condor

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See also: Condor and cóndor

English

Etymology

From Spanish cóndor, from Classical Quechua kuntur. The change /t/ to /d/ was characteristic of the "coastal" variety of the language.

Pronunciation

Noun

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condor (plural condors or condor)

  1. Either of two New World vultures, Vultur gryphus of the Andes or Gymnogyps californianus, a nearly extinct vulture of the mountains of California.
    • 1859, Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species:
      The condor lays a couple of eggs and the ostrich a score, and yet in the same country the condor may be the more numerous of the two: the Fulmar petrel lays but one egg, yet it is believed to be the most numerous bird in the world.
  2. A gold coin of some South American countries bearing the figure of one of these vultures.
  3. An Argentinian short range ballistic missile.
  4. (golf) The completion of a hole four strokes under par (a quadruple birdie, triple eagle, or double albatross).
  5. (finance) A combination of four options of the same type at four strike prices, giving limited profit and limited risk.

Coordinate terms

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Derived terms

Descendants

  • Welsh: condor
  • Korean: 콘도르 (kondoreu)

Translations

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cóndor, from Quechua kuntur.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔn.dɔr/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: con‧dor

Noun

condor m (plural condors)

  1. condor, Andean condor, Vultur gryphus
    Synonym: Andescondor
  2. (rare) California condor, Gymnogyps californianus
    Synonym: Californische condor

Derived terms

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cóndor.

Pronunciation

Noun

condor m (plural condors)

  1. condor (American species of vultures)

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish cóndor.

Noun

condor m (invariable)

  1. condor (bird)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • condor in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

condor

  1. first-person singular present passive indicative of condō

Portuguese

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Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cóndor, from Quechua kuntur.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾ, (Brazil) -oʁ
  • Hyphenation: con‧dor

Noun

condor m (plural condores)

  1. condor (American species of vultures)
  2. condor (golden coin of Ecuador)
  3. (historical) condor (golden coin of Chile and Colombia)
  4. (Brazil, figurative, of a person) standout

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ condor”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032025
  2. ^ condor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082025

Romanian

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Etymology

Borrowed from French condor, Spanish cóndor, from Quechua kuntur.

Pronunciation

Noun

condor m (plural condori)

  1. condor (American species of vultures)

Declension

Declension of condor
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative condor condorul condori condorii
genitive-dative condor condorului condori condorilor
vocative condorule condorilor

Derived terms

See also

References

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English condor, from Spanish cóndor, from Quechua kuntur.

Noun

condor m (plural condoriaid)

  1. condor

Hyponyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of condor
radical soft nasal aspirate
condor gondor nghondor chondor

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.