tinamou

English

Elegant crested tinamou (Eudromia elegans).

Etymology

Borrowed from French tinamou, from Cariban tinamu.

Noun

tinamou (plural tinamous)

Any of the birds belonging to the South American family Tinamidae, the only family in the order Tinamiformes. They are related to the ratites, together with which they form the superorder Paleognathae.

Synonyms

tinamid
tinamiforme

Translations

bird of the family Tinamidae

Catalan: tinamú m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 䳍 (gung¹)

Mandarin: 䳍 (zh) (gōng)
Finnish: tinami (fi)
French: tinamou (fr) m
Italian: tinamo (it) m

Navajo: hodíłchʼiltah naaʼahóóhai
Portuguese: inambu m, tinamu m
Quechua: yuthu
Romanian: tinamu m
Russian: тинаму́ m (tinamú)
Spanish: tinamú m

Anagrams

manitou

French

Etymology

From Cariban tinamu.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tinamu/

Noun

tinamou m (plural tinamous)

tinamou (bird)

Descendants

→ Catalan: tinamú
→ English: tinamou
→ Finnish: tinami
→ Italian: tinamo
→ Portuguese: tinamu
→ Romanian: tinamu
→ Russian: тинаму (tinamu)
→ Spanish: tinamú

Further reading

“tinamou” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

manitou

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