pardal

See also: pardál and Pardal

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin pardalis, from Ancient Greek πάρδαλις (párdalis), from an unattested Old Iranian word; compare Persian پلنگ (palang), Pashto پړانګ (pṙâng).

Noun

pardal (plural pardals)

  1. (obsolete) A pard; a panther or leopard.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.vi:
      Wyld beasts in yron yokes he would compell; / The spotted Panther, and the tusked Bore, / The Pardale swift, and the Tigre cruell []

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /pəɾˈdal/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /pərˈdal/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /paɾˈdal/

Noun

pardal m (plural pardals)

  1. sparrow

Derived terms

  • matar dos pardals d'un tret

Further reading


Galician

Etymology

From pardo (brown) + -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paɾˈðal/, [paɾˈðal], [paɾˈðaʊ̯]

Noun

pardal m (plural pardais)

  1. house sparrow
    Synonym: gorrión

Derived terms

Further reading

References

  • pardal” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • pardal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • pardal” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • pardal” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

From pardo (mottled, mulatto) + -al

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɐɾ.ˈðaɫ/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /paɾ.ˈdaw/
  • Hyphenation: par‧dal
  • Rhymes: -aw

Noun

pardal m (plural pardais, feminine pardoca, feminine plural pardocas, feminine pardaloca, feminine plural pardalocas)

  1. sparrow
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