English-Thai Dictionary
parakeet
N นกแก้ว เล็ก parrot nok-kea-lek
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
PARAKEET
PARAKEET Par "a *keet `, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Same as Parrakeet.
New American Oxford Dictionary
parakeet
par a keet |ˈparəˌkēt ˈpærəˌkit | ▶noun a small parrot with predominantly green plumage and a long tail. [Family Psittacidae: five genera, e.g., Psittacula of Asia and Africa and Cyanoramphus of Australasia, and many species. ] ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: 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 .
Oxford Dictionary
parakeet
parakeet |ˈparəkiːt |(also parrakeet ) ▶noun a small parrot with predominantly green plumage and a long tail. ●Family Psittacidae: five genera, e.g. Psittacula of Asia and Africa and Cyanoramphus of Australasia, and many species. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: 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 .
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
parakeet
par a keet /pǽrəkìːt /名詞 C 〘鳥 〙インコ 〘尾が長く羽の美しい小形オウム類 〙.