peacock

See also: Peacock

English

A peacock.

Etymology

From Middle English pecok, pekok, pocok, pacok, equivalent to pea (“peafowl; peacock”) +‎ cock. Compare Old Norse páfugl (“peacock”, literally “pea-fowl”), and English peahen, peachick, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpikɑk/
• IPA^(key): /ˈpiːkɒk/

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Noun

peacock (plural peacocks)

1. A male peafowl, especially Pavo cristatus, notable for its brilliant iridescently ocellated tail.
2. A peafowl (of the genus Pavo or Afropavo), either male or female.
3. A vainglorious person [from the 14th c.].
4. (entomology) Any of various Asian species of papilionid butterflies of the genus Papilio.

Synonyms

• peafowl (ornithology)

Hyponyms

• peachick (“young peafowl”)
• peacock (“male peafowl”)
• peahen (“female peafowl”)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• peacock butterfly
• peacock fish
• peacock pheasant

• peacockery
• peacocking
• peacockish
• proud as a peacock

Descendants

• → Hawaiian: pīkake
  • → English: pikake

Translations

pheasant of one of the genera Pavo and Afropavo

• Abkhaz: аԥса́ркәты (apsárkʷʼtʼə), аҳ икәты́ (aḥ ikʷʼtʼə́), атата́шь (atʼatʼáš)
• Afrikaans: pou (af)
• Albanian: pallua (sq) m
• Amharic: ጣዎስ (ṭawos)
• Arabic: طَاوُوس m (ṭāwūs)

  Egyptian Arabic: طاووس m (ṭāwūs)

  Moroccan Arabic: طاووس (ṭāwūs), طاوس (ṭāwis)

• Armenian: սիրամարգ (hy) (siramarg)
• Aromanian: pãun m, piunar m, pionel m
• Assamese: ম’ৰা (möra), মৈৰা (moira), ময়ূৰ (moyur)
• Asturian: pavu (ast) m
• Azerbaijani: tovuz
• Bashkir: тауис (tawis)
• Basque: pauma
• Belarusian: паўлі́н m (paŭlín), па́ва f (páva) (female)
• Bengali: ময়ূর (môyūr)
• Breton: paun (br) ?
• Bulgarian: пау́н (bg) m (paún)
• Burmese: ဒေါင်း (my) (daung:)
• Catalan: paó (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 孔雀 (hung² zoek³)

  Mandarin: 孔雀 (zh) (kǒngquè)

  Min Nan: 孔雀 (zh-min-nan) (khóng-chhiok)

• Classical Tibetan: རྨ་བྱ (rma bya)
• Czech: páv (cs) m, pávice f (female)
• Danish: påfugl (da) c
• Dutch: pauw (nl) m
• Esperanto: pavo (eo)
• Estonian: paabulind (et)
• Faroese: páfuglur m
• Finnish: riikinkukko (fi)
• French: paon (fr) m, paonne (fr) f
• Friulian: pavon m
• Galician: pavo real (gl) m, pavón m
• Georgian: ფარშევანგი (parševangi), ფარშავანგი (paršavangi)

  Old Georgian: ფარშამანგი (paršamangi)

• German: (♂♀) Pfau (de) m, (♂) Pfauhahn m
• Greek: παγώνι (el) n (pagóni)

  Ancient: ταώς m (taṓs), ταών m (taṓn)

• Gujarati: મોર (mor)
• Hawaiian: pīkake
• Hebrew: טווס / טַוָּס (he) m (tavás)
• Hindi: मोर (hi) m (mor), मयूर (hi) m (mayūr)
• Hungarian: páva (hu)
• Icelandic: páfugl m
• Ido: pavono (io)
• Indonesian: merak jantan, merak (id)
• Irish: péacóg (ga) f
• Italian: pavone (it) m
• Japanese: 孔雀 (ja) (くじゃく, kujaku), ピーコック (pīkokku)
• Javanese: merak (jv)
• Kannada: ನವಿಲು (kn) (navilu), ಮಯೂರ (kn) (mayūra), ಕೇಕಿ (kn) (kēki)
• Kazakh: тауыс (tauys)
• Khmer: ក្ងោក (km) (kngaok), មយូរ (km) (mĕəʼyuu), មោរៈ (moorĕəʼ), មយូរី (mĕəʼyuurii) (female)
• Korean: 공작(孔雀) (ko) (gongjak)
• Kumyk: тотукъуш (totuquş), тотуркъуш (toturquş), тавус (tawus)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: tawis (ku), tawûs (ku)

• Kyrgyz: тоос (ky) (toos), павлин (pavlin)
• Ladin: pavon m
• Lao: ຍູງ (nyūng), ກຸໂງກ (ku ngōk), ມະຍູຣະ (ma nyū ra), ມະຍູລະ (ma nyū la), ສິຂິ (si khi)
• Latin: pāvō (la) m
• Latvian: pāvs m
• Lithuanian: povas (lt) m
• Lombard: pavon m
• Luxembourgish: Pohunn (lb) m
• Lü: ᦷᦓᧅᦍᦳᧂ (nokyung)
• Macedonian: паун m (paun)
• Malay: merak
• Malayalam: മയിൽ (ml) (mayil)
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• Maltese: pagun m, tawes m
• Manchu: ᡨᠣᠵᡳᠨ (tojin)
• Manx: kellagh eairkagh m (male only), peacock m, kellagh aalin m
• Maori: pīkake
• Marathi: मोर m (mor)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: тогос (mn) (togos)

  Mongolian: ᠲᠣᠭ᠋ᠤᠰ᠋ (toɣus)

• Nepali: मुजुर (mujura), मयूर (mayūra)
• Newar: म्ह्य्‌खा (mhêkhā)
• Norman: paon m
• Northern Sami: ^{(please verify)} pávvuonccis
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: påfugl m

  Nynorsk: påfugl m

• Occitan: pavon (oc) m
• Old East Slavic: павъ m (pavŭ)
• Old English: pāwa m
• Old Javanese: mrak
• Old Norse: pái m
• Oriya: ମୟୂର (or) (mayura)
• Pali: mora m, mayūra m
• Pashto: طاووس (ps) m (tāwús), تاووس (ps) m (tāwús), ميور m (myor), کښېدی m (kӽedáy)
• Persian: طاووس (fa) (tâvus)
• Polish: paw (pl) m, pawica (pl) f (female)
• Portuguese: pavão real m, pavão (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਮੋਰ (mor)
• Romani: pavuno m
• Romanian: păun (ro) m
• Romansch: pavun ?
• Russian: павли́н (ru) m (pavlín), па́ва (ru) f (páva) (female)
• Sanskrit: मयूर (sa) m (mayūra), मयूरी (sa) f (mayūrī)
• Sardinian: baboni ?, pavone ?, pavoni ?, paoni ?, poni ?, paboni ?, paone ?
• Scottish Gaelic: peucag f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: па̏ӯн m

  Roman: pȁūn (sh) m

• Shan: ၼူၵ်ႉယုင်း (shn) (nṵ̂uk yúng)
• Sindhi: मोर (mor)
• Slovak: páv (sk) m, pávica (sk) f (female)
• Slovene: pav (sl) m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: paw m, pawa f (female)

  Upper Sorbian: paw m

• Southern Altai: тооды куш (toodï kuš), алтын-тогус (altïn-togus)
• Spanish: pavo real m, pavorreal m
• Swahili: tausi (sw)
• Swedish: påfågel (sv) c
• Tabasaran: тӏавус (ṭavus)
• Tagalog: paboreal
• Tajik: товус (tovus)
• Tamil: மயில் (ta) (mayil), ஞமலி (ta) (ñamali), தோகை (ta) (tōkai)
• Tatar: тавис (tt) (tawis)
• Telugu: నెమలి (te) (nemali)
• Thai: นกยูง (th) (nók yuung), ยูง (th) (yuung), มยูร (th), มยุรา (th), มยุรี (female)
• Tibetan: རྨ་བྱ (rma bya)
• Tigrinya: ጣውስ (ṭaws)
• Turkish: tavus kuşu (tr), tavus (tr)
• Turkmen: tawus
• Ukrainian: пави́ч (uk) m (pavýč), па́ва (uk) f (páva), пави́чка f (pavýčka) (female)
• Urdu: مور m (mor)
• Uyghur: توز (toz)
• Uzbek: tovuq (uz), tovus (uz)
• Venetian: paón
• Vietnamese: công (vi)
• Volapük: paf (vo)
• Welsh: paun m, peunod m pl
• West Frisian: pau c
• Yiddish: פּאַווע f (pave)
• Zhuang: gungjcoz, roeggungjcoz

Verb

peacock (third-person singular simple present peacocks, present participle peacocking, simple past and past participle peacocked)

1. (intransitive) To strut about proudly.
2. (intransitive) To engage in peacocking, ostentatious dress or behaviour to impress women.

See also

• pajock