parakeet

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UK/ˈpaɹəkiːt/UK/ˌpaɹəˈkiːt/US/ˈpɛɹəkit/

noun

Any of various species of small parrot primarily of tropical regions.

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parrakeetparroketparaquetparoquetparroquet
OriginMiddle French perroquet →
UncommonFirst used 16th c.Scrabble 14
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Meanings

nounparakeet (plural parakeets)

plural parakeets · alternative parrakeet · alternative archaic paraquito · alternative archaic paroquet · alternative archaic parroket · alternative archaic parroquet · alternative obsolete perokito · alternative obsolete perroquet

  1. Any of various species of small parrot primarily of tropical regions.First known use 16th c.

    we had loved them for our pastimes, as we do apes, monkies, or perokitoes, and not as man.

    1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 8, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
    2 more examples

    'Is it that it talks?' asked the lady. And the Phoenix replied in excellent French. It said, 'Parfaitement, madame!' 'Oh, the pretty parrakeet,' said the lady.

    1904, E. Nesbit, The Phoenix and the Carpet

    According to one legend, the parakeets escaped from the set of The African Queen, John Huston's 1951 film made at Shepperton studios.

    2009 October 12, Patrick Barkham, The Guardian

Synonyms & antonyms

nounany of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots

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Broader
parrot

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Frenchperroquet
  2. Englishparakeet

From Middle French perroquet, probably a diminutive form of the personal name Pierre; some variant forms perhaps via Italian parrocchetto, Spanish periquito.

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Translations

Afrikaans parkiet
  • parkietvarious species of small parrots
Arabic دُرَّة, بَارَاكِيت
  • دُرَّة (durra)various species of small parrots
  • بَارَاكِيت (bārākīt)various species of small parrots
Catalan periquito
  • periquitovarious species of small parrots
Chinese Mandarin 長尾鸚鵡 /长尾鹦鹉
  • 長尾鸚鵡 /长尾鹦鹉 (chángwěi yīngwǔ)various species of small parrots
Danish parakit
  • parakitvarious species of small parrots
Dutch parkiet
  • parkietvarious species of small parrots
Esperanto papago, konuro
  • papagovarious species of small parrots
  • konurovarious species of small parrots
Finnish aratti
  • arattivarious species of small parrots
French perruche
  • perruchevarious species of small parrots
German Sittich
  • Sittichvarious species of small parrots
Greek παπαγαλίνα
  • παπαγαλίνα (papagalína)various species of small parrots
Hebrew דְּרָרָה
  • דְּרָרָה (drára)various species of small parrots
Hungarian papagáj
  • papagájvarious species of small parrots
Irish pearaicít
  • pearaicítvarious species of small parrots
Italian parrocchetto
  • parrocchettovarious species of small parrots
Japanese 鸚哥, インコ
  • 鸚哥 (inko)various species of small parrots
  • インコ (inko)various species of small parrots
Korean 잉꼬
  • 잉꼬 (ingkko)various species of small parrots
Malay nuri
  • nurivarious species of small parrots
Māori porete, torete
  • poretevarious species of small parrots
  • toretevarious species of small parrots
  • pōreteretevarious species of small parrots
  • kawaterevarious species of small parrots
Norwegian Bokmål parakitt
  • parakittvarious species of small parrots
Polish papużka
  • papużkavarious species of small parrots
Portuguese periquito
  • periquitovarious species of small parrots
Romanian peruș
  • perușvarious species of small parrots
Russian длиннохво́стый попуга́й, попуга́й
  • длиннохво́стый попуга́й (dlinnoxvóstyj popugáj)various species of small parrots
  • попуга́й (popugáj)various species of small parrots
  • попуга́йчик (popugájčik)various species of small parrots
Spanish perico, periquito
  • pericovarious species of small parrots
  • periquitovarious species of small parrots
Swedish parakit
  • parakitvarious species of small parrots
Tamil கிளி
  • கிளி (kiḷi)various species of small parrots
Turkish muhabbetkuşu
  • muhabbetkuşuvarious species of small parrots
Vietnamese vẹt, két
  • vẹtvarious species of small parrots
  • kétvarious species of small parrots
Welsh parotan, paracît
  • parotanvarious species of small parrots
  • paracîtvarious species of small parrots
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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