Contents
- 1 English
- 1.1 Etymology
- 1.2 Proper noun
- 1.2.1 Derived terms
- 1.2.2 Related terms
- 1.2.3 Descendants
- 1.2.4 Translations
- 1.3 Noun
- 1.3.1 Derived terms
- 1.4 Further reading
- 2 Norwegian Bokmål
- 2.1 Etymology
- 2.2 Pronunciation
- 2.3 Proper noun
- 2.3.1 Hyponyms
- 2.3.2 Derived terms
- 2.4 References
English[edit]
Donald Duck on Wikipedia
Etymology[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
- One of the Disney cartoon characters, an anthropomorphic white-feathered duck who usually wears a sailor suit and is known for his voice especially in tantrums.
1941 March 6, “Screwy Hall Of Fame Presents A Quack”, in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Single-handed [sic] he swung the staid Western Union from its ordinary singing-telegram policy to the point where local patrons can request that their greeting be sung in Donald Duck voice.
1945, Ernie Pyle, edited by David Nichols, Ernie's war: the best of Ernie Pyle's World War II dispatches, Touchstone Books, published 1987, page 399:
And then the most Donald Duck-like screaming and jabbering you ever heard.
1992 April, Gene Bylinsky, “A U.S. Comeback in Electronics”, in Fortune, volume 125, number 8, page 77:
DSP can also eliminate ghost images from TV screens and banish those irritating Donald Duck squeaks and quacks from speeded-up playback of tape-recorded voice messages.
1992 May, Sturat F. Brown, “Earthwinds Waits on the Weather”, in Popular Science, volume 240, number 5, page 80:
Perched securely in the rafters and using a walkie-talkie to communicate with colleagues on the airdock's floor, Lachenmeier was amused to find his voice had risen into the Donald Duck register due to the bubble of escaping helium spreading along the ceiling.
- The asteroid 12410.
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Arabic: دُونَالْد دَاك (dūnāld dāk)
- → Armenian: Դոնալդ Դաք (Donald Dakʿ)
- → Azerbaijani: Donald Dak
- → Bulgarian: Доналд Дък (Donald Dǎk)
- → Dutch: Donald Duck
- → French: Donald Duck
- → Georgian: დონალდ დაკი (donald daḳi)
- → German: Donald Duck
- → Greek: Ντόναλντ Ντακ (Ntónalnt Ntak)
- → Gujarati: ડોનાલ્ડ ડક (ḍonālḍ ḍak)
- → Hebrew: דוֹנָלְד דָאק (Dónald Dak)
- → Hindi: डोनाल्ड डक (ḍonālḍ ḍak)
- → Japanese: ドナルドダック (donarudo dakku)
- → Kannada: ಡೊನಾಲ್ಡ್ ಡಕ್ (ḍonālḍ ḍak)
- → Korean: 도널드 덕 (doneoldeu deok)
- → Latvian: Donalds Daks
- → Malayalam: ഡൊണാൾഡ് ഡക്ക് (ḍoṇāḷḍŭ ḍakkŭ)
- → Marathi: डोनाल्ड डक (ḍonālḍa ḍak)
- → Norwegian Bokmål: Donald Duck
- → Portuguese: Pato Donald (calque)
- → Romanian: Donald Duck
- → Russian: Дональд Дак (Donalʹd Dak)
- → Spanish: Pato Donald (calque)
- → Thai: โดนัลด์ ดั๊ก (doo-nalt dák)
- → Ukrainian: Дональд Дак (Donalʹd Dak)
Translations[edit]
Disney character
- Albanian: Rosaku Donaldm, Donald Duckm
- Arabic: بَطُّوطm (baṭṭūṭ), دُونَالْد دَاكm (dūnāld dāk)
- Armenian: Դոնալդ Դաք (Donald Dakʿ)
- Azerbaijani: Donald Dak, Ördək Donald
- Basque: Donald ahatea
- Bulgarian: Доналд Дъкm (Donald Dǎk)
- Catalan: Ànec Donaldm
- Chinese:
- Czech: Kačer Donaldm
- Danish: Anders And(da)c
- Dutch: Donald Duck(nl)m
- Erzya: Яку Яксярго (Jaku Jakśargo)
- Esperanto: Donaldo Anaso
- Estonian: Piilupart Donald
- Faroese: Dunnaldur Dunnam
- Finnish: Aku Ankka
- French: Donald Duck(fr)m, Donald(fr)m
- Galician: Pato Donaldm
- Georgian: დონალდ დაკი (donald daḳi)
- German: Donald Duck(de)m
- Greek: Ντόναλντ Ντακm (Ntónalnt Ntak)
- Gujarati: ડોનાલ્ડ ડકm (ḍonālḍ ḍak)
- Hebrew: דוֹנָלְד דָאקm (Dónald Dak)
- Hindi: डोनाल्ड डकm (ḍonālḍ ḍak)
- Hungarian: Donald kacsa(hu)
- Icelandic: Andrés Öndm
- Indonesian: Donal Bebek
- Italian: Paolino Paperinom, Paperinom
- Japanese: ドナルドダック (Donarudo Dakku)
- Javanese: Donal Bèbèk
- Kannada: ಡೊನಾಲ್ಡ್ ಡಕ್ (ḍonālḍ ḍak)
- Korean: 도널드 덕 (Doneoldeu Deok)
- Latin: Donaldus Anasm
- Latvian: Donalds Daksm
- Lithuanian: Antulis Donaldasm
- Macedonian: Па́јо Па́торотm (Pájo Pátorot)
- Malayalam: ഡൊണാൾഡ് ഡക്ക് (ḍoṇāḷḍŭ ḍakkŭ)
- Marathi: डोनाल्ड डकm (ḍonālḍa ḍak)
- Northern Sami: Vulle Vuojáš
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: Donald Duck
- Persian: دونالد داک (donâld dâk), دانلد داک (dânald dâk)
- Polish: Kaczor Donald(pl)m
- Portuguese: Pato Donaldm
- Quechua: Donald Patu
- Romanian: Rățoiul Donaldm, Donald Duckm
- Russian: До́нальд Дакm (Dónalʹd Dak)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: Паја Па́такm
- Roman: Paško Pátakm, Paja Pátakm
- Slovak: Káčer Donaldm
- Slovene: Jaka Racmanm
- Spanish: Pato Donaldm
- Sundanese: Donal Éntog
- Swedish: Kalle Anka(sv)c
- Telugu: డోనాల్డ్ డక్ (ḍōnālḍ ḍak)
- Thai: โดนัลด์ ดั๊ก (doo-nalt dák)
- Tibetan: གདང་ཡ་ཙེ (gdang ya tse)
- Turkish: Donald Amca
- Ukrainian: До́нальд Дакm (Dónalʹd Dak)
- Urdu: ڈونلڈ ڈکm (ḍonalḍ ḍak)
- Vietnamese: Vịt Donald
- Western Panjabi: ڈونلڈ ڈک(pnb) (ḍonalḍ ḍak)
- Yiddish: דאָנאַלד דאָקm (donald dok)
asteroid
- Finnish: Donald Duck
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: Donald Duck
- Polish: Kaczor Donald(pl)m
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Noun[edit]
Donald Duck (plural Donald Ducks)
- (co*ckney rhyming slang) A f*ck.
2010, Eric Morecambe, Mr Lonely, page 16:
Look, I don't give a Donald Duck how you do it. Do it.
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Donald Duck on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:
Etymology[edit]
From English Donald Duck, notably being untranslated unlike this character in other Scandinavian languages.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
- (cartoon) Donald Duck (One of the Disney cartoon characters, an anthropomorphic white-feathered duck who usually wears a sailor suit and is known for his voice especially in tantrums.)
Karakteren Donald Duck ble skapt i 1934 hos Walt Disney Productions.
- The character Donald Duck was created in 1934 at Walt Disney Productions.
2011 January 24, Bergens Tidende, page 2/3:
Donald Duck er like oppbyggelig som han er bukseløs
- Donald Duck is as edifying as he is pantsless
1988, Knut Faldbakken, Bad boy, page 185:
et av barndommens Donald Duck-blad hvor speiderbevegelsen stadig ble ironisert med
- one of the childhood Donald Duck magazines where the scout movement was constantly ironized
1958, Eva Ramm, Med støv på hjernen, page 13:
på barneværelset har vi festlige Donald Duck-tapeter
- in the nursery we have festive Donald Duck wallpapers
1996, Tove Nilsen, Skyskrapersommer:
aftensmaten til far ser ut som et av de smørbrødene Donald Duck lager når han skal flotte seg
- Dad's dinner looks like one of the sandwiches Donald Duck makes when he's going great
1997, Jo Nesbø, Flaggermusmannen:
med ujevne mellomrom inhalerer [de] helium og får sånne Donald duck-stemmer
- at irregular intervals [they] inhale helium and get such Donald duck voices
1977, Ebba Haslund, Født til klovn, page 149:
gjennom Donald [Duck] blir vårt avkom indoktrinert, sies det
- through Donald [Duck] our offspring are indoctrinated, it is said
- (astronomy) The asteroid 12410 Donald Duck
Hyponyms[edit]
- (Disney characters): Mikke Mus, Skrue McDuck, Dolly Duck
Derived terms[edit]
- Donaldisme (“Donaldism”)
- donaldkul (“big lump (after a hit)”)
References[edit]
- “Donald Duck” in Store norske leksikon