flamingo

/fləˈmɪŋɡəʊ/fluh-MING-goh

/fləˈmɪŋɡoʊ/fluh-MING-goh

Meaningthe flame bird

Common meaning: a pink wading bird

flama blaze, flameLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 757 · scan
ingoSpanish/Portuguese noun ending

Journey through time

Latinflamma, -ae‘a blaze, flame’
Spanishflamencosource
Englishflamingo‘a pink wading bird’ · today

flam also in: flame inflammable inflammation

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

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Origin: Built on Latin flamma ‘a blaze, flame’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry flamma, p. 757 · dictionary scan; Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry FLAMINGO, p. 210 · dictionary scan

Roots

flamma, -ae Latin “a blaze, flame”

Related words

flame inflammable inflammation

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