# flamingo
## English
### Etymology

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, either 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.

### Pronunciation

* (US) IPA: /fləˈmɪŋɡoʊ/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪŋɡəʊ

### Noun

flamingo (countable and uncountable, plural flamingos or flamingoes)
* (countable) A wading bird of the order Phoenicopteriformes.
** 1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 266: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.
* A deep pink color tinged with orange, like that of a flamingo.
    flamingo:

#### Synonyms

* (bird): phenicopter (archaic)

#### Derived terms

* American flamingo
* Andean flamingo
* Caribbean flamingo
* Chilean flamingo
* flamingo flower
* flamingo shot
* flamingo squat
* flamingo tongue
* James's flamingo
* lesser flamingo

#### Translations
### Adjective

flamingo (not comparable)
* Of a deep pink color tinged with orange, like that of a flamingo.

#### Translations
### See also

* blood red
* brick red
* burgundy
* cardinal
* carmine
* carnation
* cerise
* cherry
* cherry red
* Chinese red
* cinnabar
* claret
* crimson
* damask
* fire brick
* fire engine red
* flame
* flamingo
* fuchsia
* garnet
* geranium
* gules
* hot pink
* incarnadine
* Indian red
* magenta
* maroon
* misty rose
* nacarat
* oxblood
* pillar-box red
* pink
* Pompeian red
* poppy
* raspberry
* red violet
* rose
* rouge
* ruby
* ruddy
* salmon
* sanguine
* scarlet
* shocking pink
* stammel
* strawberry
* Turkey red
* Venetian red
* vermilion
* vinaceous
* vinous
* violet red
* wine

### References

* ↑ Germà Colón (2004) “Flamenc, flamenco, flamingo : "phoenicopterus ruber"”, in Revue de linguistique romane‎, volume 68
* ↑ Stewart Edelstein (2002) “Unlikely Word Pairs: A Sampling of Dubious Dublets”, in Oberlin Alumni Magazine‎, volume 98, number 1
* ↑ Colón 2004, page 323
* ↑ “flamenco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
* ↑ William Sayers (2007) “Spanish Flamenco: origin, loan translation, and in- and out-group evolution (Romani, Caló, Castilian)”, in Romance Notes‎, volume 48, number 1, page 14

## Danish
### Noun

flamingo c (singular definite flamingoen, plural indefinite flamingoer)
* flamingo (bird)
* (uncountable) styrofoam

#### Declension
### References

* “flamingo” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese flamingo, from Spanish flamengo, from Old Occitan flamenc, which derives either from Latin flamma (“flame”), after the color of its plumage, or (less likely) from Middle Dutch vlaminc, after their ruddy skin color (compare Spanish flamenco).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌflaːˈmɪŋ.ɡoː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: fla‧min‧go

### Noun

flamingo m (plural flamingo's, diminutive flamingootje n)
* a flamingo, bird of the family Phoenicopteridae
    Synonym: zeegans
* (particularly) the greater flamingo, Phoenicopterus roseus
    Synonyms: Europese flamingo, grote flamingo
* (Suriname) Synonym of rode ibis

#### Derived terms

* Europese flamingo
* grote flamingo

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: flamink

## Esperanto
### Etymology

flamo (“flame”) +‎ -ingo (“socket”)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [flaˈminɡo]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -inɡo
* Hyphenation: fla‧min‧go

### Noun

flamingo (accusative singular flamingon, plural flamingoj, accusative plural flamingojn)
* gas burner

#### See also

* flamengo (“flamingo”)

## Finnish
### Etymology

From English flamingo, from Spanish flamengo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈflɑmiŋːo/, [ˈflɑ̝miŋːo̞]
* Rhymes: -ɑmiŋːo
* Hyphenation: fla‧min‧go

### Noun

flamingo
* flamingo
* (specifically) greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of flamingo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
flamingoni
flamingoni
accusative
nom.
flamingoni
flamingoni
gen.
flamingoni
genitive
flamingoni
flamingojeni
partitive
flamingoani
flamingojani
inessive
flamingossani
flamingoissani
elative
flamingostani
flamingoistani
illative
flamingooni
flamingoihini
adessive
flamingollani
flamingoillani
ablative
flamingoltani
flamingoiltani
allative
flamingolleni
flamingoilleni
essive
flamingonani
flamingoinani
translative
flamingokseni
flamingoikseni
abessive
flamingottani
flamingoittani
instructive
comitative
—flamingoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
flamingosi
flamingosi
accusative
nom.
flamingosi
flamingosi
gen.
flamingosi
genitive
flamingosi
flamingojesi
partitive
flamingoasi
flamingojasi
inessive
flamingossasi
flamingoissasi
elative
flamingostasi
flamingoistasi
illative
flamingoosi
flamingoihisi
adessive
flamingollasi
flamingoillasi
ablative
flamingoltasi
flamingoiltasi
allative
flamingollesi
flamingoillesi
essive
flamingonasi
flamingoinasi
translative
flamingoksesi
flamingoiksesi
abessive
flamingottasi
flamingoittasi
instructive
comitative
—flamingoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
flamingomme
flamingomme
accusative
nom.
flamingomme
flamingomme
gen.
flamingomme
genitive
flamingomme
flamingojemme
partitive
flamingoamme
flamingojamme
inessive
flamingossamme
flamingoissamme
elative
flamingostamme
flamingoistamme
illative
flamingoomme
flamingoihimme
adessive
flamingollamme
flamingoillamme
ablative
flamingoltamme
flamingoiltamme
allative
flamingollemme
flamingoillemme
essive
flamingonamme
flamingoinamme
translative
flamingoksemme
flamingoiksemme
abessive
flamingottamme
flamingoittamme
instructive
comitative
—flamingoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
flamingonne
flamingonne
accusative
nom.
flamingonne
flamingonne
gen.
flamingonne
genitive
flamingonne
flamingojenne
partitive
flamingoanne
flamingojanne
inessive
flamingossanne
flamingoissanne
elative
flamingostanne
flamingoistanne
illative
flamingoonne
flamingoihinne
adessive
flamingollanne
flamingoillanne
ablative
flamingoltanne
flamingoiltanne
allative
flamingollenne
flamingoillenne
essive
flamingonanne
flamingoinanne
translative
flamingoksenne
flamingoiksenne
abessive
flamingottanne
flamingoittanne
instructive
comitative
—flamingoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
flamingonsa
flamingonsa
accusative
nom.
flamingonsa
flamingonsa
gen.
flamingonsa
genitive
flamingonsa
flamingojensa
partitive
flamingoaan flamingoansa
flamingojaan flamingojansa
inessive
flamingossaan flamingossansa
flamingoissaan flamingoissansa
elative
flamingostaan flamingostansa
flamingoistaan flamingoistansa
illative
flamingoonsa
flamingoihinsa
adessive
flamingollaan flamingollansa
flamingoillaan flamingoillansa
ablative
flamingoltaan flamingoltansa
flamingoiltaan flamingoiltansa
allative
flamingolleen flamingollensa
flamingoilleen flamingoillensa
essive
flamingonaan flamingonansa
flamingoinaan flamingoinansa
translative
flamingokseen flamingoksensa
flamingoikseen flamingoiksensa
abessive
flamingottaan flamingottansa
flamingoittaan flamingoittansa
instructive
comitative
—flamingoineen flamingoinensa :

#### Derived terms

* andienflamingo
* flamingokukka
* pikkuflamingo

### Further reading

* “flamingo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## Indonesian
### Noun

flamingo (plural flamingo-flamingo)
* flamingo

## Malay
### Noun

flamingo (plural flamingo-flamingo, informal 1st possessive flamingoku, 2nd possessive flamingomu, 3rd possessive flamingonya)
* flamingo

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Portuguese flamingo.

### Noun

flamingo m (definite singular flamingoen, indefinite plural flamingoer, definite plural flamingoene)
* a flamingo

### References

* “flamingo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Portuguese flamingo.

### Noun

flamingo m (definite singular flamingoen, indefinite plural flamingoar, definite plural flamingoane)
* a flamingo

### References

* “flamingo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* flamengo

### Etymology

Borrowed from English flamingo, from Portuguese and Spanish flamengo (“flame colored”), from Old Occitan flamenc (“flame colored”), from Latin flamma (“flame”) (compare Portuguese chama, flama).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /flaˈmĩ.ɡu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /flaˈmĩ.ɡu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /flaˈmĩ.ɡo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /flɐˈmĩ.ɡu/
* Hyphenation: fla‧min‧go
* Audio (Brazil):(file)
* Rhymes: -ĩɡu

### Noun

flamingo m (plural flamingos)
* flamingo (bird)

#### Related terms

* chama
* flamejante

#### See also

* flamengo

### Further reading

* “flamingo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “flamingo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

## Romanian
### Alternative forms

* flaming — rare

### Etymology

Borrowed from German Flamingo, from Spanish flamengo or Portuguese flamengo (“flame colored”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /flaˈmin.ɡo/

### Noun

flamingo m (plural flamingi)
* flamingo (bird)

#### Derived terms

* flamingo andin
* flamingo chilian
* flamingo minor
* flamingo roz

#### Paronyms

* flamenco

#### See also

* fenicopteriform

### References

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

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /flaˈminɡo/ [flaˈmĩŋ.ɡo]
* Rhymes: -inɡo
* Syllabification: fla‧min‧go

### Noun

flamingo m (plural flamingos)
* flamingo

## Sranan Tongo
### Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch flamingo. (The bird that in English is known as flamingo is known instead as segansi.)

### Noun

flamingo
* scarlet ibis, Eudocimus ruber
    Synonym: korikori

## Swahili
### Etymology

Borrowed from English flamingo.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

flamingo class ? (plural [please provide])
* flamingo
    Synonym: heroe
** 2012 February 5, “Utaliana yapata homa ya West Nile”, in BBC News Swahili‎:Wingu la flamingo, au heroe, huvutia maelfu ya watu kila mwaka, watu wanaopenda kuwatazama kwenye kisiwa cha Sardinia, magharibi mwa Utaliana.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

## Swedish
### Noun

flamingo c
* flamingo (bird)

#### Declension
### References

* flamingo in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* flamingo in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* flamingo in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)