aasvogel
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Afrikaans aasvogel (“vulture”) (obsolete), from aas (“carrion”) + vogel (“bird”), from Dutch.[1][2]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɑːsˌfəʊ.ɡəl/[1]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑsˌfoʊ.ɡəl/[1]
Noun[edit]
aasvogel (plural aasvogels)
- (South Africa, rare, literary) Vulture. [First attested in the mid 19th century.][1]
- 1912, H. Rider Haggard, Marie:
- As the charge exploded I saw the aasvogel give a kind of backward twist.
Usage notes[edit]
This word has no currency in modern South African English. It has been used by writers Rider Haggard, John Buchan and Saki to lend colour and authenticity to their works.
See also[edit]
Aegypiinae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 “aasvogel” in Lesley Brown, editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 2.
- ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 3
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From aas (“carrion”) + vogel (“bird”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
aasvogel m (plural aasvogels or aasvogelen, diminutive aasvogeltje n)
- bird feeding on carrion, vulture
- (figuratively) vulture, a person who profits from the suffering of others
Descendants[edit]
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