kangourou
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English kangaroo; ultimately from Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɑ̃.ɡu.ʁu/
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Noun
kangourou m (plural kangourous)
- kangaroo
- (Canada) hoodie
Synonyms
(hoodie): pull à capuche, sweat à capuche, hoodie, coton-ouaté
Descendants
- → Basque: kanguru
- → Corsican: canguru
- → Italian: canguro
- → Khmer: កង់ហ្គូរូ (kɑngguuruu)
- → Polish: kangur
- → Romanian: cangur
- → Seychellois Creole: kangourou
- → Turkish: kanguru
Further reading
- “kangourou”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Seychellois Creole
Alternative forms
- kongoulou
Etymology
Borrowed from French kangourou, English kangaroo.
Noun
kangourou
- kangaroo
- Ou lizye i ron parey lizye kongoulou.
- Your eyes are round, like the eyes of a kangaroo.
References
- Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français
- Seychelles Creole vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.