pochard

English

Alternative forms

poachard, pocard

Etymology

Apparently originally from poach (“to poke”) +‎ -ard. Compare poker.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpəʊtʃəd/, /ˈpɒtʃəd/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Audio (Southern England): (file)

Noun

pochard (plural pochards)

Any of various diving ducks of the subfamily Aythyinae (genera Aythya and Netta), especially the common pochard, Aythya ferina.

Synonyms

(diving duck): scaup

Derived terms

Translations

duck

Bulgarian: червеноглава потапница f (červenoglava potapnica)
Czech: polák (Aythya), zrzohlávka (Netta)
Dutch: tafeleend (nl)
Finnish: punasotka (fi)
Greek: γκισάρι n (gkisári)
Hungarian: barátréce (hu)
Icelandic: skutulönd (is) f
Italian: fistione m
Korean: 흰죽지 (huinjukji)
Macedonian: кафеногла́ва потопница f (kafenogláva potopnica), аламбаш m (alambaš)
Mazanderani: یوری (yuri)
Navajo: Tó wónaanídę́ę́ʼ naalʼeełí bitsiiʼ halchíiʼii
Nivkh: ӿолмыр (holmər)
Russian: ныро́к (ru) m (nyrók)
Spanish: porrón m
Swedish: dykand (sv) c
Venetan: tersiòło m

References

pochard on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anatidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Anatidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

French

Etymology

From poche +‎ -ard.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɔ.ʃaʁ/
Audio: (file)

Noun

pochard m (plural pochards, feminine pocharde)

(colloquial) drunk, drunkard

Further reading

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