru) f (svijázʹ), свия́га (ru) f (svijága)
• Spanish: silbón m, pato americano m
• Venetian: ciosso m
• Welsh: chwiwell f, chwiw f

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