parrot
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Енглески
Енглески
Etymology
First attested in 1525. From Middle French perrot, either a diminutive of Pierre or a shortened form of perroquet (whence also parakeet). Compare Француски pierrot and Occitan parrat. A number of origins have been suggested for perroquet, such as Spanish periquito and Italian parrocchetto. The relationship between these various words is disputed. Replaced earlier popinjay.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: părʹət, МФА(кључ): /ˈpæɹət/
- (General American) enPR: părʹət, МФА(кључ): /ˈpæɹət/, /ˈpɛɹət/
(Mary–marry–merry merger)Audio (GA) (file) - Риме: -æɹət
- Hyphenation: par‧rot
Noun
parrot (plural parrots)
- A kind of bird, many species of which are colourful and able to mimic human speech, of the order Psittaciformes or (narrowly) of the family Psittacidae.
- Синонимs: (bird of the order Psittaciformes) psittacine, popinjay
- I bought a wonderful parrot at the pet store.
- 1857, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit
- (figurative) A parroter; a person who repeats the words or ideas of others.
- 1837, Ralph Waldo Emerson, The American Scholar,
- 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.
- 1837, Ralph Waldo Emerson, The American Scholar,
- (archaic) A puffin.
- Синонимs: sea-parrot, tomnoddy
- (geology, obsolete) Channel coal.
- (aviation, slang) A transponder.
Hyponyms
- (kind of bird): budgerigar, cockatiel, cockatoo, corella, galah, kakapo, kea, lorikeet, lory, lovebird, macaw, parakeet, rosella
Derived terms
- blood parrot
- blood parrotfish
- burrowing parrot
- orange-bellied parrot
- parrot-billed sparrow (Passer gongonensis)
- parrotbill (Paradoxornithidae spp.)
- parrot bush (Banksia sessilis)
- parrot coal
- parrot crossbill (Loxia pytyopsittacus)
- parrot cry
- parrot disease
- parroter
- parrot feather
- parrot fever
- parrotfinch
- parrotfish
- parrot flower (Alstroemeria psittacina)
- parrot green
- parrothouse
- parrotlet
- parrot lily (Alstroemeria psittacina)
- parrotling
- parrot pitcher plant (Sarracenia psittacina)
- parrot's beak orchid (Pterostylis nutans)
- parrot's bill
- parrot snake
- parrot toadstool (Hygrocybe psittacina)
- parrot waxcap (Hygrocybe psittacina)
- parrot weed
- parroty
- sea-parrot
- strangle the parrot
Translations
kind of bird
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person who repeats what was said
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puffin — see puffin
channel coal — see channel coal
transponder — see transponder
See also
Verb
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- (transitive) To repeat (exactly what has just been said) without necessarily showing understanding, in the manner of a parrot.
- 1996, Bill Clinton, Presidential Radio Address (15 June)
- So when political leaders parrot the tobacco company line, say cigarettes are not necessarily addictive, and oppose our efforts to keep tobacco away from our children, they continue to cater to powerful interests, but they're not standing up for parents and children.
- 1999 January, Larry Cunningham, “Taking on Testilying”, in Criminal Justice Ethics, volume 18, DOI:, strane 26–40:
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- The interviewee merely parroted the views of her tabloid.
- 1996, Bill Clinton, Presidential Radio Address (15 June)
Quotations
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Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
to repeat exactly without showing understanding
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Anagrams
- raptor (alphagram aoprrt)