tinamou

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French tinamou, from Kari'na inamu (great tinamou).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɪn.əˌmuː/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Noun

tinamou (plural tinamous)

  1. Any of the birds belonging to the South American family Tinamidae, the only family in the order Tinamiformes. They are related to the ratites, together with which they form the superorder Paleognathae.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Kari'na inamu (great tinamou).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ti.na.mu/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

tinamou m (plural tinamous)

  1. tinamou (bird)

Descendants

  • Catalan: tinamú
  • English: tinamou
  • Finnish: tinami
  • Italian: tinamo
  • Portuguese: tinamu
  • Romanian: tinamu
  • Russian: тинаму (tinamu)
  • Spanish: tinamú

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