skua

See also: Skua and skúa

English

Etymology

From Faroese skúgvur (“Great Skua”), from Old Norse skúfr, of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskjuːə/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Homophone: skewer (non-rhotic)

Noun

skua (plural skuas)

1. Any of various predatory seabirds of the genus Stercorarius that often chase other seabirds to steal their catches.

Synonyms

• jaeger

Derived terms

• Arctic skua
• pomarine skua
• pomatorhine skua

Translations

predatory seabird of the family Stercorariidae

Arabic: كَرْكَر m (karkar) Asturian: cágalu (ast), fernandón (ast) Bulgarian: гигантски морелетник m (gigantski moreletnik) Czech: chaluha (cs) f Danish: kjove c Dutch: jager (nl) m Faroese: kjógvi m Finnish: kihu (fi) French: labbe (fr) f Galician: palleira (gl) f, golea f, papamerda m, merdento m German: Raubmöwe f, Skua (de) f Italian: stercorario (it) m Latvian: klijkaija f Lithuanian: plėšikas (lt) m Maori: hākoakoa Navajo: łóóʼyiniʼįįhí North Frisian: skua Norwegian: Bokmål: jo (no) m Nynorsk: jo m Polish: wydrzyk (pl) m Portuguese: moleiro (pt) m, mandrião (pt) m, estercorário m Romanian: lup de mare m Russian: помо́рник (ru) m (pomórnik) Scottish Gaelic: fàsgadair m, fàsgadan m Serbo-Croatian: pomornik (sh) Slovak: pomorník m Spanish: págalo m Swedish: labb (sv) c, kustlabb (sv) c Welsh: sgiwen f

Verb

skua (third-person singular simple present skuas, present participle skuaing, simple past and past participle skuaed)

1. (transitive, slang, Antarctica) To steal, or borrow without permission.
   • 2019, Elizabeth Bradfield, Toward Antarctica: An Exploration:

     We skua crew mess pastries and cheese, skua toe warmers, gloves. I skuaed her chocolate. Can't help it.

See also

• skua on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Aksu, Kasu, Kaus, Sauk, auks

French

Etymology

From Faroese skúgvur (“Great Skua”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Agen)):

  (file)

Noun

skua m (plural skuas)

1. great skua

   Synonym: grand labbe

See also

• Skua on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr
• labbe

Further reading

• “skua”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• skuene (of noun)
• skuet (of verb)

Noun

skua n

1. definite plural of skue

Verb

skua

1. inflection of skue:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle