פֿלאַמינגאָ

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Yiddish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese flamingo. Compare German Flamingo, Russian флами́нго (flamíngo), and so on.

Pronunciation

Noun

פֿלאַמינגאָ (flamingom, plural פֿלאַמינגאָס (flamingos)

  1. flamingo (wading bird of the family Phoenicopteridae)

References

  • Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “flamingo”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN