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penguinese

penguinese noun: the language supposedly used by penguins.

Noun

penguinese (uncountable)

  1. (informal) The language supposedly used by penguins.
    • The next thing, a penguin will walk in here, tip his top hat, and abase himself while he mutters obsequiously in penguinese.2016, Randall Garrett, Unwise Child

Origin of penguinese

From penguin + -ese.

Questions about penguinese

What does penguinese mean?
Penguinese means the language supposedly used by penguins.
What part of speech is penguinese?
Penguinese is a noun.

Words near penguinese in the dictionary

  1. penguin-suited
  2. penguinarium
  3. penguinariums
  4. penguineries
  5. penguinery
  6. penguinese
  7. penguinesque
  8. penguinish
  9. penguinless
  10. penguinlike
  11. penguinone

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Adapted from Wiktionary: penguinese (page history and authors). 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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