Meanings
plural garganeys
- A small dabbling duck, Anas querquedula, that breeds in much of Europe and western Asia, and winters in Africa.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Late Latingargala“tracheal artery”
- Englishgarganey
From the Italian/Lombard language word gargenei, variant of garganello, by dissimilation of earlier *gargalella, diminutive of *gargala, ultimately from Late Latin gargala (“tracheal artery”), from the root *garg (“throat”), imitative of gargling, see also Ancient Greek γαργαρεών (gargareṓn, “uvula, trachea”). The English usage owes its origins to Conrad Gesner, who used the Italian name in the third volume of his Historiae Animalium (History of Animals) of 1555.
More words from Late Latin
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Arabic شَرْشِير صَيْفِيّ
- شَرْشِير صَيْفِيّ (šaršīr ṣayfiyy)duck
Bengali গিরিয়া হাঁস
- গিরিয়া হাঁস (giriẏa hãs)duck
Bulgarian чакръкчийка, лятно бърне
- чакръкчийка (čakrăkčijka)duck
- лятно бърне (ljatno bărne)duck
Catalan xarrasclet, roncadell
- xarrascletduck
- roncadellduck
- cetla blanca (Balears)duck
Chinese Mandarin 白眉鸭
- 白眉鸭 (báiméi yā)duck
Czech čírka modrá
- čírka modráduck
Danish atlingand
- atlingandduck
Dutch zomertaling
- zomertalingduck
Esperanto marĉanaso
- marĉanasoduck
Finnish heinätavi
- heinätaviduck
French sarcelle d'été
- sarcelle d'étéduck
German Knäkente
- Knäkenteduck
Greek σαρσέλα
- σαρσέλα (sarséla)duck
Hungarian böjti réce
- böjti réceduck
Italian marzaiola, ridenna
- marzaioladuck
- ridennaduck
Japanese シマアジ
- シマアジ (shimaaji)duck
Korean 발구지
- 발구지 (balguji)duck
Latvian prīkšķe
- prīkšķeduck
Lithuanian dryžagalvė kryklė, dryžgalvė kryklė
- dryžagalvė kryklėduck
- dryžgalvė kryklėduck
Norwegian knekkand
- knekkandduck
Polish cyranka
- cyrankaduck
Portuguese marreco, pato-marreco
- marrecoduck
- pato-marrecoduck
- cercetaduck
Romanian sarselă de vară, rață cârâitoare
- sarselă de varăduck
- rață cârâitoareduck
Russian чиро́к, чирок-трескунок
- чиро́к (čirók)duck
- чирок-трескунок (čirok-treskunok)duck
Slovak kačica chrapačka
- kačica chrapačkaduck
Spanish cerceta
- cercetaduck
Swedish årta
- årtaduck
Thai เป็ดลาย
- เป็ดลาย (pèt laay)duck
Turkish çıkrıkçın
- çıkrıkçınduck
Ukrainian чирок-тріскунець, чирянка велика
- чирок-тріскунець (čyrok-triskunecʹ)duck
- чирянка велика (čyrjanka velyka)duck
Vietnamese mòng két mày trắng
- mòng két mày trắngduck
Welsh hwyaden addfain
- hwyaden addfainduck
Cite this entry
garganey. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/garganey
“garganey.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/garganey. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “garganey,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/garganey.
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