Meanings
plural brent geese · alternative US brant goose
- UKA small member of the goose family (Anatidae), Branta bernicla.
Synonyms: brant, brant goose, road-goose, rood goose, rot-goose, rout, ware goose
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA small member of the goose family (Anatidae), Branta bernicla.
More synonyms by meaning
nounsmall dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
The first word is perhaps from branded, meaning brindled.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan oca de collar
- oca de collarsmall member of the goose family
Chinese Mandarin 黑雁
- 黑雁 (hēi yàn)small member of the goose family
Czech berneška tmavá
- berneška tmavásmall member of the goose family
Danish mørkbuget knortegås, knortegås
- mørkbuget knortegåssmall member of the goose family
- knortegåssmall member of the goose family
Dutch rotgans
- rotganssmall member of the goose family
Esperanto berniklo, kolringa ansero
- berniklosmall member of the goose family
- kolringa anserosmall member of the goose family
Estonian mustlagle
- mustlaglesmall member of the goose family
Finnish sepelhanhi
- sepelhanhismall member of the goose family
French bernache cravant
- bernache cravantsmall member of the goose family
German Ringelgans
- Ringelganssmall member of the goose family
Greek δαχτυλιδόχηνα
- δαχτυλιδόχηνα (dachtylidóchina)small member of the goose family
Hungarian örvös lúd
- örvös lúdsmall member of the goose family
Icelandic margæs
- margæssmall member of the goose family
Irish cadhan
- cadhansmall member of the goose family
Japanese 黒雁
- 黒雁 (kokugan)small member of the goose family
Korean 흑기러기
- 흑기러기 (heukgireogi)small member of the goose family
Lithuanian paprastoji berniklė
- paprastoji berniklėsmall member of the goose family
Portuguese ganso-de-faces-negras
- ganso-de-faces-negrassmall member of the goose family
Romanian gâscă neagră
- gâscă neagrăsmall member of the goose family
Russian чёрная каза́рка
- чёрная каза́рка (čórnaja kazárka)small member of the goose family
Slovak bernikľa tmavá
- bernikľa tmavásmall member of the goose family
Spanish barnacla carinegra
- barnacla carinegrasmall member of the goose family
Swedish prutgås
- prutgåssmall member of the goose family
Turkish yosun kazı
- yosun kazısmall member of the goose family
Ukrainian казарка чорна
- казарка чорна (kazarka čorna)small member of the goose family
Cite this entry
brent goose. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brent%20goose
“brent goose.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brent%20goose. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “brent goose,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brent%20goose.
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