Loon

//ˈluːn//

Synonyms for "loon" (112 found)

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Closest matches (23)

Strong matches (33)

Noun(1 words)
concubine

Related words (56)

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9 relation types

More general

7 entries

Synonyms

3 entries

Related terms

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derived

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etymologically related_to

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has context

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is a

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related to

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Showing 16 of 33 words.

Translations

99 translations across 54 languages.

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Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • qaqara noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)

Basque

1 entries
  • pulunpari noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • безделник noun (idler)
  • гмурец noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)
  • кибик noun (idler)
  • откачалка noun (a crazy person)

Catalan

1 entries
  • calàbria noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 潜鸟 noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)

Cree

1 entries
  • ᒪᑿ noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)

Czech

2 entries
  • cvok noun (a crazy person)
  • potáplice noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)

Danish

1 entries
  • lom noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)

Dutch

4 entries
  • duiker noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)
  • gek noun (a crazy person)
  • getikte noun (a crazy person)
  • zeeduiker noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)

Eastern Mari

3 entries
  • токталудо noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)
  • тукто noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)
  • тӧрсияк noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • granda kolimbo noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)

Estonian

1 entries
  • kaur noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)

Faroese

1 entries
  • lómur noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)

Finnish

4 entries
  • hullu noun (a crazy person)
  • kuikka noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)
  • lusmu noun (idler)
  • seko noun (a crazy person)

French

3 entries
  • fou noun (a crazy person)
  • huard noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)
  • plongeon noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)

Galician

3 entries
  • aro noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)
  • mobella noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)
  • papoia noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)

German

4 entries
  • Bekloppter noun (a crazy person)
  • Faulenzer noun (idler)
  • Irrer noun (a crazy person)
  • Seetaucher noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)

Greek

1 entries
  • παλαβός noun (a crazy person)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • búvármadár noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • gila noun (a crazy person)
  • loon noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)

Irish

2 entries
  • foitheach noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)
  • lóma noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)

Italian

4 entries
  • fannullone noun (a crazy person)
  • matto noun (a crazy person)
  • scemo noun (a crazy person)
  • stolto noun (a crazy person)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 嘴黒阿比 noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)

Kalmyk

1 entries
  • ахун noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)

Komi-Zyrian

2 entries
  • гӧгӧра noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)
  • токты noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)

Korean

1 entries
  • 아비 noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)

Kumyk

1 entries
  • гьанкъут noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • naras noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • huska noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • бу́дала noun (a crazy person)
  • лу́дак noun (a crazy person)
  • ну́ркач noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)

Mi'kmaq

1 entries
  • gwimu noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)

Miami

1 entries
  • maankwa noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)

Nanai

1 entries
  • а̄ни noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)

Navajo

1 entries
  • naalʼeełídaakį́ noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • lom noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)

Ojibwe

1 entries
  • maang noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)

Old English

1 entries
  • sċealfor noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)

Old Norse

1 entries
  • lómr noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)

Plains-Cree

1 entries
  • mâhkwa noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)

Polish

1 entries
  • nur noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • doido noun (a crazy person)
  • louco noun (a crazy person)
  • maluco noun (a crazy person)
  • mergulhão noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)

Potawatomi

1 entries
  • mang noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)

Romanian

3 entries
  • bodârlău noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)
  • corcodel noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)
  • cufundar noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)

Russian

2 entries
  • безумец noun (a crazy person)
  • гага́ра noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • learga noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • gnjúrac noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)
  • plijenor noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)
  • гњу́рац noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)
  • плијенор noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)

Slovak

1 entries
  • potáplica noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)

Slovene

1 entries
  • slapnik noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)

Spanish

2 entries
  • colimbo noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)
  • lunático noun (a crazy person)

Swedish

1 entries
  • lom noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)

Turkish

2 entries
  • dalgıç noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)
  • dalgıçkuşu noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • гагара noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)

Welsh

1 entries
  • trochydd noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)

Western Mari

1 entries
  • тыкты noun (bird of order Gaviiformes)

Sample sentences

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Why is it called "loon"?

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What's a loon?

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Because there's a red-throated loon on the coin.

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Tom is a loon.

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