ánsar
See also: ansar and ãnsar
Spanish
Cinco ánsares (five geese)
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin ansar, from Latin anser, from Proto-Italic *hāns, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns. Doublet of ganso.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈansaɾ/ [ˈãn.saɾ]
- Rhymes: -ansaɾ
- Syllabification: án‧sar
Noun
ánsar m (plural ánsares)
- (formal) wild goose
- Synonyms: ganso, oca
Hypernyms
- anseriforme
Hyponyms
- ánsar campestre (“Taiga bean goose”)
- ánsar careto (“greater white-fronted goose”)
- ánsar chico, ánsar careto chico (“lesser white-fronted goose”)
- ánsar cisnal (“swan goose”)
- ánsar común
- ánsar indio (“bar-headed goose”)
- ánsar nival (“snow goose”)
- ánsar piquicorto (“pink-footed goose”)
Coordinate terms
- barnacla
- cisne
- pato, ánade
- porrón
- serreta
Derived terms
- ansarino
Further reading
- “ánsar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014