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English
Etymology
OE. gos#Old English|g�s.
Pronunciation
IPA|/'gu�s/
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-u�s|-u�s
Noun
wikipedia
en-noun|geese
- A grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae, bigger than a duck.
Translations
trans-top|a grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae
Aleut: la-yik
Albanian: patë f
Basque: antzara, ahate
Belarusian: ��
Bosnian: guska f, gusan m
Breton: gwaz f
Bulgarian: г��ка (g"ska)
Catalan: oca
Chinese: � (é)
Croatian: guska
Cornish: goedh f
Czech: husa f
Danish: gås c
Dutch: gans f
Erzya: ма�ей (macej), гала (gala), дига (diga)
Finnish: hanhi
Esperanto: ansero
Estonian: hani
Faroese: gás f
Finnish: hanhi
French: oie f
Frisian: goes
Friulian: ocje
Gallegan: ganso
German: Gans f
Greek: �ήνα (khina) f, ε�α����ηνα (etakhTOkhina)
Hebrew: ���� (aváz) m
Hungarian: t|hu|lúd, t|hu|liba
Icelandic: gæs (aligæs) f
Indonesian: angsa
Interlingua: ansere, oca
Irish: gé ghlas
Italian: oca f
Japanese: ����, �鳥 (gach�)
Korean: 기�기 (gireogi, �) (for wildlife), 거� (geowi, �) (for poultry)
Kurdish: qaz, KUchar|�از
Ladin: aucia
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Latin: anser m, avica f (late Latin)
:* Scientific Latinized genera: Anser, Branta, Chen, Cereopsis
Latvian: zoss
Lithuanian: ž�sis
Low Saxon: Goos f
Macedonian: г��ка (guska) f
Maltese: wiżża f
Mongolian: гал�� (galuu)
Neapolitan: pà para
Norwegian: gås
Occitan: auca
Old English: gos#Old English|g�s
Persian: FAchar|غاز (ghâz)
Polish: g��
Portuguese: ganso m, gansa f
Romani: gansako m papin f
Romanian: gâsc� f, gânsac m
Romansh: auca
Russian: �� (gus�) m
Sami: �uonjá
Sardinian: coca, oca
Scottish Gaelic: gèadh
Serbian: г��ка
Slovak: hus f
Slovene: gos f, gosak m
Spanish: ganso m (usually wild), oca f (farm goose), ánsar m (rather a formal/zoological word)
Swedish: gås c
Tagalog: gansa
Telugu: బాత� (baathu)
Tamil: வாத�த� (v�ttu)
Turkish: kaz
Ukrainian: г��ка f
Upper Sorbian: huso (hus), husyca
Volapük: gan
Welsh: gwÿdd
Zulu: i(li)hansi
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Usage notes
A male goose is called a gander. A young goose is a gosling.
A group of geese is called a gaggle when they are on the ground or in the water, and a skein or a wedge when they are in flight.
See also
duck
goose pimple
one's goose is cooked
swan
waterfowl
Verb
en-verb|goos|ing
- To pinch someone's buttock.
- slang To sharply and unexpectedly poke someone's crotch from behind, like a goose biting.
- slang To gently accelerate an automobile or machine, or give repeated small taps on the accelerator.
- (U.K. slang) Of private-hire taxi drivers, to pick up a passenger who has not pre-booked a cab. This is unauthorised under UK licensing conditions.
Translations
Italian: inculare
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