tucano
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From French toucan or Portuguese/Spanish tucán, from Tupian tuka, tukan, tukana, which probably originated as an imitation of its cry.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tucano m (plural tucanos)
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Named after the Tucano people, whose name itself is from Tucano.
Adjective edit
tucano (feminine tucana, masculine plural tucani, feminine plural tucane)
Etymology 2 edit
From French toucan or Portuguese/Spanish tucán, from Tupian tuka, tukan, tukana, which probably originated as an imitation of its cry.
Noun edit
tucano m (plural tucani)
Anagrams edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old Tupi tukana.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tucano m (plural tucanos, feminine tucana, feminine plural tucanas)
- toucan (any bird from the family Ramphastidae)
- (Brazil, figurative, politics, neologism) a person who supports or is affiliated to the Brazilian Social Democracy Party, whose mascot is a toucan
Descendants edit
Adjective edit
tucano (feminine tucana, masculine plural tucanos, feminine plural tucanas)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Named after the Tucano people, whose name itself is from Tucano.
Adjective edit
tucano (feminine tucana, masculine plural tucanos, feminine plural tucanas)