flamingo
English
/fləˈmɪŋɡoʊ/
noun
Definitions
- A wading bird of the family Phoenicopteridae.
- A deep pink color tinged with orange, like that of a flamingo.
Etymology
Derived from Portuguese flamingo (flame-colored) derived from Spanish, Castilian flamengo (flame colored) derived from Latin flamma (flame, fire).
Origin
Latin
flamma
Gloss
flame, fire
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
火
Emoji
🔥
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- flamma Latin
- flammeus Latin
- flammiger Latin
- flammipes Latin
- flammula Latin
- flammulum, flammula Latin
- Flamingo German
- Flamme German
- fiamma Italian
- flamingo Dutch, Flemish
- flamber French
- flamme French
- flama Spanish, Castilian
- flamear Spanish, Castilian
- flamengo Spanish, Castilian
- llama Spanish, Castilian
- llamear Spanish, Castilian
- *bʰlē- Proto-Indo-European
- flamingo Norwegian Bokmål
- flamme Norwegian Bokmål
- flama Portuguese
- flamengo Portuguese
- flamingo Portuguese
- フラミンゴ Japanese
- flaming Polish
- flamingo Norwegian Nynorsk
- flamme Norwegian Nynorsk
- flame Old French
- flamme Old French
- flama Catalan, Valencian
- flamma Old High German
- фламинго Bulgarian
- פֿלאַם Yiddish
- chama Old Portuguese
- ফ্লেমিংগ Assamese
- fleamã Aromanian
- *flagmā Proto-Italic
- flama Old Occitan
- flamenc Old Occitan
- ciamma Sicilian
- sciàmma Ligurian