Kangaroo

//ˌkæŋ.ɡəˈɹuː//

Synonyms for "kangaroo" (287 found)

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Closest matches (58)

Strong matches (86)

Related words (143)

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Translations

172 translations across 138 languages.

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Adnyamathanha

2 entries
  • mandya noun (marsupial)
  • urdlu noun (marsupial)

Afrikaans

1 entries
  • kangaroe noun (marsupial)

Alawa

1 entries
  • girimbọ noun (marsupial)

Albanian

1 entries
  • kangur noun (marsupial)

Arabic

1 entries
  • كَنْغَر noun (marsupial)

Aragonese

1 entries
  • canguro noun (marsupial)

Armenian

2 entries
  • ագեվազ noun (marsupial)
  • կենգուրու noun (marsupial)

Assamese

1 entries
  • কেংগেৰু noun (marsupial)

Asturian

1 entries
  • canguru noun (marsupial)

Australian Kriol

1 entries
  • keingurru noun (marsupial)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • kenquru noun (marsupial)
  • kenğur noun (marsupial)

Baagandji

1 entries
  • tharlta noun (marsupial)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • көнгөрә noun (marsupial)

Basque

1 entries
  • kanguru noun (marsupial)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • кенгуру́ noun (marsupial)

Bengali

1 entries
  • ক্যাংগারু noun (marsupial)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • ке́нгуру noun (marsupial)

Burmese

1 entries
  • သားပိုက်ကောင် noun (marsupial)

Catalan

2 entries
  • cangur noun (marsupial)
  • cangurú noun (marsupial)

Cherokee

3 entries
  • ᎤᏜᏩᏓ noun (marsupial)
  • ᎧᎾᎦᏭ noun (marsupial)
  • ᏗᎵᏔᏕᎩ ᏥᏍᏕᏥᏳᏍᏗ noun (marsupial)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 袋鼠 noun (marsupial)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 袋鼠 noun (marsupial)

Cornish

1 entries
  • kangarou noun (marsupial)

Czech

1 entries
  • klokan noun (marsupial)

Danish

1 entries
  • kænguru noun (marsupial)

Darkinjung

1 entries
  • wallumbang noun (marsupial)

Dharug

3 entries
  • baragarang noun (marsupial)
  • buru noun (marsupial)
  • gawulgung noun (marsupial)

Dhivehi

1 entries
  • ކެންގަރޫ noun (marsupial)

Dutch

1 entries
  • kangoeroe noun (marsupial)

Eastern Arrernte

1 entries
  • aherre noun (marsupial)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • kanguruo noun (marsupial)

Estonian

1 entries
  • känguru noun (marsupial)

Faroese

1 entries
  • kengura noun (marsupial)

Finnish

1 entries
  • kenguru noun (marsupial)

French

1 entries
  • kangourou noun (marsupial)

Gabi

1 entries
  • mari noun (marsupial)

Gagauz

1 entries
  • kanguru noun (marsupial)

Galician

1 entries
  • canguro noun (marsupial)

Gamilaraay

1 entries
  • bandaarr noun (marsupial)

Georgian

1 entries
  • კენგურუ noun (marsupial)

German

1 entries
  • Känguru noun (marsupial)

Githabul

1 entries
  • guruman noun (marsupial)

Greek

1 entries
  • καγκουρό noun (marsupial)

Guugu Yimidhirr

1 entries
  • gangurru noun (marsupial)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • kangourou noun (marsupial)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • kanakulū noun (marsupial)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • קֶנְגּוּרוּ noun (marsupial)
  • קֶנְגּוּרוּאִים noun (marsupial)

Hindi

1 entries
  • कंगारू noun (marsupial)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • kenguru noun (marsupial)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • kengúra noun (marsupial)

Ido

1 entries
  • kanguruo noun (marsupial)

Inari Sami

1 entries
  • keŋŋuru noun (marsupial)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • kanguru noun (marsupial)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • kanguru noun (marsupial)

Irish

1 entries
  • cangarú noun (marsupial)

Italian

1 entries
  • canguro noun (marsupial)

Japanese

1 entries
  • カンガルー noun (marsupial)

Javanese

1 entries
  • kanguru noun (marsupial)

Kala Lagaw Ya

1 entries
  • usar noun (marsupial)

Kalmyk

2 entries
  • имҗ noun (marsupial)
  • кенгуру noun (marsupial)

Kaurna

4 entries
  • kurlu noun (marsupial)
  • nantu noun (marsupial)
  • tarnta noun (marsupial)
  • wauwi noun (marsupial)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • кенгуру noun (marsupial)

Khmer

1 entries
  • កង់ហ្គូរូ noun (marsupial)

Korean

2 entries
  • 캉가루 noun (marsupial)
  • 캥거루 noun (marsupial)

Kriol

1 entries
  • keingurru noun (marsupial)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • бөрсө noun (marsupial)
  • кенгуру noun (marsupial)

Lao

1 entries
  • ຈິງໂຈ້ noun (marsupial)

Latin

2 entries
  • halmaturus noun (marsupial)
  • macropus noun (marsupial)

Latvian

1 entries
  • ķengurs noun (marsupial)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • kengūra noun (marsupial)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • kenguru noun (marsupial)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • кенгур noun (marsupial)

Malay

1 entries
  • kanggaru noun (marsupial)

Maltese

1 entries
  • kangarù noun (marsupial)

Manx

1 entries
  • kangaroo noun (marsupial)

Marathi

1 entries
  • कांगारु noun (marsupial)

Meriam Mir

1 entries
  • usar noun (marsupial)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • имж noun (marsupial)
  • кенгуру noun (marsupial)

Murrinh-Patha

1 entries
  • baybayye noun (marsupial)

Māori

1 entries
  • kangarū noun (marsupial)

Narungga

3 entries
  • dharandu noun (marsupial)
  • nhandhu noun (marsupial)
  • wawi noun (marsupial)

Navajo

1 entries
  • nahatʼeʼiitsoh noun (marsupial)

Ngadjuri

1 entries
  • gudla noun (marsupial)

Ngarla

1 entries
  • mangkuru noun (marsupial)

Niuean

1 entries
  • kangakalū noun (marsupial)

Norman

1 entries
  • kangarou noun (marsupial)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • kengur noun (marsupial)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • kenguru noun (marsupial)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • kenguru noun (marsupial)

Nyunga

2 entries
  • yonga noun (marsupial)
  • yonga noun (marsupial)

Occitan

1 entries
  • cangoró noun (marsupial)

Ojibwe

1 entries
  • ᒥᐦᓴᐴᔅ noun (marsupial)

Pallanganmiddang

1 entries
  • putju noun (marsupial)

Persian

1 entries
  • کانگورو noun (marsupial)

Pitjantjatjara

1 entries
  • maḻu noun (marsupial)

Polish

2 entries
  • kangur noun (marsupial)
  • kangurzyca noun (marsupial)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • canguru noun (marsupial)

Rapa Nui

1 entries
  • kanakalū noun (marsupial)

Romanian

2 entries
  • cangur noun (marsupial)
  • cangură noun (marsupial)

Russian

1 entries
  • кенгуру́ noun (marsupial)

Samoan

1 entries
  • kāgalū noun (marsupial)

Saulteaux

1 entries
  • ᒥᐦᓴᐴᐢ noun (marsupial)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • cangaru noun (marsupial)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • klòkan noun (marsupial)
  • kȅngūr noun (marsupial)
  • ке̏нгӯр noun (marsupial)
  • кло̀кан noun (marsupial)

Siberian Tatar

1 entries
  • көнгөрә noun (marsupial)

Slovak

1 entries
  • klokan noun (marsupial)

Slovene

2 entries
  • kenguru noun (marsupial)
  • klokan noun (marsupial)

Spanish

1 entries
  • canguro noun (marsupial)

Swahili

1 entries
  • kangaruu noun (marsupial)

Swedish

1 entries
  • känguru noun (marsupial)

Tagalog

3 entries
  • kanggaru noun (marsupial)
  • kangguro noun (marsupial)
  • kangguru noun (marsupial)

Tajik

1 entries
  • кенгуру noun (marsupial)

Tamil

1 entries
  • கங்காரு noun (marsupial)

Tatar

1 entries
  • көнгерә noun (marsupial)

Tetum

1 entries
  • kangurú noun (marsupial)

Thai

1 entries
  • จิงโจ้ noun (marsupial)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • ཁུག་བྱི། noun (marsupial)

Tiwi

1 entries
  • diraga noun (marsupial)

Tok Pisin

1 entries
  • bikpela magani noun (marsupial)

Tokelauan

1 entries
  • kāgalū noun (marsupial)

Tongan

1 entries
  • kangakalū noun (marsupial)

Torres Strait Creole

1 entries
  • kangru noun (marsupial)

Turkish

1 entries
  • kanguru noun (marsupial)

Turkmen

2 entries
  • kengir noun (marsupial)
  • kenguru noun (marsupial)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • кенгуру́ noun (marsupial)

Urdu

1 entries
  • کنگارو noun (marsupial)

Uyghur

2 entries
  • xaltiliq chashqan noun (marsupial)
  • كېنگۇرۇ noun (marsupial)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • kenguru noun (marsupial)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • chuột túi noun (marsupial)
  • căng-gu-ru noun (marsupial)
  • kangaroo noun (marsupial)

Volapük

1 entries
  • kangur noun (marsupial)

Wardaman

1 entries
  • gangman noun (marsupial)

Warlpiri

2 entries
  • marlu noun (marsupial)
  • wawirri noun (marsupial)

Welsh

1 entries
  • cangarŵ noun (marsupial)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • kangoeroe noun (marsupial)

Woiwurrung

2 entries
  • kuyim noun (marsupial)
  • marram noun (marsupial)

Worora

1 entries
  • wara noun (marsupial)

Yagara

1 entries
  • barrar noun (marsupial)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • קענגורו noun (marsupial)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

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Have you ever seen a kangaroo?

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An ostrich cannot fly any more than a kangaroo can.

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The other day he bought a wallet made of kangaroo leather for me.

Source: tatoeba (59894)

A female kangaroo carries its young in the pouch.

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.