colibri

See also: Colibri, colibrí, and colibrì

French

colibri

Etymology

From a Caribbean source.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.li.bʁi/

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Noun

colibri m (plural colibris)

1. hummingbird

   Synonym: oiseau-mouche

Descendants

• → 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

• “colibri”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Noun

colibri m

1. Alternative form of colibrì

Anagrams

• crobili

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French colibri, from a Caribbean source.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.liˈbɾi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɔ.liˈbɾi/ [kɔ.liˈβɾi]

• Hyphenation: co‧li‧bri

Noun

colibri m (plural colibris)

1. hummingbird

   Synonym: beija-flor

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French colibri, from a Caribbean source.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ko.liˈbri/

Noun

colibri m (plural colibri)

1. hummingbird

   Synonym: pasărea-muscă

Declension

Declension of colibri

	singular		plural
	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

• 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

• trohilide

References

• colibri in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)