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語源

From Spanish cóndor, from Classical Quechua kuntur. The change /t/ to /d/ was characteristic of the "coastal" variety of the language.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈkɒndɔː/, /ˈkɒndə/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈkɑnˌdoɹ/, /ˈkɑndəɹ/
• 韻: -ɒndɔː(ɹ), -ɒndə(ɹ)
• (/-əɹ/) 異形同音異義語: chondre, conder

名詞

condor (plural condors or condor)

1. Either of two New World vultures, Vultur gryphus of the Andes or Gymnogyps californianus, a nearly extinct vulture of the mountains of California.
   • 1859, Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species:

     The condor lays a couple of eggs and the ostrich a score, and yet in the same country the condor may be the more numerous of the two: the Fulmar petrel lays but one egg, yet it is believed to be the most numerous bird in the world.

2. (plural condors or condores) A gold coin of some South American countries bearing the figure of one of these vultures.
3. An Argentinian short range ballistic missile.
4. (golf) The completion of a hole four strokes under par (a quadruple birdie, triple eagle, or double albatross).
5. (finance) A combination of four options of the same type at four strike prices, giving limited profit and limited risk.

等位語

• (golf): albatross, birdie, bogey, buzzard, eagle, par

派生語

派生した語

• → Welsh: condor
• → Korean: 콘도르 (kondoreu)

アナグラム

• Cordon, con rod, conrod, cordon