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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /dʌk/

Noun

duck (plural: ducks)

  1. An aquatic bird of the genus Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet.
  2. A female duck.
  3. The flesh of a duck used as food.

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Translations

  • Albanian: rosa (1) (1)
  • Basque: ahate, paita (1)
  • Belarusian: качка (1)
  • Breton: houad m (1)
  • Bulgarian: патица (patica) (1)
  • Catalan: ànec m (1)
  • Chinese: (1)
  • Czech: kachna (1)
  • Croatian: patka (1)
  • Danish: and (1)
  • Dutch: eend f (1)
  • Esperanto: anaso (1)
  • Estonian: part (1)
  • Faroese: dunna (1)
  • Finnish: ankka (domestic, usually white) (1, 3); sorsa (several species, like the one in the picture) (1)
  • French: canard m (1), cane f (2)
  • Frisian: ein (1)
  • Friulian: raze (1)
  • Gallegan: pato (1)
  • German: Ente f (1)
  • Greek: πάπια (1)
  • Guarani: ype (1)
  • Hungarian: réce (1)
  • Icelandic: önd (aliönd) (1)
  • Indonesian: itik, bebek (1)
  • Interlingua: anate (1)
  • Irish: mallard (1)
  • Italian: anatra (1)
  • Japanese: アヒル (ahiru), (カモ/かも, kamo), オシドリ (おしどり, oshidori) (1)
  • Korean: 오리 (ori) (1)
  • Ladin: anera (1)
  • Latin: Anas platyrhynchos (domesticus) (1)
  • Latvian: pīle (1)
  • Lithuanian: antis (1)
  • Macedonian: патка (patka) (1)
  • Maltese: papra (1)
  • Mongolian: нугас (1, nugas)
  • Norwegian: and (1)
  • Occitan: guit, rit (1)
  • Polish: kaczka (1)
  • Portuguese: pato m, pata f (1)
  • Romanian: raţa f, raţoi m (1)
  • Romansh: anda (1)
  • Romany: ratsoy m ratsa]] f (1)
  • Russian: утка (utka) (1)
  • Sami: suorsá, vuojáš (1)
  • Sardinian: craccacciola, pabidoi, anadre, anadi (1)
  • Scottish: tunnag (1)
  • Serbian: патка (1)
  • Slovak: kačica (1)
  • Slovenian: raca (1)
  • Slovio: utka
  • Spanish: pato m, pata f
  • Swedish: and, anka
  • Tupinambá: ypeka
  • Turkish: ördek
  • Ukrainian: качка
  • Upper Sorbian: kačka
  • Volapük: dök
  • Welsh: hwyaden

Intransitive verb

to duck

  1. To lower the head in order to prevent it from being struck by something.

Synonyms

  • duck down

Translations

  • Finnish: kumartua

Transitive verb

  1. To lower (something) into water
  2. To lower (the head) in order to prevent it from being struck by something

Synonyms

  • (1): dip, dunk
  • (2): dip

Translations

  • French: baisser (2)



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