"gorfou" meaning in French

See gorfou in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɡɔʁ.fu/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-gorfou.wav [France, Lyon], LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-gorfou.wav [France] (note: Somain) Forms: gorfous [plural]
Etymology: Alteration of Faroese geirfuglur (“great auk”). Etymology templates: {{uder|fr|fo|geirfuglur||great auk}} Faroese geirfuglur (“great auk”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} gorfou m (plural gorfous)
  1. crested penguin Tags: masculine Derived forms: gorfou de Schlegel, gorfou de Victoria, gorfou des fjords, gorfou des Snares, gorfou doré, gorfou du Fiordland, gorfou huppé, gorfou macaroni, gorfou sauteur, gorfou sauteur subantarctique

Inflected forms

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        },
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    },
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    {
      "word": "gorfou huppé"
    },
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      "word": "gorfou macaroni"
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