pingvin

From French pingouin, probably from Welsh pen gwyn 'white head'

pingvin c (singular definite pingvinen, plural indefinite pingviner)

1. penguin

• “pingvin” in Den Danske Ordbog

From German Pinguin, from Dutch pinguïn, from English penguin, of unknown origin.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpiŋɡvin]
• Rhymes: -iŋɡvin
• Hyphenation: ping‧vin
• Rhymes: -in

pingvin (plural pingvinek)

1. penguin

• pingvin in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

From English penguin and French pingouin, probably from Welsh pen gwyn 'white head'

• IPA^(key): /pɪŋʋiːn/
• Rhymes: -iːn

pingvin m (definite singular pingvinen, indefinite plural pingviner, definite plural pingvinene)

1. a penguin

• “pingvin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From English penguin and French pingouin.

pingvin m (definite singular pingvinen, indefinite plural pingvinar, definite plural pingvinane)

1. a penguin

• “pingvin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

pìngvīn m anim (Cyrillic spelling пѝнгвӣн)

1. penguin

• IPA^(key): /pinɡʋíːn/

pingvȋn m anim

1. penguin

• “pingvin”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

From French pingouin, attested from 1685.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /pɪŋˈviːn/

pingvin c

1. penguin

   pingviner på ett isflak

   penguins on an ice floe

• dvärgpingvin
• kejsarpingvin
• kungspingvin
• Galapagospingvin
• glasögonpingvin

• pingvin in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• pingvin in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)