tucán

See also: tucan and túcán

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Tupian tuka, tukan, tukana, which probably originated as an imitation of its cry.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tuˈkan/ [t̪uˈkãn]
Rhymes: -an
Syllabification: tu‧cán

Noun

tucán m (plural tucanes)

toucan
(Costa Rica, dated) a 5000 colón bill

Descendants

→ Bulgarian: тукан m (tukan)
→ Catalan: tucà m
→ Dutch: toekan m
→? French: toucan m
- → English: toucan
- →? Esperanto: tukano
- → Finnish: tukaani
- →? Polish: tukan m anim
→ German: Tukan m
→? Macedonian: тукан m (tukan)
→? Russian: тукан m anim (tukan)
- → Armenian: տուկան (tukan)

Further reading

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

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