pélican

See also: pelican

French

pélican

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe.li.kɑ̃/

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Noun

pélican m (plural pélicans)

1. pelican (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)

Descendants

• → Persian: پلیکان (pelikân)

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• calepin

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from French pélican, from Latin pelecānus, from Ancient Greek πελεκάν (pelekán).

Noun

pélican m (plural pélicans)

1. (Jersey) pelican