"wigeon" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-us-wigeon.ogg [US] Forms: wigeons [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪdʒən, -ɪdʒɪn Etymology: Early 16th century. Probably from Middle French vigeon, from Old French vigeon, vingeon (“wigeon”), from Old French vignier (“to whine or shout”) + -on (“noun suffix”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|vigeon}} Middle French vigeon, {{der|en|fro|vigeon}} Old French vigeon, {{m|fr|vingeon||wigeon}} vingeon (“wigeon”), {{der|en|fro|vignier||to whine or shout}} Old French vignier (“to whine or shout”), {{m|fro|-on||noun suffix}} -on (“noun suffix”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} wigeon (plural wigeons)
  1. Any of three freshwater dabbling ducks. Categories (lifeform): Dabbling ducks Translations (a kind of duck): свирачка (sviračka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ànec xiulador [masculine] (Catalan), hvízdák (Czech), brunnakke [common-gender] (Danish), pibeand [common-gender] (Danish), smient [feminine] (Dutch), Fajfanaso (Esperanto), haapana (Finnish), canard siffleur (French), Pfeifente [feminine] (German), csörgővadkacsa (Hungarian), csörgő réce (Hungarian), lacha rua [feminine] (Irish), rualacha [feminine] (Irish), fischione [masculine] (Italian), 緋鳥 (hidori) (Japanese), 홍머리오리 (hongmeoriori) (Korean), Päifint [feminine] (Luxembourgish), ommidan (Manx), sûfflieux [masculine] (Norman), snárttal (Northern Sami), świstun [masculine] (Polish), piadeira [feminine] (Portuguese), rață fluierătoare [feminine] (Romanian), свия́зь (svijázʹ) [feminine] (Russian), свия́га (svijága) [feminine] (Russian), silbón [masculine] (Spanish), pato americano [masculine] (Spanish), ciosso [masculine] (Venetian), chwiwell [feminine] (Welsh), chwiw [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-wigeon-en-noun-VNcPKiEq Disambiguation of Dabbling ducks: 99 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 99 1 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 98 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 98 2 Disambiguation of 'a kind of duck': 100 0
  2. (dated) A fool. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-wigeon-en-noun-rTstm6Q2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: widgeon Derived forms: American wigeon Mareca americana, Chiloe wigeon Mareca sibilatrix, Eurasian wigeon Mareca penelope, southern wigeon

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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "svijága",
      "sense": "a kind of duck",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "свия́га"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a kind of duck",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "silbón"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a kind of duck",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pato americano"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetian",
      "sense": "a kind of duck",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ciosso"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "a kind of duck",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chwiwell"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "a kind of duck",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chwiw"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "wigeon"
  ],
  "word": "wigeon"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (210104c and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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