aasvogel
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Afrikaans aasvogel (“vulture”) (obsolete), from aas (“carrion”) + vogel (“bird”), from Dutch.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɑːsˌfəʊ.ɡəl/[1]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑsˌfoʊ.ɡəl/[1]
Noun
aasvogel (plural aasvogels)
- (South Africa, rare, literary) Vulture. [First attested in the mid 19th century.][1]
- 1912, H. Rider Haggard, Marie:
- As the charge exploded I saw the aasvogel give a kind of backward twist.
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Usage notes
This word has no currency in modern South African English. It has been used by writers Rider Haggard, John Buchan and Saki to lend colour and authenticity to their works.
See also
Aegypiinae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
References
- “aasvogel” in Lesley Brown, editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 2.
- Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 3
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaːsˌfoː.ɣəl/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: aas‧vo‧gel
Noun
aasvogel m (plural aasvogels or aasvogelen, diminutive aasvogeltje n)
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