cucut

Catalan

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, from the cry of the bird. Compare Latin cucūlus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [kuˈkut]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

cucut m (plural cucuts)

1. cuckoo

   Synonym: (obsolete) cugul

2. (botany) cowslip

   Synonym: prímula vera

Further reading

• “cucut”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “cucut”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “cucut” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Sundanese

Noun

cucut (Sundanese script ᮎᮥᮎᮥᮒ᮪)

1. shark

   Synonym: hiu