# dingo
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Dharug dingu (“tame dingo”).

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈdɪŋɡəʊ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪŋɡəʊ

### Noun

dingo (plural dingos or dingoes)
* A wild dog native to Australia (Canis familiaris, Canis familiaris dingo, Canis dingo, or Canis lupus dingo).
** 1943, H. Lorna Bingham, The Lost Tribe, Sydney: Winn and Co., page 13, column 2:Dan was beginning to feel very depressed when suddenly the eerie howl of a dingo rang out[.]
* (Australia, informal) A cowardly or otherwise despicable person.

#### Hypernyms

* dog

#### Derived terms

* American dingo
* dingo fence
* dingo fish
* dingo-proof
* dingo stiffener
* dingo’s breakfast
* dry as a dead dingo’s donger
* weredingo

#### Translations
### Verb

dingo (third-person singular simple present dingoes, present participle dingoing, simple past and past participle dingoed)
* (Australia, informal, transitive, intransitive) To behave in a cowardly or treacherous manner. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
* (Australia, informal, transitive, intransitive) To renege on an agreement or situation. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
* (Australia, informal, transitive, intransitive) To let down another individual. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

#### References

R. M. W. Dixon, Australian Aboriginal Words in English, Oxford University Press, 1990, →ISBN, pages 65 and 226.

### Anagrams

* Gondi, doing, doïng, Godin, digon, ODing, Diong, OD'ing

## Chamorro
### Verb

dingo
* to abandon

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdɪŋɡo]

### Noun

dingo m anim
* dingo (wild dog native to Australia)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “dingo”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “dingo”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “dingo”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
* “dingo” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2025, slovnikcestiny.cz

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from English dingo, from Dharug dingu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdɪŋ.ɡoː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: din‧go

### Noun

dingo m (plural dingo's)
* dingo, Canis lupus dingo (Australian wild dog)

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From English dingo, French dingo, German Dingo, Polish dingo, Hungarian dingo and/or Russian динго (dingo), all ultimately from Dharug dingu (“tame dingo”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdinɡo]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -inɡo
* Hyphenation: din‧go

### Noun

dingo (accusative singular dingon, plural dingoj, accusative plural dingojn)
* a dingo

#### Hypernyms

* kanisedo (“canid”)

#### Hyponyms

* virdingo (idiomatic) (a male dingo)
* dingido (“a young dingo, a dingo pup”)
* dingino (“a female dingo”)

## Finnish
### Etymology

From English dingo, from Dharug dingu (“tame dingo”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdiŋːo/, [ˈdiŋːo̞]
* Rhymes: -iŋːo
* Hyphenation: din‧go

### Noun

dingo
* dingo

#### Declension

Possessive forms of dingo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
dingoni
dingoni
accusative
nom.
dingoni
dingoni
gen.
dingoni
genitive
dingoni
dingojeni
partitive
dingoani
dingojani
inessive
dingossani
dingoissani
elative
dingostani
dingoistani
illative
dingooni
dingoihini
adessive
dingollani
dingoillani
ablative
dingoltani
dingoiltani
allative
dingolleni
dingoilleni
essive
dingonani
dingoinani
translative
dingokseni
dingoikseni
abessive
dingottani
dingoittani
instructive
comitative
—dingoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
dingosi
dingosi
accusative
nom.
dingosi
dingosi
gen.
dingosi
genitive
dingosi
dingojesi
partitive
dingoasi
dingojasi
inessive
dingossasi
dingoissasi
elative
dingostasi
dingoistasi
illative
dingoosi
dingoihisi
adessive
dingollasi
dingoillasi
ablative
dingoltasi
dingoiltasi
allative
dingollesi
dingoillesi
essive
dingonasi
dingoinasi
translative
dingoksesi
dingoiksesi
abessive
dingottasi
dingoittasi
instructive
comitative
—dingoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
dingomme
dingomme
accusative
nom.
dingomme
dingomme
gen.
dingomme
genitive
dingomme
dingojemme
partitive
dingoamme
dingojamme
inessive
dingossamme
dingoissamme
elative
dingostamme
dingoistamme
illative
dingoomme
dingoihimme
adessive
dingollamme
dingoillamme
ablative
dingoltamme
dingoiltamme
allative
dingollemme
dingoillemme
essive
dingonamme
dingoinamme
translative
dingoksemme
dingoiksemme
abessive
dingottamme
dingoittamme
instructive
comitative
—dingoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
dingonne
dingonne
accusative
nom.
dingonne
dingonne
gen.
dingonne
genitive
dingonne
dingojenne
partitive
dingoanne
dingojanne
inessive
dingossanne
dingoissanne
elative
dingostanne
dingoistanne
illative
dingoonne
dingoihinne
adessive
dingollanne
dingoillanne
ablative
dingoltanne
dingoiltanne
allative
dingollenne
dingoillenne
essive
dingonanne
dingoinanne
translative
dingoksenne
dingoiksenne
abessive
dingottanne
dingoittanne
instructive
comitative
—dingoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
dingonsa
dingonsa
accusative
nom.
dingonsa
dingonsa
gen.
dingonsa
genitive
dingonsa
dingojensa
partitive
dingoaan dingoansa
dingojaan dingojansa
inessive
dingossaan dingossansa
dingoissaan dingoissansa
elative
dingostaan dingostansa
dingoistaan dingoistansa
illative
dingoonsa
dingoihinsa
adessive
dingollaan dingollansa
dingoillaan dingoillansa
ablative
dingoltaan dingoltansa
dingoiltaan dingoiltansa
allative
dingolleen dingollensa
dingoilleen dingoillensa
essive
dingonaan dingonansa
dingoinaan dingoinansa
translative
dingokseen dingoksensa
dingoikseen dingoiksensa
abessive
dingottaan dingottansa
dingoittaan dingoittansa
instructive
comitative
—dingoineen dingoinensa :

## French
### Etymology 1

From dingue +‎ -o.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɛ̃.ɡo/
* Audio:(file)

#### Adjective

dingo (plural dingos)
* (slang) mad, crazy, nuts
* obsessed, infatuated with

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɛ̃.ɡo/, /din.ɡo/

#### Noun

dingo m (plural dingos)
* (zoology) dingo, wild Australian dog

### Further reading

* “dingo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English, from Dharug.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdin.ɡo/
* Rhymes: -inɡo
* Hyphenation: dìn‧go

### Noun

dingo m (plural dinghi or invariable)
* dingo

### Further reading

* dingo in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
* dingo in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
* dingo in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
* dìngo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
* dingo in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore

### Anagrams

* Gondi

## Japanese
### Romanization

dingo
* Rōmaji transcription of ディンゴ

## Lithuanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdʲɪŋɡoː/

### Verb

diñgo
* third-person singular past of dingti
* third-person plural past of dingti

## Malay
### Etymology

From English dingo, from Dharug dingu (“tame dingo”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [diŋo], [diŋɡo]
* Rhymes: -ŋo, -o

### Noun

dingo (Jawi spelling ديڠو, plural dingo-dingo, informal 1st possessive dingoku, 2nd possessive dingomu, 3rd possessive dingonya)
* dingo (wild dog native to Australia)

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English dingo, from Dharug dingu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdiŋ.ɡɔ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -iŋɡɔ
* Syllabification: din‧go

### Noun

dingo m animal (indeclinable)
* dingo

### Further reading

* dingo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* dingo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Noun

dingo m (plural dingos)
* dingo (wild dog native to Australia)

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French dingo.

### Noun

dingo m (uncountable)
* dingo

#### Declension
## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdinɡɔ]
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### Noun

dingo m animal
* dingo

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “dingo”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdinɡo/ [ˈd̪ĩŋ.ɡo]
* Audio (Spain):(file)
* Rhymes: -inɡo
* Syllabification: din‧go

### Noun

dingo m (plural dingos)
* dingo

### Further reading

* “dingo”, 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

## Swedish
### Noun

dingo c
* a dingo

#### Declension
### References

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

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish [Term?], from English dingo, from Dharug dingu (“tame dingo”).

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: din‧go

### Noun

dingo (definite accusative dingoyu, plural dingolar)
* a dingo

#### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
dingo
dingolar
definite accusative
dingoyu
dingoları
dative
dingoya
dingolara
locative
dingoda
dingolarda
ablative
dingodan
dingolardan
genitive
dingonun
dingoların
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
dingom
dingolarım
2nd singular
dingon
dingoların
3rd singular
dingosu
dingoları
1st plural
dingomuz
dingolarımız
2nd plural
dingonuz
dingolarınız
3rd plural
dingoları
dingoları
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
dingomu
dingolarımı
2nd singular
dingonu
dingolarını
3rd singular
dingosunu
dingolarını
1st plural
dingomuzu
dingolarımızı
2nd plural
dingonuzu
dingolarınızı
3rd plural
dingolarını
dingolarını
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
dingoma
dingolarıma
2nd singular
dingona
dingolarına
3rd singular
dingosuna
dingolarına
1st plural
dingomuza
dingolarımıza
2nd plural
dingonuza
dingolarınıza
3rd plural
dingolarına
dingolarına
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
dingomda
dingolarımda
2nd singular
dingonda
dingolarında
3rd singular
dingosunda
dingolarında
1st plural
dingomuzda
dingolarımızda
2nd plural
dingonuzda
dingolarınızda
3rd plural
dingolarında
dingolarında
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
dingomdan
dingolarımdan
2nd singular
dingondan
dingolarından
3rd singular
dingosundan
dingolarından
1st plural
dingomuzdan
dingolarımızdan
2nd plural
dingonuzdan
dingolarınızdan
3rd plural
dingolarından
dingolarından
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
dingomun
dingolarımın
2nd singular
dingonun
dingolarının
3rd singular
dingosunun
dingolarının
1st plural
dingomuzun
dingolarımızın
2nd plural
dingonuzun
dingolarınızın
3rd plural
dingolarının
dingolarının :