tinamou

T1I1N1A1M3O1U1
/ˈtɪn.əˌmuː/

noun

Any of the birds belonging to the South American family Tinamidae, the only family in the order Tinamiformes. They are related to the ratites, together with which they form the superorder Paleognathae.

Similar
tinamidTinamiformespartridge
OriginFrench tinamou ← Kari'na tinamú →
RareScrabble 9
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nountinamou (plural tinamous)

plural tinamous

  1. Any of the birds belonging to the South American family Tinamidae, the only family in the order Tinamiformes. They are related to the ratites, together with which they form the superorder Paleognathae.

    Synonyms: tinamid, Tinamiformes

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny of the birds belonging to the South American family Tinamidae, the only family in the order Tinamiformes. They are related to the ratites, together with which they form the superorder Paleognathae.

Similar
tinamidTinamiformes

More synonyms by meaning

nounheavy-bodied small-winged South American game bird resembling a gallinaceous bird but related to the ratite birds

Similar
partridge
Broader
game bird
Also see
partridge

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Kari'natinamú“great tinamou”
  2. Frenchtinamou
  3. Englishtinamou

Borrowed from French tinamou, from Kari'na tinamú (“great tinamou”).

More words from French, Kari'na

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Bulgarian тинаму
  • тинаму (tinamu)bird of the family Tinamidae
Catalan tinamú
  • tinamúbird of the family Tinamidae
Chinese Cantonese 䳍 /𮭥
  • 䳍 /𮭥 (gung¹)bird of the family Tinamidae
Chinese Mandarin 䳍 /𮭥
  • 䳍 /𮭥 (gōng)bird of the family Tinamidae
Finnish tinami
  • tinamibird of the family Tinamidae
French tinamou
  • tinamoubird of the family Tinamidae
Italian tinamo
  • tinamobird of the family Tinamidae
Polish kusacz
  • kusaczbird of the family Tinamidae
Portuguese inambu, tinamu
  • inambubird of the family Tinamidae
  • tinamubird of the family Tinamidae
  • macucobird of the family Tinamidae
Romanian tinamu
  • tinamubird of the family Tinamidae
Russian тинаму́
  • тинаму́ (tinamú)bird of the family Tinamidae
Spanish tinamú
  • tinamúbird of the family Tinamidae
Swedish tinamo
  • tinamobird of the family Tinamidae
Welsh tinamŵ
  • tinamŵbird of the family Tinamidae

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

manitou
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

Source: tinamou on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.