flamingo

See also: Flamingo and flamingó

English

A flamingo

Flamingoes (Phoenicopterus roseus) in flight

Etymology

From Portuguese flamengo (“flamingo”) and Spanish flamenco (“flamingo”), which were adapted from Catalan flamenc (“flamingo”), of disputed ultimate origin in this sense. All three forms are used adjectivally as an ethnonym meaning 'Flemish' (of Germanic origin, cognate to English Fleming); Spanish flamenco refers also to a dance type. Compare also French flamant (“flamingo”).

• The bird's name may derive from the ethnonym by an association of a ruddy complexion or hair color with the Flemings; this etymology is supported by Corominas. (In Spanish, flamenco can be used colloquially as an adjective meaning "robust, healthy-looking".)
• Alternatively, either the dance flamenco, the bird name or both come from attaching the same Germanic-derived ending found in the ethnonym to the distinct root of Latin flamma (“flame”): i.e. Catalan flamenc has been analyzed as flama (“flame”) +‎ -enc. Compare also Portuguese -engo.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /fləˈmɪŋɡoʊ/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪŋɡəʊ

Noun

flamingo (countable and uncountable, plural flamingos or flamingoes)

2. (countable) A wading bird of the family Phoenicopteridae.
   • 1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 266:

     After Nakuru the light remains only long enough to see the Lake Nakuru, away to the south, with its fringe of pink flamingos, and as the darkness falls the old main line to Kisumu branches to the left.

3. A deep pink color tinged with orange, like that of a flamingo.

   flamingo:  

Synonyms

• (bird): phenicopter

Derived terms

• American flamingo
• Andean flamingo
• Caribbean flamingo
• Chilean flamingo
• flamingo flower
• flamingo tongue
• James's flamingo
• lesser flamingo

 

Translations

bird

• Afrikaans: flamink (af)
• Arabic: فْلَامِينْجُو m (flamingo), بَشْرُوش m (bašrūš), نُحَام m (nuḥām)

  Egyptian Arabic: بَشَرَوْش m (bašarōš)

  Gulf Arabic: فلامنقو m (flamingu, flāmingu)

  Hijazi Arabic: فلامنقو m (flāmingo)

• Armenian: ֆլամինգո (hy) (flamingo)
• Assamese: ফ্লেমিংগ (phlemiṅgo)
• Asturian: flamencu (ast) m
• Aymara: parina
• Azerbaijani: qızılqaz
• Belarusian: фламі́нга m (flamínha)
• Bulgarian: фламинго n (flamingo)
• Catalan: flamenc (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 紅鸛／红鹳 (hung⁴ gun³), 火烈鳥／火烈鸟 (fo² lit⁶ niu⁵), 紅鶴／红鹤 (hung⁴ hok^6-2)

  Hokkien: 紅鶴／红鹤 (âng-ho̍h)

  Mandarin: 火鶴／火鹤 (zh) (huǒhè), 火烈鳥／火烈鸟 (zh) (huǒlièniǎo), 紅鶴／红鹤 (zh) (hónghè)

• Czech: plameňák (cs) m
• Danish: flamingo c
• Dutch: flamingo (nl) m
• Esperanto: flamengo, fenikoptero
• Faroese: flæmingur m
• Finnish: flamingo (fi)
• French: flamant (fr) m, phénicoptère (fr)
• Galician: flamengo (gl) m
• German: Flamingo (de) m
• Greek: φοινικόπτερος (el) m (foinikópteros), φλαμίνγκο (el) n (flamíngko)
• Greenlandic: aapalualuk
• Hindi: दरियाई तोता m (dariyāī totā), बगहंस m (baghans), राजहंस (hi) m (rājhans), हंस (hi) m (hans)
• Hungarian: flamingó (hu)
• Icelandic: flamingói m, flæmingi (is) m
• Ido: flamingo (io)
• Indonesian: flamingo (id)
• Italian: fenicottero (it) m
• Japanese: フラミンゴ (ja) (furamingo), 紅鶴 (ja) (benizuru)
• Kalmyk: кизлһ (kizlğ)
• Kazakh: қоқиқаз (qoqiqaz)
• Khakas: хысхылых (xısxılıx)
• Korean: 홍학(紅鶴) (ko) (honghak)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: سوورەقوڵِنگ (sûrequlling), سوورەقورینگ (sûrequrîng)

• Latin: phoenicopterus m
• Lithuanian: flamingas (lt)
• Low German: Flamingo m
• Malay: flamingo
• Mapudungun: pital
• Navajo: tsídii jáádnézí
• Norwegian: flamingo (no) m
• Occitan: flamenc (oc) m
• Persian: فلامینگو (felâmingo)
• Polish: flaming (pl) m, czerwonak (pl) m
• Portuguese: flamingo (pt) m
• Quechua: pariwana
• Russian: флами́нго (ru) m (flamíngo)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: пламенац m

  Roman: plamenac (sh) m

• Sindhi: لاکيڄاڃي (sd)
• Slovak: plameniak m
• Spanish: flamenco (es) m
• Swahili: heroe (sw)
• Swedish: flamingo (sv) c
• Tagalog: plamengko
• Tatar: кызылказ (qızılkaz)
• Turkish: allı turna, flamingo (tr), Flaman kuşu (tr)
• Ukrainian: фламі́нго (uk) m (flamínho), фламі́нґо m (flamíngo)
• Uzbek: qizilgʻoz
• Vietnamese: hồng hạc (vi) (紅鶴)
• Welsh: fflamingo m, fflamingos m pl
• Yiddish: פֿלאַמינגאָ m (flamingo)
• Zulu: unondwebu class 1a/2a

colour

• Finnish: flamingonpunainen
• Ido: flamingea

Adjective

flamingo (not comparable)

1. Of a deep pink color tinged with orange, like that of a flamingo.

Translations

colour

• Ido: flamingea

See also

• (reds) red; blood red, brick red, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, cerise, cherry, cherry red, Chinese red, cinnabar, claret, crimson, damask, fire brick, fire engine red, flame, flamingo, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, gules, hot pink, incarnadine, Indian red, magenta, maroon, misty rose, nacarat, oxblood, pillar-box red, pink, Pompeian red, poppy, raspberry, red violet, rose, rouge, ruby, ruddy, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, shocking pink, stammel, strawberry, Turkey red, Venetian red, vermilion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine ^{(Category: en:Reds)}

Danish

Noun

flamingo c (singular definite flamingoen, plural indefinite flamingoer)

1. flamingo (bird)
2. (uncountable) styrofoam

Declension

Declension of flamingo

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	flamingo	flamingoen	flamingoer	flamingoerne
genitive	flamingos	flamingoens	flamingoers	flamingoernes

References

• “flamingo” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese flamingo, from Spanish flamengo, from Old Occitan flamenc, which derives either from Latin flamma (“flame”), after the color of its plumage, or (less likely) from Middle Dutch vlaminc, after their ruddy skin color (compare Spanish flamenco).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌflaːˈmɪŋ.ɡoː/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: fla‧min‧go

Noun

flamingo m (plural flamingo's, diminutive flamingootje n)

1. a flamingo, bird of the family Phoenicopteridae

   Synonym: zeegans

2. (particularly) the greater flamingo, Phoenicopterus roseus

   Synonyms: Europese flamingo, grote flamingo

3. (Suriname) Synonym of rode ibis

Derived terms

• Europese flamingo
• grote flamingo

Descendants

• Afrikaans: flamink

Esperanto

Etymology

flamo (“flame”) +‎ -ingo (“socket”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [flaˈminɡo]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -inɡo
• Hyphenation: fla‧min‧go

Noun

flamingo (accusative singular flamingon, plural flamingoj, accusative plural flamingojn)

1. gas burner

See also

• flamengo (“flamingo”)

Finnish

Etymology

From English flamingo, from Spanish flamengo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflɑmiŋːo/, [ˈflɑ̝miŋːo̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑmiŋːo
• Syllabification^(key): fla‧min‧go

Noun

flamingo

1. flamingo
2. (specifically) greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)

Declension

Inflection of flamingo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		flamingo	flamingot
genitive		flamingon	flamingojen
partitive		flamingoa	flamingoja
illative		flamingoon	flamingoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		flamingo	flamingot
accusative	nom.	flamingo	flamingot
	gen.	flamingon
genitive		flamingon	flamingojen
partitive		flamingoa	flamingoja
inessive		flamingossa	flamingoissa
elative		flamingosta	flamingoista
illative		flamingoon	flamingoihin
adessive		flamingolla	flamingoilla
ablative		flamingolta	flamingoilta
allative		flamingolle	flamingoille
essive		flamingona	flamingoina
translative		flamingoksi	flamingoiksi
abessive		flamingotta	flamingoitta
instructive		—	flamingoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of flamingo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative flamingoni flamingoni accusative nom. flamingoni flamingoni gen. flamingoni genitive flamingoni flamingojeni partitive flamingoani flamingojani inessive flamingossani flamingoissani elative flamingostani flamingoistani illative flamingooni flamingoihini adessive flamingollani flamingoillani ablative flamingoltani flamingoiltani allative flamingolleni flamingoilleni essive flamingonani flamingoinani translative flamingokseni flamingoikseni abessive flamingottani flamingoittani instructive — — comitative — flamingoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative flamingosi flamingosi accusative nom. flamingosi flamingosi gen. flamingosi genitive flamingosi flamingojesi partitive flamingoasi flamingojasi inessive flamingossasi flamingoissasi elative flamingostasi flamingoistasi illative flamingoosi flamingoihisi adessive flamingollasi flamingoillasi ablative flamingoltasi flamingoiltasi allative flamingollesi flamingoillesi essive flamingonasi flamingoinasi translative flamingoksesi flamingoiksesi abessive flamingottasi flamingoittasi instructive — — comitative — flamingoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative flamingomme flamingomme accusative nom. flamingomme flamingomme gen. flamingomme genitive flamingomme flamingojemme partitive flamingoamme flamingojamme inessive flamingossamme flamingoissamme elative flamingostamme flamingoistamme illative flamingoomme flamingoihimme adessive flamingollamme flamingoillamme ablative flamingoltamme flamingoiltamme allative flamingollemme flamingoillemme essive flamingonamme flamingoinamme translative flamingoksemme flamingoiksemme abessive flamingottamme flamingoittamme instructive — — comitative — flamingoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative flamingonne flamingonne accusative nom. flamingonne flamingonne gen. flamingonne genitive flamingonne flamingojenne partitive flamingoanne flamingojanne inessive flamingossanne flamingoissanne elative flamingostanne flamingoistanne illative flamingoonne flamingoihinne adessive flamingollanne flamingoillanne ablative flamingoltanne flamingoiltanne allative flamingollenne flamingoillenne essive flamingonanne flamingoinanne translative flamingoksenne flamingoiksenne abessive flamingottanne flamingoittanne instructive — — comitative — flamingoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative flamingonsa flamingonsa accusative nom. flamingonsa flamingonsa gen. flamingonsa genitive flamingonsa flamingojensa partitive flamingoaan flamingoansa flamingojaan flamingojansa inessive flamingossaan flamingossansa flamingoissaan flamingoissansa elative flamingostaan flamingostansa flamingoistaan flamingoistansa illative flamingoonsa flamingoihinsa adessive flamingollaan flamingollansa flamingoillaan flamingoillansa ablative flamingoltaan flamingoltansa flamingoiltaan flamingoiltansa allative flamingolleen flamingollensa flamingoilleen flamingoillensa essive flamingonaan flamingonansa flamingoinaan flamingoinansa translative flamingokseen flamingoksensa flamingoikseen flamingoiksensa abessive flamingottaan flamingottansa flamingoittaan flamingoittansa instructive — — comitative — flamingoineen flamingoinensa

Derived terms

compounds

• andienflamingo
• flamingokukka
• pikkuflamingo

 

Further reading

• “flamingo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[4] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Indonesian

Noun

flamingo (first-person possessive flamingoku, second-person possessive flamingomu, third-person possessive flamingonya)

1. flamingo

Malay

Noun

flamingo (plural flamingo-flamingo, informal 1st possessive flamingoku, 2nd possessive flamingomu, 3rd possessive flamingonya)

1. flamingo

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Portuguese flamingo.

Noun

flamingo m (definite singular flamingoen, indefinite plural flamingoer, definite plural flamingoene)

1. a flamingo

References

• “flamingo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Portuguese flamingo.

Noun

flamingo m (definite singular flamingoen, indefinite plural flamingoar, definite plural flamingoane)

1. a flamingo

References

• “flamingo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

flamingos

Alternative forms

• flamengo

Etymology

Borrowed from English flamingo, from Portuguese and Spanish flamengo (“flame colored”), from Old Occitan flamenc (“flame colored”), from Latin flamma (“flame”) (compare Portuguese chama, flama).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /flaˈmĩ.ɡu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /flaˈmĩ.ɡu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /flaˈmĩ.ɡo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /flɐˈmĩ.ɡu/

• Hyphenation: fla‧min‧go

• Audio (Brazil):

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Noun

flamingo m (plural flamingos)

1. flamingo (bird)

Related terms

• chama
• flamejante

See also

• flamengo

Romanian

Alternative forms

• flaming — rare

Etymology

Borrowed from German Flamingo, from Spanish flamengo or Portuguese flamengo (“flame colored”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flaˈmin.ɡo/

Noun

flamingo m (plural flamingi)

1. flamingo (bird)

Declension

Declension of flamingo

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) flamingo	flamingoul	(niște) flamingi	flamingii
genitive/dative	(unui) flamingo	flamingoului	(unor) flamingi	flamingilor
vocative	flamingoule		flamingilor

Declension of flamingo

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) flamingo	flamingul	(niște) flamingi	flamingii
genitive/dative	(unui) flamingo	flamingului	(unor) flamingi	flamingilor
vocative	flamingule		flamingilor

Derived terms

• flamingo andin
• flamingo chilian
• flamingo minor
• flamingo roz

Paronyms

• flamenco

See also

• fenicopteriform

References

• flamingo in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flaˈminɡo/ [flaˈmĩŋ.ɡo]
• Rhymes: -inɡo
• Syllabification: fla‧min‧go

Noun

flamingo m (plural flamingos)

1. flamingo

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch flamingo. (The bird that in English is known as flamingo is known instead as segansi.)

Noun

flamingo

1. scarlet ibis, Eudocimus ruber

   Synonym: korikori

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English flamingo.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

flamingo (needs class)

1. flamingo

   Synonym: heroe

   • 2012 February 5, “Utaliana yapata homa ya West Nile”, in BBC News Swahili‎^[5]:

     Wingu la flamingo, au heroe, huvutia maelfu ya watu kila mwaka, watu wanaopenda kuwatazama kwenye kisiwa cha Sardinia, magharibi mwa Utaliana.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Swedish

Noun

flamingo c

1. flamingo (bird)

Declension

Declension of flamingo

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	flamingo	flamingos
	definite	flamingon	flamingons
plural	indefinite	flamingor	flamingors
	definite	flamingorna	flamingornas

References

• flamingo in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• flamingo in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• flamingo in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)