colibri
French edit
Etymology edit
From a Caribbean source.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
colibri m (plural colibris)
- hummingbird
- Synonym: oiseau-mouche
Descendants edit
- → Catalan: colibrí
- → Dutch: kolibrie
- → Greek: κολιμπρί (kolimprí)
- Kashubian: kòliber
- Polish: koliber
- → Portuguese: colibri
- → Romanian: colibri
- → Russian: коли́бри (kolíbri) (see there for further descendants)
- → Spanish: colibrí
Further reading edit
- “colibri”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Noun edit
colibri m
- Alternative form of colibrì
Anagrams edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French colibri,[1] from a Caribbean source.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: co‧li‧bri
Noun edit
colibri m (plural colibris)
- hummingbird
- Synonym: beija-flor
References edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French colibri, from a Caribbean source.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
colibri m (plural colibri)
- hummingbird
- Synonym: pasărea-muscă
Declension edit
Declension of colibri
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) colibri | colibriul | (niște) colibri | colibrii |
genitive/dative | (unui) colibri | colibriului | (unor) colibri | colibrilor |
vocative | colibriule | colibrilor |
Derived terms edit
- colibri cioc-de-vultur
- colibri cu coadă-de-rândunică
- colibri cu coadă încovoiată
- colibri cu spadă
- colibri-de-ametist
- colibri-de-topaz
- colibri uriaș
See also edit
References edit
- colibri in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)