cockatoo

English

A cockatoo (1).

Etymology

From Dutch kaketoe, borrowed from Malay kakaktua, kakatua. Spelling influenced by cock.

Pronunciation

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Noun

cockatoo (plural cockatoos)

A bird of the family Cacatuidae with a curved beak and a zygodactyl foot. [from 1610s]
We saw some cockatoos in the aviary.
(slang, obsolete) A lookout posted during a two-up game, when gambling was illegal.

Synonyms

cocky

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Irish: cocatú
→ Maori: kokatu, koketu

Translations

a bird

Bengali: কাকাতুয়া (bn) (kakatuẏa)
Bulgarian: какаду (kakadu)
Burmese: ကတ္တဝါ (my) (katta.wa)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鳳頭鸚鵡／凤头鹦鹉 (fèngtóu yīngwǔ)
Czech: kakadu (cs) m
Danish: kakadue c
Dutch: kaketoe (nl)
Esperanto: kakatuo (eo)
Finnish: kakadu (fi)
French: cacatoès (fr) m
Galician: cacatúa (gl) f
German: Kakadu (de) m
Greek: κακατόης m (kakatóis)
Hebrew: קקדו (he) m
Hindi: काकातुआ m (kākātuā), काकतुआ (hi) m (kāktuā)
Hungarian: kakadu (hu)
Indonesian: burung kakaktua, kakatua (id), burung kakatua (id)
Irish: cocatú m
Italian: cacatua (it) m
Japanese: 鸚鵡 (ja) (ōmu)
Javanese: jakatuwa
Macedonian: какаду n (kakadu)
Malay: burung kakaktua, kakaktua (ms)
Maori: kokatu, koketu
Murik (New Guinea): kakrep
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kakadu m or f, kakadue (no) m or f

Nynorsk: kakadu f, kakadue f
Polish: kakadu (pl) n
Portuguese: cacatua (pt) f, catatua f
Romanian: cacadu m
Russian: какаду́ (ru) m (kakadú)
Samoan: kakato
Spanish: cacatúa (es) f
Swedish: kakadua (sv) c
Tagalog: kalangay
Thai: นกกระตั้ว (nɔk kratúa), กระตั้ว (th) (kratúa)
Tok Pisin: koki
Turkish: kakadu
Volapük: kakad (vo), töpapapag (vo)
Welsh: cocatŵ m, cocatŵod m pl

See also

Further reading

Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “cockatoo”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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