pochard

pochard

English

Aythya ferina (common pochard)

Alternative forms

• poachard, pocard

Etymology

Apparently originally from poach (“to poke”) +‎ -ard. Compare poker.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpəʊtʃəd/, /ˈpɒtʃəd/

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Noun

pochard (plural pochards)

1. Any of various diving ducks of the subfamily Aythyinae (genera Aythya and Netta), especially the common pochard, Aythya ferina.

Synonyms

• (diving duck): scaup

Derived terms

• common pochard
• Madagascar pochard
• red-crested pochard
• rosy-billed pochard
• southern pochard

Translations

duck

Bulgarian: червеноглава потапница f (červenoglava potapnica) Czech: polák (Aythya), zrzohlávka (Netta) Dutch: tafeleend (nl) Finnish: punasotka (fi) Greek: γκισάρι n (gkisári) Hungarian: barátréce (hu) Icelandic: skutulönd (is) f Italian: fistione m Korean: 흰죽지 (huinjukji) Macedonian: кафеногла́ва потопница f (kafenogláva potopnica), аламбаш m (alambaš) Mazanderani: یوری‎ (yuri) Navajo: Tó wónaanídę́ę́ʼ naalʼeełí bitsiiʼ halchíiʼii Russian: ныро́к (ru) m (nyrók) Spanish: porrón m Venetian: tersiòło m

References

• pochard on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Anatidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Anatidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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French

Etymology

From poche +‎ -ard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔ.ʃaʁ/

• Audio

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Noun

pochard m (plural pochards, feminine pocharde)

1. (colloquial) drunk, drunkard

Further reading

• “pochard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.