colibri

See also: Colibri, colibrí, and colibrì

French
colibri

Etymology

From a Caribbean source.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɔ.li.bʁi/
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Noun

colibri m (plural colibris)

  1. hummingbird
    Synonym: oiseau-mouche

Descendants
  • → Catalan: colibrí
  • → Dutch: kolibrie
  • → Portuguese: colibri
  • → Romanian: colibri
  • → Russian: коли́бри (kolíbri) (see there for further descendants)
  • → Spanish: colibrí

Further reading

Italian

Noun

colibri m

  1. Alternative form of colibrì

Anagrams

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French colibri,[1] from a Caribbean source.

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ko.liˈbɾi/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɔ.liˈbɾi/ [kɔ.liˈβɾi]

  • Hyphenation: co‧li‧bri

Noun

colibri m (plural colibris)

  1. hummingbird
    Synonym: beija-flor

References
  1. “colibri” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French colibri, from a Caribbean source.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ko.liˈbri/

Noun

colibri m (plural colibri)

  1. hummingbird

Declension
Declension of colibri
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) colibri colibriul (niște) colibri colibrii
genitive/dative (unui) colibri colibriului (unor) colibri colibrilor
vocative colibriule colibrilor

Synonyms
  • pasărea-muscă

Derived terms
  • colibri cioc-de-vultur
  • colibri cu coadă-de-rândunică
  • colibri cu coadă încovoiată
  • colibri cu spadă
  • colibri-de-ametist
  • colibri-de-topaz
  • colibri uriaș

See also
  • trohilide

References
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