avestruz

From ave (< Latin avis) + Old Occitan estrutz, from Latin struthio, from Ancient Greek στρουθίων (strouthíōn).

avestruz f (plural avestruces)

1. ostrich (large flightless bird)

From ave (< Latin avis) + From Old Galician-Portuguese estruz (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), borrowed from Old Occitan estrutz, from Latin struthio, from Ancient Greek στρουθίων (strouthíōn).

• IPA^(key): [aβesˈtɾuθ]

avestruz f (plural avestruces)

1. ostrich

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “estruz”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “estruz”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “avestruz”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “avestruz”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

From ave (< Latin avis) + Old Occitan estrutz, from Latin struthiō, from Ancient Greek στρουθίων (strouthíōn).^[1]

• Rhymes: -us
• Hyphenation: a‧ves‧truz

avestruz m or f by sense (plural avestruzes)

1. ostrich (large flightless bird)

From ave (< Latin avis) + Old Occitan estrutz, from Latin struthiō, from Ancient Greek στρουθίων (strouthíōn).

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /abesˈtɾuθ/ [a.β̞esˈt̪ɾuθ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /abesˈtɾus/ [a.β̞esˈt̪ɾus]

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• Rhymes: -uθ
• Rhymes: -us
• Syllabification: a‧ves‧truz

avestruz m (plural avestruces)

1. ostrich

• → Cebuano: abestrus
• → Tagalog: abestrus

• “avestruz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16