avestruz

Asturian

Etymology

From ave (< Latin avis) + Old Occitan estrutz, from Latin struthio, from Ancient Greek στρουθίων (strouthíōn).

Noun

avestruz f (plural avestruces)

1. ostrich (large flightless bird)

Galician

Etymology

From ave (< Latin avis) + From Old Galician-Portuguese estruz (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), borrowed from Old Occitan estrutz, from Latin struthio, from Ancient Greek στρουθίων (strouthíōn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aβesˈtɾuθ]

Noun

avestruz f (plural avestruces)

1. ostrich

References

• “estruz” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “estruz” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “avestruz” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “avestruz” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Portuguese

avestruz

Etymology

From ave (< Latin avis) + Old Occitan estrutz, from Latin struthiō, from Ancient Greek στρουθίων (strouthíōn).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.vesˈtɾu(j)s/ [a.vesˈtɾu(ɪ̯)s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.vesˈtɾu(j)s/ [a.vesˈtɾu(ɪ̯)s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.veʃˈtɾu(j)ʃ/ [a.veʃˈtɾu(ɪ̯)ʃ]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.vɨʃˈtɾuʃ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.vɨʃˈtɾuʃ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɨʃˈtɾuʃ/ [ɐ.βɨʃˈtɾuʃ]

• Rhymes: -us
• Hyphenation: a‧ves‧truz

Noun

avestruz m or f by sense (plural avestruzes)

1. ostrich (large flightless bird)

Spanish

Etymology

From ave (< Latin avis) + Old Occitan estrutz, from Latin struthiō, from Ancient Greek στρουθίων (strouthíōn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /abesˈtɾuθ/ [a.β̞esˈt̪ɾuθ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /abesˈtɾus/ [a.β̞esˈt̪ɾus]

• Audio (Spain):

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• (Spain) Rhymes: -uθ
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -us
• Syllabification: a‧ves‧truz

Noun

avestruz m (plural avestruces)

1. ostrich

Derived terms

• avestruz de América
• política de avestruz
• táctica de avestruz

 

Descendants

• → Cebuano: abestrus
• → Tagalog: abestrus

Further reading

• “avestruz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014