ganso

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Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ganso.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡanso/
  • IPA(key): /ɡanˈso/
  • Hyphenation: gan‧so

Noun

gánso or gansó (Basahan spelling ᜄᜈ᜔ᜐᜓ)

  1. goose
    Synonym: gangsa

Galician

Etymology

From Gothic *𐌲𐌰𐌽𐍃 (*gans, goose), from Proto-Germanic *gans (goose), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /ˈɡanso/
  • IPA(key): (gheada) /ˈħanso/

  • Rhymes: -anso
  • Hyphenation: gan‧so

Noun

ganso m (plural gansos, feminine gansa, feminine plural gansas)

  1. goose, gander
    Synonym: sangano

References

Hiligaynon

Noun

ganso

  1. hook

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from German GansSpanish ganso.

Pronunciation

Noun

ganso (plural gansi)

  1. goose
    Hyponyms: gansino, gansulo, gansyuno

Derived terms

Portuguese

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ganso (Anser anser)

Etymology

From Gothic *𐌲𐌰𐌽𐍃 (*gans, goose), from Proto-Germanic *gans (goose), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns. Displaced Old Galician-Portuguese ansar, anssar.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃su
  • Hyphenation: gan‧so

Noun

ganso m (plural gansos, feminine gansa, feminine plural gansas)

  1. goose (a grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae)
    Hyponyms: ganso africano, ganso-bravo, ganso-do-canadá, ganso-do-egito, ganso-do-havaí, ganso-do-índico

Derived terms

Spanish

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Etymology

From Gothic *𐌲𐌰𐌽𐍃 (*gans), from Proto-Germanic *gans (compare English goose, Low German Goos, Dutch gans, German Gans, Danish gås, Faroese gás, Icelandic gæs, Norwegian Bokmål gås, Norwegian Nynorsk gås, Swedish gås, Irish ), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡanso/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -anso
  • Syllabification: gan‧so

Adjective

ganso (feminine gansa, masculine plural gansos, feminine plural gansas)

  1. stupid, slow-witted
    ¡Qué ganso eres!
    You're such a blockhead!

Noun

ganso m (plural gansos, feminine gansa, feminine plural gansas)

  1. goose, gander
    Synonyms: ánsar, oca
  2. idiot, fool (stupid or slow-witted person)
  3. clown, jokester
    hacer el gansoto clown about
  4. (New Mexico) turkey
    Synonym: pavo

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