ánsar

See also: ansar and ãnsar

Spanish

Cinco ánsares (five geese)

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin ānsar, from Latin ānser, from Proto-Italic *hāns, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns. Doublet of ganso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈansaɾ/ [ˈãn.saɾ]

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• Rhymes: -ansaɾ
• Syllabification: án‧sar

Noun

ánsar m (plural ánsares)

1. (formal) wild goose

   Synonyms: ganso, oca

Hypernyms

• anseriforme

Hyponyms

• ánsar campestre (“Taiga bean goose”)
• ánsar careto grande
• ánsar careto (“greater white-fronted goose”)
• ánsar chico, ánsar careto chico (“lesser white-fronted goose”)
• ánsar cisnal (“swan goose”)
• ánsar común
• ánsar indio (“bar-headed goose”)
• ánsar nival (“snow goose”)
• ánsar piquicorto (“pink-footed goose”)

 

Coordinate terms

• barnacla
• cisne
• pato, ánade
• porrón
• serreta

Derived terms

• ansarino

 

Further reading

• “ánsar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014