pochard

English

Aythya ferina (common pochard)

Alternative forms

poachard, pocard

Etymology

Apparently originally from poach (“to poke”) +‎ -ard. Compare poker.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpəʊtʃəd/, /ˈpɒtʃəd/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Audio (Southern England) (file)

Noun

pochard (plural pochards)

Any of various diving ducks of the subfamily Aythyinae (genera Aythya and Netta), especially the common pochard, Aythya ferina.

Synonyms

(diving duck): scaup

Derived terms

Translations

duck

Bulgarian: червеноглава потапница f (červenoglava potapnica)
Czech: polák (Aythya), zrzohlávka (Netta)
Dutch: tafeleend (nl)
Finnish: punasotka (fi)
Greek: γκισάρι n (gkisári)
Hungarian: barátréce (hu)
Icelandic: skutulönd (is) f
Italian: fistione m
Korean: 흰죽지 (huinjukji)
Macedonian: кафеногла́ва потопница f (kafenogláva potopnica), аламбаш m (alambaš)
Mazanderani: یوری (yuri)
Navajo: Tó wónaanídę́ę́ʼ naalʼeełí bitsiiʼ halchíiʼii
Nivkh: ӿолмыр (holmər)
Russian: ныро́к (ru) m (nyrók)
Spanish: porrón m
Swedish: dykand (sv) c
Venetian: tersiòło m

References

pochard on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anatidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Anatidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

French

Etymology

From poche +‎ -ard.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɔ.ʃaʁ/
Audio (file)

Noun

pochard m (plural pochards, feminine pocharde)

(colloquial) drunk, drunkard

Further reading

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

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