pingouin
See also: pîngouîn
French
pingouin
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch pinguïn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɛ̃.ɡwɛ̃/
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Noun
pingouin m (plural pingouins)
- (scientific context) auk, razorbill (Arctic sea bird from the Alcidae family)
- (informal) penguin
- (colloquial, derogatory, ethnic slur) Spaniard
Derived terms
- grand pingouin
Descendants
- → Danish: pingvin
- → Italian: pinguino
- → Persian: پنگوئن
- → Portuguese: pinguim
- → Romanian: pinguin
- → Spanish: pingüino
- → Swedish: pingvin
- → Turkish: penguen
Further reading
- “pingouin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.