pinguino

See also: pingüino

Ido

Etymology

From English penguin, French pingouin, German Pinguin, Italian pinguino, Russian пингви́н (pingvín), Spanish pingüino.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pinˈɡwino/, /pinˈɡvino/

Noun

pinguino (plural pinguini)

  1. (ornithology) penguin

Italian

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Celtic *kʷennom
Proto-Brythonic *penn
Welsh pen?
Proto-Indo-European *weyd-der.?
Proto-Celtic *windos
Proto-Brythonic *gwɨnn
Welsh gwyn?
Proto-Indo-European *peyh₂-der.
Proto-Indo-European *bʰenǵʰ-influ.?
Latin pinguisder.?
English penguinbor.
Dutch pinguïnbor.
French pingouinbor.
Italian pinguino

    Borrowed from French pingouin.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /pinˈɡwi.no/
    • Rhymes: -ino
    • Hyphenation: pin‧guì‧no

    Noun

    pinguino m (plural pinguini)

    1. penguin
    2. A choc ice; an Eskimo pie
    3. A card game for two to twelve players played with a forty card deck formed by removing the 8's, 9,s and 10's from a standard pack of cards
    4. An aeroplane used for ground exercises
    5. An air conditioner

    Derived terms

    Further reading

    • pinguino in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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