dronte

See also: Dronte

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French dronte.

Noun

dronte (plural drontes)

1. (archaic) The dodo (†Raphus cucullatus).

Anagrams

• dentro, rodent, torend

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French dronte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdrɔn.tə/
• Hyphenation: dron‧te

Noun

dronte m (plural dronten, no diminutive)

1. (obsolete) synonym of dodo

French

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʁɔ̃t/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

Noun

dronte m (plural drontes)

1. dodo (bird)

   Synonym: dodo

Descendants

• → Dutch: dronte
• → English: dronte
• → Portuguese: dronte

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• dorent, endort, rodent, rôdent, tondre

Italian

Etymology

From French dronte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdron.te/
• Rhymes: -onte
• Hyphenation: drón‧te

Noun

dronte m (plural dronti)

1. dodo

   Synonym: dodo

Further reading

• “dronte”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

• dentro

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

dronte m (definite singular dronten, indefinite plural dronter, definite plural drontene)

1. dodo (†Raphus cucullatus)

References

• “dronte” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

dronte

Noun

dronte m (definite singular dronten, indefinite plural drontar, definite plural drontane)

1. dodo (†Raphus cucullatus)

References

• “dronte” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French dronte.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdɾõ.t͡ʃi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdɾõ.tɨ/

Noun

dronte m (plural drontes)

1. dodo (Raphus cucullatus)

   Synonyms: dodó, dodô

Further reading

• “dronte”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “dronte”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɾonte/ [ˈd̪ɾõn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -onte
• Syllabification: dron‧te

Noun

dronte m (plural drontes)

1. (obsolete) dodo

   Synonym: dodo