guillemot

English

A Brünnich's guillemot (Uria lomvia) with prey

Etymology

Borrowed from French guillemot.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɪ.lɪ.mɒt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɪ.lə.mɑt/
• Hyphenation: gui‧lle‧mot

Noun

guillemot (plural guillemots)

1. Any seabird belonging to the genera Uria and Cepphus of the auk family Alcidae. They have black and white bodies and are good at swimming and diving.

Usage notes

Not to be confused with guillemet.

Synonyms

• murre

Derived terms

• black guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
• Brünnich's guillemot (Uria lomvia)
• common guillemot (Uria aalge)
• pigeon guillemot (Cepphus columba)
• sooty guillemot (Cepphus carbo)
• spectacled guillemot (Cepphus carbo)
• true guillemot (Cepphini spp.)

Translations

seabird

• Asturian: aráu (ast), calón (ast), pitorru (ast)
• Bulgarian: кайра f (kajra)
• Catalan: somorgollaire
• Chukchi: ӄэруӄэр (qėruqėr), ӄэрут pl (qėrut)
• Danish: lomvie (da) c, lomvi c
• Dutch: zeekoet (nl) m
• Faroese: lomviga f, lomvigi m
• Finnish: kiisla (fi) (Uria), riskilä (fi) (Cepphus)
• Galician: arao (gl) m
• German: Lumme (de) f
• Greek: ουρία (el) f (ouría), κόλυμβος (el) m (kólymvos)
• Hungarian: lumma (hu)
• Italian: uria (it) f
• Manx: caillagh varrey f, stronnag ghoo f (Cepphus grylle atlantis), stronnag f, çhennel f (Uria aalge)
• Norman: dgillemot m (Jersey), gaude f (Jersey)
• Portuguese: arau (pt) m, airo (pt) m
• Romanian: guilemotă f
• Russian: ка́йра (ru) f (kájra) (Uria), чи́стик (ru) m (čístik) (Cepphus)
• Slovak: svišťúň m, alka (sk) f, norec m
• Spanish: arao m
• Welsh: gwylog f

French

Etymology

Diminutive of the male given name Guillaume, used as a common noun.

Pronunciation

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Noun

guillemot m (plural guillemots)

1. guillemot

Further reading

• “guillemot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.