parakeet
English
A rose-ringed parakeet
Etymology
From Middle French perroquet, probably a diminutive form of the personal name Pierre; some variant forms perhaps via Italian parrocchetto, Spanish periquito.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpaɹəkiːt/, /paɹəˈkiːt/
Noun
parakeet (plural parakeets)
- A member of any of the various species of small parrots usually bred in Australia and Africa. [from 16th c.]
- 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, chapter 8, in The Essayes, […], book II, printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:
- we had loved them for our pastimes, as we do apes, monkies, or perokitoes, and not as man.
- 2009, Patrick Barkham, The Guardian, 12 Oct 2009:
- According to one legend, the parakeets escaped from the set of The African Queen, John Huston's 1951 film made at Shepperton studios.
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Usage notes
The common parakeet kept as a pet is called the budgie or budgerigar in Commonwealth nations.
Translations
various species of small parrots
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