pardal

See also: pardál and Pardal

English

Alternative forms

• pardale [16th c.]

Etymology

From Latin pardalis, from Ancient Greek πάρδαλις (párdalis), from an unattested Old Iranian word; compare Persian پلنگ (palang), Pashto پړانګ (pṙâng).

Noun

pardal (plural pardals)

1. (obsolete) A pard; a panther or leopard.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     Wyld beasts in yron yokes he would compell; / The spotted Panther, and the tusked Bore, / The Pardale swift, and the Tigre cruell […]

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paɾˈdal/ [paɾˈð̞al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: par‧dal

Noun

pardal m (plural pardales)

1. sparrow

   Synonym: gurrión

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pardalis, itself from pardus (“mottled”) + -ālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pərˈdal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [paɾˈðal]

• Audio (Valencia):

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Noun

pardal m (plural pardals)

1. sparrow

   Synonyms: teuladí, teulader, torredà

2. (Valencia) bird

   Synonym: ocell

Derived terms

• matar dos pardals d'un tret
• pardal d'ala blanca
• pardal guineuer
• pardal xarrec

Related terms

• pardalot

Further reading

• “pardal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “pardal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “pardal”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Galician

Etymology

From pardo (“brown”) +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paɾˈðal/

Noun

pardal m (plural pardais)

1. house sparrow

   Synonym: gorrión

Derived terms

• Pardal

Further reading

• “pardal”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “pardal”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pardal”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pardal”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pardal”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN