wild goose

wild goose

English

Etymology

From Middle English wilde gos.

Noun

wild goose (plural wild geese)

1. any of many species of wildlife goose, such as the greylag goose or the Canada goose, whose wedge fly in a wedge or V form, or cuneiform, as opposed to the domesticated goose that would not fly.

Translations

species of wildlife goose

Bulgarian: сива гъска (siva gǎska) Cahuilla: 'alukul Chinese: Cantonese: 雁 (ngaan6) Mandarin: 雁 (zh) (yàn) Chuvash: хуркайӑк (hurk̬ajăk) Czech: husa velká (cs) Danish: grågås (da) Estonian: hallhani Faroese: grágás f, villgás f Finnish: villihanhi French: oie cendrée (fr) German: Wildgans (de), Graugans (de) Greek: αγριόχηνα (el) f (agrióchina) Hindi: ग्रेलैग हंस (grelaig hans) Icelandic: grágæs (is) Irish: gé fhiáin f Japanese: 雁 (ja) (がん, gan, かり, kari) Korean: 기러기 (gireogi) cf. 雁 Mi'kmaq: sulumgw anim Norman: pithot sauvage m Norwegian: grågås (no) Polish: gęś gęgawa Portuguese: ganso-bravo m Romanian: gâscă sălbatică (ro) f Russian: се́рый гусь (séryj gusʹ) Spanish: ánsar común m, ganso común m, oca común f Swedish: vildgås c Taos: p’ȍcákana Welsh: gŵydd wyllt

See also

• swan
• duck
• wild goose chase