pinguino

See also: pingüino

Ido

Etymology

From English penguin, French pingouin, German Pinguin, Italian pinguino, Russian пингви́н (pingvín), Spanish pingüino.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pinˈɡwino/, /pinˈɡvino/

Noun

pinguino (plural pinguini)

  1. (ornithology) penguin

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French pingouin, from Dutch pinguïn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pinˈɡwi.no/
  • Rhymes: -ino
  • Hyphenation: pin‧guì‧no

Noun

pinguino m (plural pinguini)

  1. penguin
  2. A choc ice; an Eskimo pie
  3. A card game for two to twelve players played with a forty card deck formed by removing the 8's, 9,s and 10's from a standard pack of cards
  4. An aeroplane used for ground exercises
  5. An air conditioner

Derived terms

Further reading

  • pinguino in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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