Meanings
plural condors
- Either of two New World vultures, Vultur gryphus of the Andes or Gymnogyps californianus, a nearly extinct vulture of the mountains of California.
The condor lays a couple of eggs and the ostrich a score, and yet in the same country the condor may be the more numerous of the two: the Fulmar petrel lays but one egg, yet it is believed to be the most numerous bird in the world.
1859, Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species - A gold coin of some South American countries bearing the figure of one of these vultures.
- businessA combination of four options of the same type at four strike prices, giving limited profit and limited risk.
Origin
- Classical Quechuakuntur
- Spanishcóndor
- Englishcondor
From Spanish cóndor, from Classical Quechua kuntur. The change /t/ to /d/ was characteristic of the "coastal" variety of the language.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic كُنْدُور
- كُنْدُور (kundūr)California condor
Bulgarian ко́ндор, ко́ндор
- ко́ндор (kóndor)California condor
- ко́ндор (kóndor)Andean condor
Catalan còndor, còndor
- còndorCalifornia condor
- còndorAndean condor
Chinese Mandarin 禿鷹 /秃鹰
- 禿鷹 /秃鹰 (tūyīng)California condor
Czech kondor, kondor
- kondorCalifornia condor
- kondorAndean condor
Danish kondor, kondor
- kondorCalifornia condor
- kondorAndean condor
Esperanto kondoro
- kondoroCalifornia condor
Finnish kondori, kondori
- kondoriCalifornia condor
- kondoriAndean condor
French condor
- condorCalifornia condor
German Kondor, Kondor
- KondorCalifornia condor
- KondorAndean condor
Hungarian kondorkeselyű, kondor
- kondorkeselyűCalifornia condor
- kondorCalifornia condor
- kondorkeselyűAndean condor
- kondorAndean condor
Icelandic kondór
- kondórAndean condor
Irish condar, condar
- condarCalifornia condor
- condarAndean condor
Italian condor, condor della California
- condorCalifornia condor
- condor della CaliforniaCalifornia condor
- condorAndean condor
- condor delle AndeAndean condor
Japanese コンドル, コンドル
- コンドル (kondoru)California condor
- コンドル (kondoru)Andean condor
Korean 콘도르, 콘도르
- 콘도르 (kondoreu)California condor
- 콘도르 (kondoreu)Andean condor
Portuguese condor, condor
- condorCalifornia condor
- condorAndean condor
Romanian condor, condor californian
- condorCalifornia condor
- condor californianCalifornia condor
- condorAndean condor
- condor andinAndean condor
Russian ко́ндор, ко́ндор
- ко́ндор (kóndor)California condor
- ко́ндор (kóndor)Andean condor
Spanish cóndor, cóndor
- cóndorCalifornia condor
- cóndorAndean condor
Swedish kondor
- kondorCalifornia condor
Tagalog kondor, kondor
- kondorCalifornia condor
- kondorAndean condor
Turkish tepeli akbaba, kondor
- tepeli akbabaCalifornia condor
- kondorCalifornia condor
- Kaliforniya kondoruCalifornia condor
- tepeli akbabaAndean condor
- kondorAndean condor
- And kondoruAndean condor
Ukrainian ко́ндор
- ко́ндор (kóndor)California condor
Welsh condor, condor
- condorCalifornia condor
- condorAndean condor
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
condor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/condor
“condor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/condor. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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