toucan

English

WOTD – 23 June 2007

A toucan

Etymology

Borrowed from French toucan, borrowed from Old Tupi tukana, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tũkãn, from Proto-Tupian *jɨokãn.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtuːkən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtuːˌkæn/

• Audio (US):

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• Audio (General Australian):

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• Audio (New Jersey):

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• Rhymes: -uːkən

Noun

toucan (plural toucans)

1. Any of various neotropical frugivorous birds from the family Ramphastidae, with a large colorful beak.
   • 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, ch 2:

     The ear, small and shapely, the arch of the foot, the curve in mouth and nostril, even the indurated hand dyed to the orange-tawny of the toucan's bill, a hand telling alike of the halyards and tar-bucket;

Derived terms

• Ariel toucan
• citron-throated toucan
• toco toucan
• toucan crossing

 

Translations

Ramphastid

• Achuar: tsukangká, pinínch
• Afrikaans: reënboogvoël
• Aguaruna: tsukagká
• Akawaio: kiiyabok
• Andoque: se'hʌ
• Apalaí: kãkue
• Arabic: طُوقَان m (ṭūqān)
• Armenian: տուկան (tukan)
• Assamese: টুকান (tukan)
• Asturian: tucán (ast) m
• Atayal: ra'hé
• Azerbaijani: tukan
• Baniwa: dzátte
• Barasana: rasé
• Basque: tukan (eu)
• Belarusian: тукан m (tukan)
• Bora: tʰóʔrokʷa
• Breton: toukan m
• Bulgarian: тукан m (tukan)
• Cabiyarí: tʃáate
• Camsá: pikúdo
• Candoshi-Shapra: psibsi
• Carapana: rase
• Catalan: tucà m
• Cavineña: cokwe
• Chamicuro: kya'ti
• Cherokee: ᎤᏔᎾ ᎠᎧᏴᏌᏗ (utana akayvsadi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鵎鵼／𱉻𱊊 (zh) (tuǒkōng), 大嘴鳥／大嘴鸟 (dàzuǐniǎo), 巨嘴鳥／巨嘴鸟 (zh) (jùzuǐniǎo)

• Chiquitano: nononése
• Cocama: piakui
• Cofán: socu
• Cubeo: joeve
• Czech: tukan (cs) m
• Danish: tukan c
• Dâw: çôkwêt
• Desano: nasĩ
• Dutch: toekan (nl) m
• Ese Ejja: sokwé
• Estonian: tuukan
• Finnish: tukaani (fi)
• Fon: kpálókwín
• French: toucan (fr) m
• Galician: tucano (gl) m
• Georgian: ტუკან (ṭuḳan)
• German: Tukan (de) m, Pfefferfresser m, Pfeffervogel m
• Greek: τουκάν (el) n (toukán)
• Guahibo: kalikuelekue
• Guanano: dasa
• Guaraní: tukã
• Guayabero: tʃahɨ́a
• Hebrew: טוּקָן m (tukan)
• Huambisa: shaartik
• Huaorani: pegopæ
• Hungarian: tukán (hu)
• Hupdë: cɔkw'ǝ́t
• Icelandic: túkan m
• Ido: tukano (io)
• Indonesian: tukan
• Inga: pikudu
• Irish: túcán m
• Italian: tucano (it) m
• Jabutí: hõtxi
• Jamamadí: (Banawá) kaka
• Japanese: 大嘴 (ja) (おおはし, ōhashi), 巨嘴鳥 (ja) (きょしちょう, kyōshichō)
• Kaingang: grũ
• Kamayurá: tukan
• Karitiâna: nhe´okõm
• Kazakh: шоттұмсық (şottūmsyq), тукан (tukan)
• Kichwa: dumbiki, pinsha, sicwanga (Southern Pastaza)
• Korean: 큰부리새류 (keunburisaeryu)
• Koreguaje: ñase
• Kwaza: bilitsyhỹ, mãrãkãkã, xowywy
• Latvian: tukāns m
• Lithuanian: tukanas (lt) m
• Luxembourgish: Tukan m
• Macedonian: тукан m (tukan)
• Malayalam: ടൂക്കൻ (ṭūkkaṉ)
• Maltese: tukan m
• Mandahuaca: dáːse
• Manx: parrad stronnagh f
• Mapoyo: sa'we
• Mari:

  Western Mari: тукан (tukan)

• Matsés: chëdo
• Minica Huitoto: nokáido
• Muinane: nɨ́go
• Murui Huitoto: nokaido
• Nahuatl: tēnācatl (nah)
• Navajo: tsídii bidaatsoh naashchʼąąʼí
• Nheengatu: tukana
• Ninam: matšop
• Northern Emberá: kẽõará
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tukan m

  Nynorsk: tukan m

• Nukak Makú: nih
• Nüpode Huitoto: nokáido
• Ocaina: ñoxaahcho
• Occitan: tocan (oc) m
• Panare: chipuko, chipukoñe
• Pará Arára: ɛŋnaɾanu
• Pareci: tore
• Pemon: kiarue
• Persian: توکان (fa) (tukân)
• Piapoco: cháse
• Piaroa: yahóh
• Piratapuyo: da'se
• Polish: tukan (pl) m
• Portuguese: tucano (pt) m
• Quechua: pinsha
• Romanian: tucan (ro) m
• Russian: тука́н (ru) m (tukán)
• Saliba (Colombia): malinaidi
• Sanumá: matsupɨ
• Scottish Gaelic: tùcan m
• Secoya: ñase
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ту̀кан m

  Roman: tùkan (sh) m

• Shuar: ikiák
• Siona: ñase
• Siriano: nasĩ́
• Sirionó: quiãcuã
• Slovak: tukan m
• Slovene: tukan (sl) m
• Spanish: tucán (es) m
• Swedish: tukan (sv) c
• Tamil: தூக்கான் (tūkkāṉ)
• Tanimuca-Retuarã: dã'hẽã
• Tariana: yáːse
• Taushiro: ahuan
• Thai: นกปากใหญ่ (nók bpàak yài)
• Tucano: dasê
• Turkish: tukan
• Tuyuca: da'sé
• Tzotzil: pan mut
• Ukrainian: тукан m (tukan)
• Urarina: ïhaḍzi
• Volapük: tukan (vo)
• Waimaha: dahɛ́
• Waiwai: yawke
• Wapishana: tʃakui
• Wari': awu
• Wayampi: tukã
• Wayana: kijapok
• Welsh: twcan m, gŵydd Americanaidd f
• Yagua: nuva
• Yanomam: mayepɨ
• Yanomamö: mayup
• Yavitero: yukúwe
• Ye'kwana: shahoko
• Yiddish: טוקאַן m (tukan)
• Yucatec Maya: pan ch'eel
• Yucuna: yaje
• Yuhup: cɔhkɤt
• Yukpa: koajka
• Yurutí: dásee
• Yuwana: chejko

See also

• hornbill
• toucanet
• Tucana

Anagrams

• uncoat, Canuto, Tucano, co-aunt, acount

French

un toucan

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi tukana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu.kɑ̃/

• Audio:

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Noun

toucan m (plural toucans)

1. toucan

Descendants

• → English: toucan
• → Finnish: tukaani

Further reading

• “toucan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.