pelicano

See also: pellicano and pelícano

Interlingua

Noun

pelicano (plural pelicanos)

1. pelican

Latin

Noun

pelicānō

1. dative/ablative singular of pelicānus

Portuguese

pelicano

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek πελεκάνος (pelekános)

Latin pelicānuslbor.

Portuguese pelicano

Learned borrowing from Latin pelicānus (“pelican”), from Ancient Greek πελεκάνος (pelekános).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pe.liˈkɐ̃.nu/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨ.liˈkɐ.nu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨ.liˈkɐ.nu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨ.liˈka.nu/

• Hyphenation: pe‧li‧ca‧no

Noun

pelicano m (plural pelicanos)

1. pelican (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)

Related terms

• pelicanídeo
• pelicanídeos
• pelicaniforme

Further reading

• “pelicano”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “pelicano”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peliˈkano/ [pe.liˈka.no]
• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: pe‧li‧ca‧no

Noun

pelicano m (plural pelicanos)

1. alternative form of pelícano

Further reading

• “pelicano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025