pingouin

See also: pîngouîn

French

pingouin

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch pinguïn.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɛ̃.ɡwɛ̃/
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Noun

pingouin m (plural pingouins)

(scientific context) auk, razorbill (Arctic sea bird from the Alcidae family)
(informal) penguin
(colloquial, derogatory, ethnic slur) Spaniard

Derived terms

grand pingouin

Descendants

→ Danish: pingvin
→ Italian: pinguino
→ Persian: پنگوئن
→ Portuguese: pinguim
→ Romanian: pinguin
→ Spanish: pingüino
→ Swedish: pingvin
→ Turkish: penguen

Further reading

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

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