widgeon
pronunciation
How to pronounce widgeon in British English:
UK [ˈwidʒən]
How to pronounce widgeon in American English:
US [ˈwɪdʒən]
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- Noun:
- freshwater duck of Eurasia and northern Africa related to mallards and teals
Word Origin
- widgeon (n.)
- migratory wild duck, 1510s, perhaps from a northern variant of French vigeon, which some trace to Latin vipionem (nominative vipio), "a kind of small crane," a Balearic word, perhaps imitative, with an evolution of form similar to that which produced pigeon. But the French word is later than the English one, and OED finds all this "very dubious." Applied to different species in Europe and America.
Example
- 1. A eurasian widgeon fitted with a satellite transmitter .