pinguino

See also: pingüino

Ido

Etymology

From English penguin, French pingouin, German Pinguin, Italian pinguino, Russian пингви́н (pingvín), Spanish pingüino.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pinˈɡwino/, /pinˈɡvino/

Noun

pinguino (plural pinguini)

1. (ornithology) penguin

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French pingouin, from Dutch pinguïn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pinˈɡwi.no/
• Rhymes: -ino
• Hyphenation: pin‧guì‧no

Noun

pinguino m (plural pinguini)

1. penguin
2. A choc ice; an Eskimo pie
3. A card game for two to twelve players played with a forty card deck formed by removing the 8's, 9,s and 10's from a standard pack of cards
4. An aeroplane used for ground exercises
5. An air conditioner

Derived terms

• pinguini occhigialli
• pinguino africano
• pinguino crestato
• pinguino dal becco grosso
• pinguino degli antipodi
• pinguino del Capo
• pinguino del Fiordland
• pinguino delle Galapagos
• pinguino delle Snares
• pinguino di Humboldt
• pinguino di Magellano
• pinguino fronte dorata
• pinguino imperatore
• pinguino macaroni
• pinguino minore
• pinguino reale
• pinguino saltarocce
• pinguino saltatore

 

Further reading

• pinguino in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana