Meanings
mallard1
nounmallard (plural mallards or mallard)
plural mallards · alternative obsolete maudelard
- countableAnas platyrhynchos, a common and widespread dabbling duck, natively found throughout the Northern Hemisphere, whose male has a distinctive dark green head.
- uncountableThe meat of this bird, eaten as food.
Mallard2
proper nounMallard (countable and uncountable, plural Mallards)
plural Mallards
- countableuncountableA surname.
- countableuncountableA minor city in Palo Alto County, Iowa, United States, named for the duck.
- countableuncountableA ghost town in Itasca Township, Clearwater County, Minnesota, United States, named after a nearby lake.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounwild dabbling duck from which domestic ducks are descended; widely distributed
Similar
Anas platyrhynchos
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
mallard · noun
- Old Frenchmale
- Old Frenchmalard
- Middle Englishmalard
- Englishmallard
From Middle English malard, mawlard, from Old French malard, malart, mallart (“male wild duck”), from Old French male, masle (“male”) + -ard, -art. Cognate with Medieval Latin maslardus, mallardus.
More words from Middle English, Old French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bengali নীলশির
- নীলশির (nilośir)a common and widespread dabbling duck, Anas platyrhynchos
Bulgarian дива патица, зеленоглавка
- дива патицаa common and widespread dabbling duck, Anas platyrhynchos
- зеленоглавка (zelenoglavka)a common and widespread dabbling duck, Anas platyrhynchos
Catalan ànec collverd, collblau
- ànec collverda common and widespread dabbling duck, Anas platyrhynchos
- collblaua common and widespread dabbling duck, Anas platyrhynchos
- àneda rossaa common and widespread dabbling duck, Anas platyrhynchos
Chinese Mandarin 綠頭鴨 /绿头鸭
- 綠頭鴨 /绿头鸭 (lǜtóuyā)a common and widespread dabbling duck, Anas platyrhynchos
Czech kachna divoká
- kachna divokáa common and widespread dabbling duck, Anas platyrhynchos
Danish gråand
- gråanda common and widespread dabbling duck, Anas platyrhynchos
Dutch wilde eend
- wilde eenda common and widespread dabbling duck, Anas platyrhynchos
Esperanto platbeka anaso
- platbeka anasoa common and widespread dabbling duck, Anas platyrhynchos
Estonian sinikael part
- sinikael parta common and widespread dabbling duck, Anas platyrhynchos
Finnish sinisorsa, heinäsorsa
- sinisorsaa common and widespread dabbling duck, Anas platyrhynchos
- heinäsorsaa common and widespread dabbling duck, Anas platyrhynchos
French colvert, canard colvert
- colverta common and widespread dabbling duck, Anas platyrhynchos
- canard colverta common and widespread dabbling duck, Anas platyrhynchos
- canard sauvagea common and widespread dabbling duck, Anas platyrhynchos
German Stockente
- Stockentea common and widespread dabbling duck, Anas platyrhynchos
Greek αγριόπαπια
- αγριόπαπια (agriópapia)a common and widespread dabbling duck, Anas platyrhynchos
Hebrew ברכיה
- ברכיה (brekhiyá)a common and widespread dabbling duck, Anas platyrhynchos
Hungarian tőkés réce, vadkacsa
- tőkés récea common and widespread dabbling duck, Anas platyrhynchos
- vadkacsaa common and widespread dabbling duck, Anas platyrhynchos
Icelandic stokkönd
- stokkönda common and widespread dabbling duck, Anas platyrhynchos
Irish lacha
- lachaa common and widespread dabbling duck, Anas platyrhynchos
Italian anatra selvatica
- anatra selvaticaa common and widespread dabbling duck, Anas platyrhynchos
Japanese 真鴨
- 真鴨 (magamo)a common and widespread dabbling duck, Anas platyrhynchos
Korean 물오리, 청둥오리
- 물오리 (murori)a common and widespread dabbling duck, Anas platyrhynchos
- 청둥오리 (cheongdung'ori)a common and widespread dabbling duck, Anas platyrhynchos
Latvian meža pīle, mercene
- meža pīlea common and widespread dabbling duck, Anas platyrhynchos
- mercenea common and widespread dabbling duck, Anas platyrhynchos
Lithuanian didżioji antis
- didżioji antisa common and widespread dabbling duck, Anas platyrhynchos
Norwegian Bokmål stokkand
- stokkanda common and widespread dabbling duck, Anas platyrhynchos
Persian مرغابی سرسبز, اردک سرسبز
- مرغابی سرسبز (morġâbi-ye sarsabz)a common and widespread dabbling duck, Anas platyrhynchos
- اردک سرسبز (ordak-e sarsabz)a common and widespread dabbling duck, Anas platyrhynchos
Polish kaczka krzyżówka
- kaczka krzyżówkaa common and widespread dabbling duck, Anas platyrhynchos
Portuguese pato-real
- pato-reala common and widespread dabbling duck, Anas platyrhynchos
Romanian rață sălbatică, rață mare
- rață sălbaticăa common and widespread dabbling duck, Anas platyrhynchos
- rață marea common and widespread dabbling duck, Anas platyrhynchos
Russian обыкнове́нная кря́ква
- обыкнове́нная кря́ква (obyknovénnaja krjákva)a common and widespread dabbling duck, Anas platyrhynchos
Scottish Gaelic lach
- lacha common and widespread dabbling duck, Anas platyrhynchos
Slovak kačica divá
- kačica diváa common and widespread dabbling duck, Anas platyrhynchos
Spanish pato real, ánade real
- pato reala common and widespread dabbling duck, Anas platyrhynchos
- ánade reala common and widespread dabbling duck, Anas platyrhynchos
- azulóna common and widespread dabbling duck, Anas platyrhynchos
Swedish gräsand
- gräsanda common and widespread dabbling duck, Anas platyrhynchos
Tagalog papaw
- papawa common and widespread dabbling duck, Anas platyrhynchos
Turkish yeşilbaş
- yeşilbaşa common and widespread dabbling duck, Anas platyrhynchos
Ukrainian крижень
- крижень (kryženʹ)a common and widespread dabbling duck, Anas platyrhynchos
Welsh hwyaden wyllt
- hwyaden wyllta common and widespread dabbling duck, Anas platyrhynchos
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“mallard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mallard. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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