avestruz
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avestruz
Asturian
Etymology
From ave (< Latin avis) + Old Occitan estrutz, from Latin struthio, from Ancient Greek στρουθίων (strouthíōn).
Noun
avestruz f (plural avestruces)
- ostrich (large flightless bird)
Galician
Etymology
From ave (< Latin avis) + From Old Galician-Portuguese estruz (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), borrowed from Old Occitan estrutz, from Latin struthio, from Ancient Greek στρουθίων (strouthíōn).
Pronunciation
Noun
avestruz f (plural avestruces)
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “estruz”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “estruz”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “avestruz”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “avestruz”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Portuguese
Etymology
From ave (< Latin avis) + Old Occitan estrutz, from Latin struthiō, from Ancient Greek στρουθίων (strouthíōn).[1]
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -us
- Hyphenation: a‧ves‧truz
Noun
avestruz m or f by sense (plural avestruzes)
- ostrich (large flightless bird)
References
Spanish
Etymology
From ave (< Latin avis) + Old Occitan estrutz, from Latin struthiō, from Ancient Greek στρουθίων (strouthíōn).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /abesˈtɾuθ/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /abesˈtɾus/
Audio (Spain): (file) - Rhymes: -uθ
- Rhymes: -us
- Syllabification: a‧ves‧truz
Noun
avestruz m (plural avestruces)
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “avestruz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28