wild goose

English

Noun

wild goose (plural wild geese)

1. any of many species of wildlife goose, such as the greylag goose or the Canada goose, whose wedge fly in a wedge or V form, or cuneiform, as opposed to the domesticated goose that would not fly.

Translations

species of wildlife goose

• Bulgarian: сива гъска (siva gǎska)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 雁 (ngaan⁶)

  Mandarin: 雁 (zh) (yàn)

• Chuvash: хуркайӑк (hurk̬ajăk)
• Czech: husa velká (cs)
• Danish: grågås (da)
• Estonian: hallhani
• Faroese: grágás f, villgás f
• Finnish: villihanhi
• French: oie cendrée (fr)
• German: Wildgans (de), Graugans (de)
• Greek: αγριόχηνα (el) f (agrióchina)
• Hindi: ग्रेलैग हंस (grelaig hans)
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• Icelandic: grágæs (is)
• Irish: gé fhiáin f
• Japanese: 雁 (ja) (がん, gan, かり, kari)
• Korean: 기러기 (gireogi) cf. 雁
• Mi'kmaq: sulumgw anim
• Norman: pithot sauvage m
• Norwegian: grågås (no)
• Polish: gęś gęgawa
• Portuguese: ganso-bravo m
• Russian: се́рый гусь (séryj gusʹ)
• Spanish: ánsar común m, ganso común m, oca común f
• Swedish: vildgås c
• Taos: p’ȍcákana
• Welsh: gŵydd wyllt

See also

• swan
• duck
• wild goose chase