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Meaning of Parrot | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
ˈpæɹət

Definitions

  1. A kind of bird, many species of which are colorful and able to mimic human speech, of the order Psittaciformes or (narrowly) of the family Psittacidae.
  2. A surname transferred from the given name.
  3. A parroter; a person who repeats the words or ideas of others.
    figuratively
  4. A puffin.
    archaic
  5. channel coal.
    obsolete
  6. A transponder.
    slang

Equivalents

Afrikaans papegaai
العربية الببّغاء ببغاء
Azərbaycanca tutuquşu
Беларуская папугай
Български папагал
বাংলা টিয়া
Bosanski kaka papagaj papiga папагај папига
Català lloro papagai
Čeština papouch papouščí papoušek papouškovat
Cymraeg parot
Dansk papegøje
Deutsch nachplappern Papagei
Ελληνικά παπαγαλίζω παπαγάλος ψιττακίζω
Esperanto papago
Español catana cotorra hablar como un papagayo hablar por boca de ganso lorear loro papagayo repetir como loro
Eesti papagoi
فارسی بپغا طوطی
Suomi hokea kaija papukaija papukaijalintu toistella
Français perroquet perroqueter perrucher
Gaeilge pearóid
Gàidhlig pearraid pitheid
Galego papagaio
ગુજરાતી પોપટ
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi manu aloha manu pāloke pāloke
עברית חיקה תוכי
हिन्दी तोता तोती शुक सुग्गा सूआ
Hrvatski kaka papagaj papiga папагај папига
Magyar papagáj
Հայերեն թութակ
Bahasa Indonesia bayan kakaktua nuri
Íslenska eftirherma hermikráka páfagaukur
Italiano pappagallo
日本語 いんこ おうむ 鸚
ქართული თუთიყუში
Қазақша тоты
ខ្មែរ សេក
ಕನ್ನಡ ಗಿಳಿ
한국어 앵무새
Kurdî dudu dûra ket ket Nûrî
Кыргызча тоту
Latina psittacus
Lingála kukulu nkoso
ລາວ ແກ້ວ
Lietuvių papūga
Latviešu papagailis
Te Reo Māori kaka
Македонски папагал
മലയാളം തത്ത
Монгол тоть
मराठी पोपट
Bahasa Melayu nuri
Malti pappagall
မြန်မာဘာသာ ကြက်တူရွေး
Nederlands na-aper napraten naprater nazeggen papegaai papegaaien
Polski papuga papugować papuzi
پښتو توتي
Português louro papagaiar papagaio papaguear
Română papagal
Русский механи́чески повторя́ть попугай попуга́йничать
سنڌي طوطو
Slovenčina papagáj
Slovenščina papagaj pápiga
Shqip lorzë papagall
Српски kaka papagaj papiga папагај папига
Svenska apa härmapa papegoja
Kiswahili dura kasuku kwao
தமிழ் கிளி
తెలుగు కీరము చిలక చిలుక శుకము
Тоҷикӣ тӯтӣ
ไทย แก้ว
Tagalog abukay loro
Türkçe dudu papağan
Українська мавпувати наслі́дувати папуга
اردو طوطا طوطی
Tiếng Việt anh vũ két vẹt

Examples

“I bought a wonderful parrot at the pet store.”
“Mrs. Merdle was at home, and was in her nest of crimson and gold, with the parrot on a neighbouring stem watching her with his head on one side, as if he took her for another splendid parrot of a larger species.”
“This parrot is no more. It has ceased to be. It's expired and gone to see its maker. This is a late parrot. It's a stiff. Bereft of life, it rests in peace. If you hadn't nailed it to the perch it would be pushing up the daisies. It's run down the curtain and joined the choir invisible. This is an ex-parrot.”
“What kind of a parrot are you? He just said that.”
“In this distribution of functions, the scholar is the delegated intellect. In the right state, he is, Man Thinking. In the degenerate state, when the victim of society, he tends to become a mere thinker, or, still worse, the parrot of other men’s thinking.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

parrot and monkey time Parrot Cay parrot coal parrot crossbill parrot cry parrot disease

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