Pappegaï

Limburgish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French papegai, from Old Spanish papagayo, from Byzantine Greek παπαγάς (papagás), from Arabic بَبَّغَاء (babbaḡāʔ). Further origin unknown, perhaps from an African language or imitative.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌpa.pəˈɣai̯/
  • Hyphenation: Pap‧pe‧gaï
  • Rhymes: -ai̯

Noun

Pappegaï f (plural Pappegaïje)

  1. (Eupen) parrot, member of the order Psittaciformes, especially of the families Psittacidae and Psittaculidae
  2. (Eupen, figurative) A person who parrots other people.
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