# drongo
## English
### Pronunciation

* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɒŋɡəʊ

### Etymology 1

From Malagasy drongo.

#### Noun

drongo (plural drongos or drongoes)
* Any bird of the family Dicruridae.

##### Derived terms

* black drongo
* drongo-cuckoo
* drongo cuckoo
* drongo shrike

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

From an Australian racehorse named Drongo, apparently after the bird (specifically, after the spangled drongo, Dicrurus bracteatus). The horse (foaled 1920, retired 1925) never won a race, and by transference anyone slow-witted or clumsy became a drongo.
* Alternatively, from putative RAAF slang drongo (a recruit), similarly after the bird.
* Another suggested derivation is the Scottish Gaelic drongair (“drunkard”).

#### Noun

drongo (plural drongos)
* (Australia, New Zealand, slang, derogatory) A fool, an idiot, a stupid fellow.
** 2010, Graham Seal, Great Australian Stories: Legends, Yarns and Tall Tales, page 191:In another story, the drongo is working for a farmer when the boss decides it is time to build another windmill. The drongo agrees to help but asks the farmer if he thinks it really makes sense to have two windmills. ‘What do you mean?’ the farmer asked. ‘Well, says the drongo, ‘there′s barely enough wind to operate the one you already have, so I doubt there′ll be enough to work two of them.’
** 2010, John Timpson, Upside Down Management: A Common Sense Guide to Better Business, unnumbered page:One drongo executive can do harm enough, but things get worse when they start recruiting people like themselves.
** 2020, "Moments of Silence", in Taskmaster, series 10, episode 8, Channel 4, script for Sam in The Smart Steak:
    I'd rather sit in this daggy bathtub than get a hug from you, you drongo..

##### Synonyms

* (clumsy fool; idiot): cretin, doilem (Geordie), dufus, fool, glaik (Geordie), idiot, mong

### References

* ↑ "Drongo", entry in 1970, Bill Wannan, Australian Folklore, Lansdowne Press, reprint 1979, →ISBN, page 200.
* ↑ Eric Partridge (2007) “drongo”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, Abingdon, Oxon., New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 120.

### Anagrams

* Gordon, Grodno

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Malagasy drongo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdroŋːo/, [ˈdro̞ŋːo̞]
* Rhymes: -oŋːo
* Hyphenation: dron‧go

### Noun

drongo
* drongo (bird)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of drongo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
drongoni
drongoni
accusative
nom.
drongoni
drongoni
gen.
drongoni
genitive
drongoni
drongojeni
partitive
drongoani
drongojani
inessive
drongossani
drongoissani
elative
drongostani
drongoistani
illative
drongooni
drongoihini
adessive
drongollani
drongoillani
ablative
drongoltani
drongoiltani
allative
drongolleni
drongoilleni
essive
drongonani
drongoinani
translative
drongokseni
drongoikseni
abessive
drongottani
drongoittani
instructive
comitative
—drongoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
drongosi
drongosi
accusative
nom.
drongosi
drongosi
gen.
drongosi
genitive
drongosi
drongojesi
partitive
drongoasi
drongojasi
inessive
drongossasi
drongoissasi
elative
drongostasi
drongoistasi
illative
drongoosi
drongoihisi
adessive
drongollasi
drongoillasi
ablative
drongoltasi
drongoiltasi
allative
drongollesi
drongoillesi
essive
drongonasi
drongoinasi
translative
drongoksesi
drongoiksesi
abessive
drongottasi
drongoittasi
instructive
comitative
—drongoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
drongomme
drongomme
accusative
nom.
drongomme
drongomme
gen.
drongomme
genitive
drongomme
drongojemme
partitive
drongoamme
drongojamme
inessive
drongossamme
drongoissamme
elative
drongostamme
drongoistamme
illative
drongoomme
drongoihimme
adessive
drongollamme
drongoillamme
ablative
drongoltamme
drongoiltamme
allative
drongollemme
drongoillemme
essive
drongonamme
drongoinamme
translative
drongoksemme
drongoiksemme
abessive
drongottamme
drongoittamme
instructive
comitative
—drongoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
drongonne
drongonne
accusative
nom.
drongonne
drongonne
gen.
drongonne
genitive
drongonne
drongojenne
partitive
drongoanne
drongojanne
inessive
drongossanne
drongoissanne
elative
drongostanne
drongoistanne
illative
drongoonne
drongoihinne
adessive
drongollanne
drongoillanne
ablative
drongoltanne
drongoiltanne
allative
drongollenne
drongoillenne
essive
drongonanne
drongoinanne
translative
drongoksenne
drongoiksenne
abessive
drongottanne
drongoittanne
instructive
comitative
—drongoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
drongonsa
drongonsa
accusative
nom.
drongonsa
drongonsa
gen.
drongonsa
genitive
drongonsa
drongojensa
partitive
drongoaan drongoansa
drongojaan drongojansa
inessive
drongossaan drongossansa
drongoissaan drongoissansa
elative
drongostaan drongostansa
drongoistaan drongoistansa
illative
drongoonsa
drongoihinsa
adessive
drongollaan drongollansa
drongoillaan drongoillansa
ablative
drongoltaan drongoltansa
drongoiltaan drongoiltansa
allative
drongolleen drongollensa
drongoilleen drongoillensa
essive
drongonaan drongonansa
drongoinaan drongoinansa
translative
drongokseen drongoksensa
drongoikseen drongoiksensa
abessive
drongottaan drongottansa
drongoittaan drongoittansa
instructive
comitative
—drongoineen drongoinensa :

#### Derived terms

* aldabrandrongo
* andamaaniendrongo
* celebesindrongo
* filippiiniendrongo
* komoriendrongo
* mayottendrongo
* mustadrongo
* paljettidrongo
* papuandrongo
* peräsindrongo
* pikkudrongo
* pikkusieppodrongo
* pikkuviiridrongo
* pronssidrongo
* samettidrongo
* sieppodrongo
* tuhkadrongo
* töyhtödrongo
* uudenirlannindrongo
* valkovatsadrongo
* varisdrongo
* viiridrongo

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French drongo, from Malagasy.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdrɔn.ɡo/
* Rhymes: -ɔnɡo
* Hyphenation: dròn‧go

### Noun

drongo m (plural dronghi)
* (ornithology) drongo (any bird of the Dicruridae family), particularly the fork-tailed drongo (Dicrurus adsimilis)

### Further reading

* drongo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* grondo, grondò

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French drongo, from Malagasy [Term?].

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdron.ɡo/

### Noun

drongo m (uncountable)
* drongo

#### Declension
### See also

* cioară
* corb
* mierlă

### References

* drongo in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)