English

Pronunciation

• IPA : /dʌk/

Noun

duck (plural: ducks )

1. An aquatic bird of the family Anatidae , having a flat bill and webbed feet.
2. A female duck.
3. The flesh of a duck used as food.

1. A batsman's score of zero after getting out. (short for duck's egg.)

Antonyms

• (2): drake

Related words

• duckling
• duck tape
• Peking duck

Related concepts

• drake
• goose
• swan
• waterfowl

Translations

• Albanian: rosa (1) (1)
• Basque: ahate , paita (1)
• Belarusian: качка (1)
• Bosnian: patka f (1, 2), patak m
• Breton: houad m (1)
• Bulgarian: патица (patica) (1)
• Catalan: ànec m (1)
• Chinese: 鸭 (1)
• Czech: kachna (1)
• Croatian: patka (1)
• Danish: and (1)
• Dutch: eend f (1)
• Esperanto: anaso (1)
• Estonian: part (1)
• Faroese: dunna (1)
• Finnish: ankka (domestic, usually white) (1, 3); sorsa (several species, like the one in the picture) (1)
• French: canard m (1), cane f (2)
• Frisian: ein (1)
• Friulian: raze (1)
• Galician: pato (1)
• German: Ente f (1)
• Greek: πάπια (1)
• Guarani: ype (1)
• Hebrew ברווז
• Hungarian: réce (1)
• Icelandic: önd (aliönd ) (1)
• Indonesian: itik , bebek (1)
• Interlingua: anate (1)
• Irish: mallard (1)
• Italian: anatra (1)
• Japanese: アヒル (ahiru), 鴨 (カモ /かも , kamo), オシドリ (おしどり , oshidori) (1)
• Korean: 오리 (ori) (1)
• Ladin: anera (1)
• Lao: ເປັດ (pe:t)
• Latin: Anas platyrhynchos (domesticus) (1)
• Latvian: pīle (1)
• Lithuanian: antis (1)
• Macedonian: патка (patka ) (1)
• Maltese: papra (1)
• Mongolian: нугас (1, nugas)
• Norwegian: and (1)
• Occitan: guit , rit (1)
• Polish: kaczka (1)
• Portuguese: pato m, pata f (1)
• Romanian: raţa f, raţoi m (1)
• Romanica: anate m (1)
• Romansh: anda (1)
• Romany: ratsoy m ratsa]] f (1)
• Russian: утка (utka) (1)
• Sami: suorsá , vuojáš (1)
• Sardinian: craccacciola , pabidoi , anadre , anadi (1)
• Scottish: tunnag (1)
• Serbian: патка (1)
• Slovak: kačka f (1, 2). kačica f (1 , 2)
• Slovenian: raca f (1, 2, 3), racak m, racman m, utva f (liter., 'wild duck'), otva f (liter., 'wild duck')
• Slovio: utka
• Spanish: pato m, pata f
• Swedish: and (1,3) (wild), anka (domesticated) (1,3)
• Tupinambá: ypeka
• Thai: เป็ด
• Turkish: ördek
• Ukrainian: качка
• Upper Sorbian: kačka
• Volapük: dök
• Welsh: hwyaden

Intransitive verb

to duck

1. To lower the head in order to prevent it from being struck by something.

Synonyms

• duck down

Translations

• Finnish: kumartua
• Swedish: ducka

Transitive verb

1. To lower (something) into water.
2. To lower (the head) in order to prevent it from being struck by something.
3. To try to evade doing something.

Synonyms

• (1): dip, dunk
• (2): dip

Translations

• French: baisser (2)
• Swedish: ducka (2)