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Webster 1913 Edition


Dingo

Din′go

,
Noun.
(Zool.)
A wild dog found in Australia, but supposed to have introduced at a very early period. It has a wolflike face, bushy tail, and a reddish brown color.

Definition 2024


Dingo

Dingo

See also: dingo

French

Proper noun

Dingo m

  1. Goofy (cartoon character)

German

Noun

Dingo m (genitive Dingos, plural Dingos)

  1. dingo (Canis lupus dingo)

Declension

dingo

dingo

See also: Dingo

English

Noun

A dingo.

dingo (plural dingos or dingoes)

  1. Canis lupus dingo , a wild dog native to Australia.

Derived terms

Hypernyms

Translations

References

R. M. W. Dixon, Australian Aboriginal Words, Oxford University Press, 1990, ISBN 0-19-553099-3, pages 65 and 226.

Anagrams


Chamorro

Verb

dingo

  1. to abandon

Czech

Noun

dingo m

  1. dingo (wild dog native to Australia)

Esperanto

Etymology

From Russian динго (dingo).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdin.ɡo/
  • Hyphenation: din‧go

Noun

dingo (accusative singular dingon, plural dingoj, accusative plural dingojn)

  1. a dingo

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

  • virdingo (idiomatic) (a male dingo)
  • dingido (a young dingo, a dingo pup)
  • dingino (a female dingo)

Italian

Noun

dingo m (plural dinghi) (alternative plural dingo)

  1. dingo

Japanese

Romanization

dingo

  1. rōmaji reading of ディンゴ

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdʲɪŋɡoː/

Verb

diñgo

  1. third-person singular past tense of dingti.
  2. third-person plural past tense of dingti.

Malay

Etymology

From English dingo, from Dharug dingu (tame dingo).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [diŋo], [diŋɡo]
  • Rhymes: -ŋo, -o

Noun

dingo (Jawi spelling ديڠو, plural dingo-dingo)

  1. dingo (wild dog native to Australia)

Portuguese

Noun

dingo m (plural dingos)

  1. dingo (wild dog native to Australia)

Swedish

Noun

dingo c

  1. a dingo

Declension

Inflection of dingo 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative dingo dingon dingor dingorna
Genitive dingos dingons dingors dingornas
Inflection of dingo 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative dingo dingon dingoer dingoerna
Genitive dingos dingons dingoers dingoernas

References