skua

See also: Skua and skúa

English

Etymology

From Faroese skúgvur (“Great Skua”), from Old Norse skúfr, of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈskjuːə/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Homophone: skewer (in non-rhotic accents)

A Great Skua in Iceland.

Noun

skua (plural skuas)

Any of various predatory seabirds of the family Stercorariidae that often chase other seabirds to steal their catches.

Synonyms

jaeger

Derived terms

Translations

predatory seabird of the family Stercorariidae

Asturian: cágalu (ast), fernandón (ast)
Bulgarian: гигантски морелетник m (gigantski moreletnik)
Czech: chaluha (cs) f
Danish: kjove c
Dutch: jager (nl) m
Faroese: kjógvi m
Finnish: kihu (fi)
French: labbe (fr) f
Galician: palleira (gl) f, golea f, papamerda m, merdento m
German: Raubmöwe f, Skua (de) f
Italian: stercorario (it) m
Latvian: klijkaija f
Lithuanian: plėšikas (lt) m
Maori: hākoakoa
Navajo: łóóʼyiniʼįįhí
North Frisian: skua
Norwegian:
Bokmål: jo (no) m

Nynorsk: jo m
Polish: wydrzyk (pl) m
Portuguese: moleiro (pt) m, mandrião (pt) m, estercorário m
Romanian: lup de mare m
Russian: помо́рник (ru) m (pomórnik)
Scottish Gaelic: fàsgadair m, fàsgadan m
Serbo-Croatian: pomornik (sh)
Slovak: pomorník m
Spanish: págalo m
Swedish: labb (sv) c, kustlabb (sv) c
Welsh: sgiwen f

See also

skua on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

Aksu, Kasu, Kaus, Sauk, auks

French

Etymology

From Faroese skúgvur (“Great Skua”).

Noun

skua m (plural skuas)

great skua
Synonym: grand labbe

See also

Skua on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr
labbe

Further reading

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

skuene (of noun)
skuet (of verb)

Noun

skua n

definite plural of skue

Verb

skua

inflection of skue:
1. simple past
2. past participle

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