avestruz

== Asturian == === Etymology === From ave (< Latin avis) + Old Occitan estrutz, from Latin struthio, from Ancient Greek στρουθίων (strouthíōn). === Noun === avestruz f (plural avestruces) ostrich (large flightless bird) == Galician == === Etymology === 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). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [aβesˈtɾuθ] === Noun === avestruz f (plural avestruces) ostrich === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “estruz”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “avestruz”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “avestruz”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (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 == Portuguese == === Etymology === From ave (< Latin avis) + Old Occitan estrutz, from Latin struthiō, from Ancient Greek στρουθίων (strouthíōn). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -us Hyphenation: a‧ves‧truz === Noun === avestruz (Brazil) m or (Portugal) f (plural avestruzes) ostrich (large flightless bird) === Further reading === “avestruz”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “avestruz”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “avestruz”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From ave (< Latin avis) + Old Occitan estrutz, from Latin struthiō, from Ancient Greek στρουθίων (strouthíōn). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /abesˈtɾuθ/ [a.β̞esˈt̪ɾuθ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /abesˈtɾus/ [a.β̞esˈt̪ɾus] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -uθ (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) Rhymes: -us (Latin America, Philippines) Syllabification: a‧ves‧truz === Noun === avestruz m (plural avestruces) ostrich ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Cebuano: abestrus → Tagalog: abestrus ==== Further reading ==== “avestruz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025