dingo

Borrowed from Dharug dingu (“tame dingo”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɪŋɡəʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdɪŋɡoʊ/
• Rhymes: -ɪŋɡəʊ

dingo (plural dingos or dingoes)

1. A wild dog native to Australia (Canis familiaris, Canis familiaris dingo, Canis dingo, or Canis lupus dingo).
   • 1943, H. Lorna Bingham, The Lost Tribe, Sydney: Winn and Co., page 13, column 2:

     Dan was beginning to feel very depressed when suddenly the eerie howl of a dingo rang out[.]

2. (Australia, informal) A cowardly or otherwise despicable person.

• dog

• ⇒ Translingual: Dingosa

dingo (third-person singular simple present dingoes, present participle dingoing, simple past and past participle dingoed)

1. (Australia, informal, transitive, intransitive) To behave in a cowardly or treacherous manner. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
2. (Australia, informal, transitive, intransitive) To renege on an agreement or situation. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
3. (Australia, informal, transitive, intransitive) To let down another individual. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

R. M. W. Dixon, Australian Aboriginal Words in English, Oxford University Press, 1990, →ISBN, pages 65 and 226.

• Gondi, doing, doïng, Godin, digon, ODing, Diong, OD'ing

dingo

1. to abandon

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɪŋɡo]

dingo m anim

1. dingo (wild dog native to Australia)

• “dingo”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “dingo”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “dingo”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
• “dingo”, in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2025, slovnikcestiny.cz

Borrowed from English dingo, from Dharug dingu.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɪŋ.ɡoː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: din‧go

dingo m (plural dingo's)

1. dingo, Canis lupus dingo (Australian wild dog)

From English dingo, French dingo, German Dingo, Polish dingo, Hungarian dingo and/or Russian динго (dingo), all ultimately from Dharug dingu (“tame dingo”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈdinɡo/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -inɡo
• Hyphenation: din‧go

dingo (accusative singular dingon, plural dingoj, accusative plural dingojn)

1. a dingo

• kanisedo (“canid”)

• virdingo (idiomatic) (a male dingo)
• dingido (“a young dingo, a dingo pup”)
• dingino (“a female dingo”)

From English dingo, from Dharug dingu (“tame dingo”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈdiŋːo/, [ˈdiŋːo̞]
• Rhymes: -iŋːo
• Syllabification^(key): din‧go
• Hyphenation^(key): din‧go

dingo

1. dingo

From dingue +‎ -o.

• IPA^(key): /dɛ̃.ɡo/

• Audio:

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dingo (plural dingos)

1. (slang) mad, crazy, nuts
2. obsessed, infatuated with

• IPA^(key): /dɛ̃.ɡo/, /din.ɡo/

dingo m (plural dingos)

1. (zoology) dingo, wild Australian dog

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

Borrowed from English, from Dharug.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdin.ɡo/
• Rhymes: -inɡo
• Hyphenation: dìn‧go

dingo m (plural dinghi or dingo)

1. dingo

• dingo in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• dingo in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• dingo in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• dìngo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• dingo in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore

• Gondi

dingo

1. Rōmaji transcription of ディンゴ

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɪŋɡoː/

diñgo

1. third-person singular past of dingti
2. third-person plural past of dingti

From English dingo, from Dharug dingu (“tame dingo”).

• IPA^(key): [diŋo], [diŋɡo]
• Rhymes: -ŋo, -o

dingo (Jawi spelling ديڠو, plural dingo-dingo)

1. dingo (wild dog native to Australia)

Borrowed from English dingo, from Dharug dingu.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdiŋ.ɡɔ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -iŋɡɔ
• Syllabification: din‧go

dingo m animal (indeclinable)

1. dingo

• dingo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• dingo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

dingo m (plural dingos)

1. dingo (wild dog native to Australia)

Borrowed from French dingo.

dingo m (uncountable)

1. dingo

• IPA^(key): [ˈdinɡɔ]

dingo m animal

1. dingo

• “dingo”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

• IPA^(key): /ˈdinɡo/ [ˈd̪ĩŋ.ɡo]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -inɡo
• Syllabification: din‧go

dingo m (plural dingos)

1. dingo

• “dingo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

dingo c

1. a dingo

• dingo in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• dingo in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• dingo in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

From Ottoman Turkish [Term?], from English dingo, from Dharug dingu (“tame dingo”).

• Hyphenation: din‧go

dingo (definite accusative dingoyu, plural dingolar)

1. a dingo