hirundo

== Esperanto == === Etymology === From Latin hirundō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hiˈrundo/ Rhymes: -undo Syllabification: hi‧run‧do === Noun === hirundo (accusative singular hirundon, plural hirundoj, accusative plural hirundojn) swallow (bird) Hyponyms: hirundido (“young swallow”), hirundino (“female swallow”) == Ido == === Etymology === Borrowed from Esperanto hirundo, Latin hirundō, French hirondelle, Italian irondine, Spanish golondrina. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hiˈrun.do/ === Noun === hirundo (plural hirundi) swallow (bird) == Latin == === Etymology === Possibly related to hirrio due to its sound, or related to harundo because of its forked tail. Compare Ancient Greek χελῑδών (khelīdṓn). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hɪˈrʊn.doː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [iˈrun.do] === Noun === hirundō f (genitive hirundinis); third declension swallow (bird) flying fish (sea-swallow) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “hirundo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “hirundo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "hirundo", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “hirundo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.