flamingo
US/fləˈmɪŋɡoʊ/
flamingo noun: a wading bird of the family Phoenicopteridae of the order Phoenicopteriformes.
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Noun
flamingo (countable and uncountable, plural flamingos or flamingoes)
- A wading bird of the family Phoenicopteridae of the order Phoenicopteriformes.
- 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.1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 266
- Synonyms:
- phenicopter
- A deep pink color tinged with orange, like that of a flamingo.
Adjective
flamingo (not comparable)
- Of a deep pink color tinged with orange, like that of a flamingo.
flamingo meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
flamingo in Hindi
- bird
- राजहंस rājhans
flamingo in Tamil
- பூநாரை அல்லது கிளிமூக்கு நாரை
flamingo in Marathi
- flamingo
- राजहंस rājhausa
flamingo in Urdu
- فلیمنگو, فلیمینگو
More languagesFewer languages
- flamingo in Bengali
- ফ্লেমিংগো, ফ্লেমিঙ্গো, ফ্ল্যামিঙ্গো
- flamingo in Telugu
- సముద్రపుచిలుక samudrapuciluka, పూకొంగ pūkoṅga
- flamingo in Malayalam
- ഫ്ലമിംഗോ, ഫ്ലെമിംഗോ, ഫ്ളമിംഗോ
- flamingo in Kannada
- ರಾಜಹಂಸ, ಬಣ್ಣದ ಕೊಕ್ಕರೆ, ಮರಾಲ, ಮರಾಳ
- flamingo in Punjabi
- ਫਲੇਮਿੰਗੋ, ਫਲੈਮਿੰਗੋ
- flamingo in Gujarati
- ફ્લમિંગો
- flamingo in Odia
- ଫ୍ଲେମିଙ୍ଗୋ, ଫ୍ଲେମିଂଗୋ, ଫ୍ଲେମିଂଓ
- flamingo in Sanskrit
- वरहंस varahaṃsa, बलाक balāka, क्रुद्ध kruddha
- flamingo in Assamese
- ফ্লেমিংগ phlemiṅgo
- flamingo in Nepali
- फ्लेमिङ्गो, फ्लेमिंगो
- flamingo in Tagalog
- plamengko
- flamingo in Arabic
- بَشْرُوش bašrūš, نُحَام nuḥām, فْلَامِينْجُو flamingo
- flamingo in Malay
- flamingo
- flamingo in Indonesian
- flamingo
- flamingo in Persian
- قاز سرخ qaz-e sorx, فلامینگو felâmingo, مرغ آتشی morγ-e ātaši
- flamingo in Thai
- นกฟลามิงโก
- flamingo in Vietnamese
- hồng hạc
- Sindhi
- لاکيڄاڃي lākhej̄āñe
Examples of flamingo in a sentence
- Flamingo tongues were considered a delicacy in Ancient Rome.
- She pushed the flamingo floatie to the opposite end of the pool in record time.
- The life history of flamingos and the banded stilt of Australia are astonishingly alike.
Synonyms of flamingo
Forms of flamingo
| plural | flamingos |
|---|---|
| plural | flamingoes |
Origin of flamingo
From Portuguese flamengo (“flamingo”) and Spanish flamenco (“flamingo”), which were adapted from Catalan flamenc (“flamingo”), of disputed ultimate origin in this sense. 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; this etymology is supported by Corominas. (In Spanish, flamenco can be used colloquially as an adjective meaning "robust, healthy-looking".) * Alternatively, the dance flamenco, 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.
Words formed from flamingo
Phrases with flamingo
Words that rhyme with flamingo
Questions about flamingo
- What does flamingo mean?
- Flamingo means a wading bird of the family Phoenicopteridae of the order Phoenicopteriformes.
- What is flamingo in Hindi?
- Flamingo in Hindi is राजहंस (rājhans). See Flamingo meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is flamingo?
- Flamingo can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce flamingo?
- Flamingo is pronounced /fləˈmɪŋɡoʊ/ (US).
- What is the plural of flamingo?
- The plural of flamingo is flamingos.
Words near flamingo in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: flamingo (page history and authors); flamingo (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); राजहंस (Marathi) (page history and authors); flamingo (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flamingo (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flamingo (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flamingo (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); flamingo (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flamingo (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flamingo (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flamingo (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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