פֿלאַמינגאָ

Yiddish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese flamingo. Compare German Flamingo, Russian флами́нго (flamíngo), and so on.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɫaˈmɪŋɡɔ/

Noun

פֿלאַמינגאָ • (flamingo) m, plural פֿלאַמינגאָס (flamingos)

1. flamingo (wading bird of the family Phoenicopteridae)

References

• Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “flamingo”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN