colibri

See also: Colibri, colibrí, and colibrì

French

colibri

Etymology

From an unknown extinct Caribbean language.

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
• → German: Kolibri
• → Greek: κολιμπρί (kolimprí)
• Kashubian: kòliber
• Hungarian: kolibri
• Polish: koliber
• → Portuguese: colibri
• → Romanian: colibri
• → Russian: коли́бри (kolíbri) (see there for further descendants)
• → Spanish: colibrí
• → Ukrainian: колібрі (kolibri)

Further reading

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

Galician

Noun

colibri m (plural colibris, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of colibrí

Further reading

• “colibri”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

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

Further reading

• “colibri”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “colibri” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “colibri”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN

Romanian

Alternative forms

• колибри (colibri) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

Borrowed from French colibri, from a Caribbean source.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ko.liˈbri/
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: co‧li‧bri

Noun

colibri m (plural colibri)

1. hummingbird

   Synonym: pasărea-muscă

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	colibri	colibriul	colibri	colibrii
genitive-dative	colibri	colibriului	colibri	colibrilor
vocative	colibriule		colibrilor

Derived terms

• colibri cioc-de-vultur
• colibri cu coadă încovoiată
• colibri cu coadă-de-rândunică
• colibri cu spadă
• colibri uriaș
• colibri-de-ametist
• colibri-de-topaz

See also

• trohilide

References

• “colibri”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026