tucán

See also: tucan and túcán

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Tupian tuka, tukan, tukana, which probably originated as an imitation of its cry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuˈkan/ [t̪uˈkãn]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: tu‧cán

Noun

tucán m (plural tucanes)

1. toucan
2. (Costa Rica, dated) a 5000 colón bill

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: тукан m (tukan)
• → Catalan: tucà m
• → Dutch: toekan m
• →? French: toucan m
  • → English: toucan
  • →? Esperanto: tukano
  • → Finnish: tukaani
  • →? Polish: tukan m anim
• → German: Tukan m
• →? Macedonian: тукан m (tukan)
• →? Russian: тукан m anim (tukan)
  • → Armenian: տուկան (tukan)

Further reading

• “tucán”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014