parakeet

Meaning of parakeet

noun

a small parrot with predominantly green plumage and a long tail.

mid 16th century: from Old French paroquet, Italian parrocchetto, and Spanish periquito ; origin uncertain, perhaps (via Italian) based on a diminutive meaning ‘little wig’, referring to head plumage, or (via Spanish) based on a diminutive of the given name Pedro .

Information about parakeet

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of parakeet is: parakeets.
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Hyphenation of parakeet

para-keet

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • parakeet is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

parakeet synonyms

Meaning parrakeet:

parrakeet, parroket, paraquet, paroquet, parroquet

Translation of parakeet

Words that rhyme with parakeet

keet, parrakeet, lorikeet, skeet

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