condor

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UK/ˈkɒndɔː/UK/ˈkɒndə/US/ˈkɑnˌdoɹ/US/ˈkɑndəɹ/

noun

Either of two New World vultures, Vultur gryphus of the Andes or Gymnogyps californianus, a nearly extinct vulture of the mountains of California.

Less commonScrabble 9

Meanings

nouncondor (plural condors or condor)

plural condors

  1. 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
  2. A gold coin of some South American countries bearing the figure of one of these vultures.
  3. golfThe completion of a hole four strokes under par (a quadruple birdie, triple eagle, or double albatross).
  4. businessA combination of four options of the same type at four strike prices, giving limited profit and limited risk.

Origin

  1. Classical Quechuakuntur
  2. Spanishcóndor
  3. 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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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

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Cite this entry
APA

condor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/condor

MLA

“condor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/condor. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “condor,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/condor.

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