pardal

See also: pardál

English

Alternative forms

• pardale [16th c.]

Etymology

From Latin pardalis, from Ancient Greek πάρδαλις ‎(párdalis), from an unattested Old Iranisn word (compare Persian پلنگ ‎(palang), Pashto پړانګ ‎(pṙâng).

Noun

pardal ‎(plural pardals)

1. (obsolete) A pard; a panther or leopard.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.vi:

     Wyld beasts in yron yokes he would compell; / The spotted Panther, and the tusked Bore, / The Pardale swift, and the Tigre cruell [...].

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Galician

Noun

pardal m ‎(plural pardais)

1. house sparrow

Synonyms

• gorrión

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Portuguese

Wikipedia ^pt

Pardal (Passer domesticus)

Etymology

From pardo ‎(“mottled, mulatto”) + -al

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐɾ.ˈðaɫ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paɾ.ˈdaw/
• Hyphenation: par‧dal
• Rhymes: -aw

Noun

pardal m ‎(plural pardais, feminine pardoca, feminine plural pardocas, feminine pardaloca, feminine plural pardalocas)

1. sparrow