pinguino

See also: pingüino

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pingüino.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /pinɡui̯no/ [piŋ.ɡui̯.no]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /pinɡui̯ɲo/ [piŋ.ɡui̯.ɲo]
• Rhymes: -ui̯no, -o
• Rhymes: -ui̯ɲo, -o
• Hyphenation: pin‧gui‧no

Noun

pinguino anim

1. penguin

Declension

Declension of pinguino (anim V-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	pinguino	pinguinoa	pinguinoak	pinguinook
ergative	pinguinok	pinguinoak	pinguinoek	pinguinook
dative	pinguinori	pinguinoari	pinguinoei	pinguinooi
genitive	pinguinoren	pinguinoaren	pinguinoen	pinguinoon
comitative	pinguinorekin	pinguinoarekin	pinguinoekin	pinguinookin
causative	pinguinorengatik	pinguinoarengatik	pinguinoengatik	pinguinoongatik
benefactive	pinguinorentzat	pinguinoarentzat	pinguinoentzat	pinguinoontzat
instrumental	pinguinoz	pinguinoaz	pinguinoez	pinguinootaz
inessive	pinguinorengan	pinguinoarengan	pinguinoengan	pinguinoongan
locative	—	—	—	—
allative	pinguinorengana	pinguinoarengana	pinguinoengana	pinguinoongana
terminative	pinguinorenganaino	pinguinoarenganaino	pinguinoenganaino	pinguinoonganaino
directive	pinguinorenganantz	pinguinoarenganantz	pinguinoenganantz	pinguinoonganantz
destinative	pinguinorenganako	pinguinoarenganako	pinguinoenganako	pinguinoonganako
ablative	pinguinorengandik	pinguinoarengandik	pinguinoengandik	pinguinoongandik
partitive	pinguinorik	—	—	—
prolative	pinguinotzat	—	—	—

Further reading

• “pinguino”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]

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

Etymology tree

Proto-Celtic *kʷennom

Proto-Brythonic *penn

Welsh pen?

Proto-Indo-European *weyd-der.?

Proto-Celtic *windos

Proto-Brythonic *gwɨnn

Welsh gwyn?

Proto-Indo-European *peyh₂-der.

Proto-Indo-European *bʰenǵʰ-influ.?

Latin pinguisder.?

English penguinbor.

Dutch pinguïnbor.

French pingouinbor.

Italian pinguino

Borrowed from French pingouin.

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 Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026