pardal

pardal

See also: pardál and Pardal

English

Alternative forms

• pardale [16th c.]

Etymology

From Latin pardalis, from Ancient Greek πάρδαλις (párdalis), from an unattested Old Iranian word; compare Persian پلنگ‎ (palang), Pashto پړانګ‎ (pṙâng).

Noun

pardal (plural pardals)

1. (obsolete) A pard; a panther or leopard.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938:

     Wyld beasts in yron yokes he would compell; / The spotted Panther, and the tusked Bore, / The Pardale swift, and the Tigre cruell […]

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Catalan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pardalus, from Ancient Greek πάρδαλος (párdalos), from πάρδαλις (párdalis, “panther”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /pəɾˈdal/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /pərˈdal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /paɾˈdal/

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Noun

pardal m (plural pardals)

1. sparrow

   Synonyms: teuladí, teulader, torredà

Derived terms

• matar dos pardals d'un tret
• pardal d'ala blanca
• pardal guineuer
• pardal xarrec

 

Further reading

• “pardal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “pardal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “pardal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Galician

Etymology

From pardo (“brown”) +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paɾˈðal/

Noun

pardal m (plural pardais)

1. house sparrow

   Synonym: gorrión

Derived terms

• Pardal

Further reading

• “pardal” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

References

• “pardal” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “pardal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “pardal” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “pardal” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Portuguese

Pardal (Passer domesticus)

Etymology

From pardo (“mottled”) +‎ -al.[1][2]

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paʁˈdaw/ [paɦˈdaʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paʁˈdaw/ [paɦˈdaʊ̯]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /paɾˈdaw/ [paɾˈdaʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /paʁˈdaw/ [paʁˈdaʊ̯]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /paɻˈdaw/ [paɻˈdaʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐɾˈdal/ [pɐɾˈðaɫ]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Homophone: pardau
• Hyphenation: par‧dal

Noun

pardal m (plural pardais, feminine pardoca or pardaloca, feminine plural pardocas or pardalocas)

1. sparrow

References

1. “pardal” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
2. “pardal” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.