perruche

French

Etymology

From perroquet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛ.ʁyʃ/, /pe.ʁyʃ/

Noun

perruche f (plural perruches)

1. parakeet; parrot; budgie (any of various birds)

Usage notes

Like many common names of animals in French, there is no one-to-one translation into English. See "Perruche" in the French Wikipedia for a list of individual species known as "perruche"

Descendants

• Romanian: peruș

Further reading

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