kangourou

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English kangaroo; ultimately from Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑ̃.ɡu.ʁu/

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Noun

kangourou m (plural kangourous)

1. kangaroo
2. (North America) hoodie

Synonyms

(hoodie): pull à capuche, sweat à capuche, hoodie, coton-ouaté

Descendants

• → Basque: kanguru
• → Corsican: canguru
• → Italian: canguro
• → Khmer: កង់ហ្គូរូ (kɑngguuruu)
• → Polish: kangur
• → Romanian: cangur
• → Seychellois Creole: kangourou
• → Turkish: kanguru

Further reading

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

Seychellois Creole

Alternative forms

• kongoulou

Etymology

Borrowed from French kangourou, English kangaroo.

Noun

kangourou

1. kangaroo

   Ou lizye i ron parey lizye kongoulou.

   Your eyes are round, like the eyes of a kangaroo.

References

• Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français
• Seychelles Creole vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.