pelicano

See also: pellicano and pelícano

Interlingua

Noun

pelicano (plural pelicanos)

pelican

Latin

Noun

pelicānō

dative/ablative singular of pelicānus

Portuguese

pelicano

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pelicānus (“pelican”), from Ancient Greek πελεκάνος (pelekános).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /pe.liˈkɐ̃.nu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pe.liˈkɐ.no/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨ.liˈkɐ.nu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨ.liˈka.nu/

Hyphenation: pe‧li‧ca‧no

Noun

pelicano m (plural pelicanos)

pelican (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)

Related terms

pelicanídeo
pelicanídeos
pelicaniforme

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /peliˈkano/ [pe.liˈka.no]
Rhymes: -ano
Syllabification: pe‧li‧ca‧no

Noun

pelicano m (plural pelicanos)

Alternative form of pelícano

Further reading

“pelicano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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