urogallo

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin urogallus, from German ur- + gallus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u.roˈɡal.lo/
• Rhymes: -allo
• Hyphenation: u‧ro‧gàl‧lo

Noun

urogallo m (plural urogalli)

1. grouse
2. capercaillie or wood grouse

Synonyms

• (grouse): tetraone
• (capercaillie): gallo cedrone

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin urogallus, from German ur- + gallus. Coined in 1817 in biology circles and expanded into common usage.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /uɾoˈɡaʝo/ [u.ɾoˈɣ̞a.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): /uɾoˈɡaʝo/ [u.ɾoˈɣ̞a.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /uɾoˈɡaʎo/ [u.ɾoˈɣ̞a.ʎo] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /uɾoˈɡaʃo/ [u.ɾoˈɣ̞a.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /uɾoˈɡaʒo/ [u.ɾoˈɣ̞a.ʒo] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /uɾoˈɡajo/ [u.ɾoˈɣ̞a.jo] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

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• Rhymes: -aʝo

• Rhymes: -aʝo (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• Rhymes: -aʎo (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -aʒo (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• Rhymes: -ajo (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Syllabification: u‧ro‧ga‧llo

Noun

urogallo m (plural urogallos)

1. wood grouse

Further reading

• “urogallo”, 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