tucano

Galician

Etymology

From French toucan or Portuguese/Spanish tucán, from Tupian tuka, tukan, tukana, which probably originated as an imitation of its cry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuˈkɐnʊ/

Noun

tucano m (plural tucanos)

1. toucan

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuˈka.no/
• Rhymes: -ano
• Hyphenation: tu‧cà‧no

Etymology 1

Named after the Tucano people, whose name itself is from Tucano.

Adjective

tucano (feminine tucana, masculine plural tucani, feminine plural tucane)

1. Tucanoan

Etymology 2

From French toucan or Portuguese/Spanish tucán, from Tupian tuka, tukan, tukana, which probably originated as an imitation of its cry.

Noun

tucano m (plural tucani)

1. toucan

Anagrams

• Canuto, canuto

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi tukana.

Pronunciation

• (Rio Grande do Sul) IPA^(key): /tuˈkɐ.no/
• Hyphenation: tu‧ca‧no

• Audio (Brazil)

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Noun

tucano m (plural tucanos, feminine tucana, feminine plural tucanas)

1. toucan (any bird from the family Ramphastidae)
2. (Brazil, figurative, politics, neologism) a person who supports or is affiliated to the Brazilian Social Democracy Party, whose mascot is a toucan

Descendants

• → Galician: tucano m
• → Italian: tucano m
  • → Maltese: tukan m
  • → Romanian: tucan m
• → Spanish: tucano m

Adjective

tucano (feminine tucana, masculine plural tucanos, feminine plural tucanas)

1. (Brazil, politics, neologism, relational) of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party
2. (Brazil, politics, neologism) supporting or pro-Brazilian Social Democracy Party

Spanish

Etymology

Named after the Tucano people, whose name itself is from Tucano.

Adjective

tucano (feminine tucana, masculine plural tucanos, feminine plural tucanas)

1. Tucanoan