kangourou

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English kangaroo; ultimately from Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɑ̃.ɡu.ʁu/
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Noun

kangourou m (plural kangourous)

kangaroo
(Canada, Missouri, New England, Louisiana) hoodie

Synonyms

(hoodie): pull à capuche, sweat à capuche, hoodie, coton-ouaté

Descendants

→ Basque: kanguru
→ Corsican: canguru
→ Italian: canguro
→ Khmer: កង់ហ្គូរូ (kɑngguuruu)
→ Polish: kangur
→ Romanian: cangur
→ Seychellois Creole: kangourou
→ Turkish: kanguru

Further reading

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

Seychellois Creole

Alternative forms

kongoulou

Etymology

Borrowed from French kangourou, English kangaroo.

Noun

kangourou

kangaroo
Ou lizye i ron parey lizye kongoulou.
Your eyes are round, like the eyes of a kangaroo.

References

Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français
Seychelles Creole vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

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