cangur

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from English kangaroo from Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru (“eastern grey kangaroo”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəŋˈɡur]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kaŋˈɡur]

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Noun

cangur m (plural cangurs)

1. kangaroo

   Synonym: cangurú

Derived terms

• cangur arborícola

Noun

cangur m or f by sense (plural cangurs)

1. babysitter

   Synonym: mainader

Further reading

• “cangur” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “cangur”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “cangur” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “cangur” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Romanian

cangur

Etymology

Borrowed from French kangourou, from Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkaŋɡur/

Noun

cangur m (plural canguri)

1. kangaroo

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	cangur	cangurul		canguri	cangurii
genitive-dative	cangur	cangurului		canguri	cangurilor
vocative	cangurule			cangurilor

Further reading

• cangur in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)