flamingo
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Etymology
From Portuguese flamengo (“flamingo”) and Spanish flamenco (“flamingo”), which were adapted from Catalan flamenc (“flamingo”), of disputed ultimate origin in this sense.[1] All three forms are used adjectivally as an ethnonym meaning 'Flemish' (of Germanic origin, cognate to English Fleming); Spanish flamenco refers also to a dance type. Compare also French flamant (“flamingo”).
- The bird's name may derive from the ethnonym by an association of a ruddy complexion or hair color with the Flemings;[2] this etymology is supported by Corominas.[3] (In Spanish, flamenco can be used colloquially as an adjective meaning "robust, healthy-looking"[4]).
- Alternatively, either the dance flamenco,[5] the bird name or both come from attaching the same Germanic-derived ending found in the ethnonym to the distinct root of Latin flamma (“flame”): i.e. Catalan flamenc has been analyzed as flama (“flame”) + -enc. Compare also Portuguese -engo.
Pronunciation
Noun
flamingo (plural flamingos or flamingoes)
- A wading bird of the family Phoenicopteridae.
- 1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 266:
- After Nakuru the light remains only long enough to see the Lake Nakuru, away to the south, with its fringe of pink flamingos, and as the darkness falls the old main line to Kisumu branches to the left.
- A deep pink color tinged with orange, like that of a flamingo.
- flamingo:
Synonyms
- (bird): phenicopter
Derived terms
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Adjective
flamingo (not comparable)
- Of a deep pink color tinged with orange, like that of a flamingo.
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See also
- (reds) red; blood red, brick red, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, cerise, cherry, cherry red, Chinese red, cinnabar, claret, crimson, damask, fire brick, fire engine red, flame, flamingo, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, gules, hot pink, incarnadine, Indian red, magenta, maroon, misty rose, nacarat, oxblood, pillar-box red, pink, Pompeian red, poppy, raspberry, red violet, rose, rouge, ruby, ruddy, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, shocking pink, stammel, strawberry, Turkey red, Venetian red, vermilion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine (Category: en:Reds)
References
- Colón 2004, page 323
- “flamenco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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