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Image:100 0821edit.jpg|thumb|A parrot

Etymology
First attested in 1525. From F. term|perrot#French|perrot, either a diminutive of Pierre or a shortened form of term|perroquet#French|perroquet. Compare French term|pierrot#French|pierrot and Occitan term|parrat#Occitan|parrat. A number of origins have been suggested for term|perroquet, such as Spanish term|periquito#Spanish|periquito and Italian term|parrochetto#Italian|parrochetto. The relationship between these various words is disputed. Replaced earlier term|popinjay.

Pronunciation
enPR|/p�rʹ�t/, IPA|/�pʰæɹ�t/, SAMPA|/"p{r@t/
audio|en-us-parrot.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|ær�t

Noun
en-noun

1. A kind of bird, many species of which are colourful and able to mimic human speech.

#: I bought a wonderful parrot at the pet store.
#*1855, w:Charles Dickens|Charles Dickens, s:Little Dorrit|Little Dorrit, Bk I, ch 33
#*: Mrs Merdle was at home, and was in her nest of crimson and gold, with the parrot on a neighbouring stem watching her with his head on one side, as if he took her for another splendid parrot of a larger species.

1. A parroter; a person who repeats what was just said.

#: What kind of a parrot are you? He just said that.
#*1837, w:Ralph Waldo Emerson|Ralph Waldo Emerson, s:The American Scholar|The American Scholar
#*:In this distribution of functions, the scholar is the delegated intellect. In the right state, he is, Man Thinking. In the degenerate state, when the victim of society, he tends to become a mere thinker, or, still worse, the parrot of other men�s thinking.

1. archaic A puffin.

Quotations
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Synonyms
sense|kind of bird popinjay
sense|person who repeats what was said copycat, mimic, parroter
sense|puffin puffin, sea-parrot

Hyponyms
sense|kind of bird budgerigar, kakapo, lorikeet, lory, lovebird, macaw, parakeet, rosella

Derived terms
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parrot-coal
parrot fever
parrotfish
mid2
parrothouse
parroty
sea-parrot

See also
Polly
popinjay
w:Dead Parrot|Dead Parrot

Sicilian: pappagaddu m, pappaiaddu m, pappajaddu m
Sindhi: SDchar|ط�ط� m
Slovak: t-|sk|papagáj|m
Slovene: t+|sl|papiga|f, t-|sl|papagaj|m
Spanish: t-|es|papagayo|m, t-|es|loro|m, t-|es|cotorra|f
Swahili: kasuku (nc 9/10), dura#Swahili|dura (nc 9/10)
Swedish: papegoja c
Tagalog: loro
Tamil: t-|ta|�ிளி|xs=Tamil (kiḷi)
Telugu: �ిల�� (chiluka)
Thai: THchar|���ว (gâew), THchar|�����ว (nók gâew)
Turkish: t+|tr|papa�an
Turkmen: �о�� (totı)
Twi: ako
Ukrainian: t-|uk|пап�га|f|trpapúha|scCyrl|xs=Ukrainian
Urdu: URchar|ط�طا (tot�) m, URchar|ط�ط� (totī) f
Vietnamese: t+|vi|vẹt|xs=Vietnamese
Yiddish: פּ�ָפּ��ײַ m, פּ�ַפּ��ע f
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trans-top|person who repeats what was said
Afrikaans: t-|af|papegaai|xsAfrikaans, t|af|na-aper|xsAfrikaans
Albanian: papagall
Dutch: t+|nl|papegaai|m, t|nl|naprater|m, t|nl|na-aper|m
Greek: t+|el|�α�αγάλο�|sc=Grek m (papagálos)
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Italian: t+|it|pappagallo|m
Kurdish:
:Sorani: t|ku|ب��ب��غا|trbabagha|scKUchar
Marathi: प�प� (popaT)
Polish: t+|pl|papuga f
Portuguese: t+|pt|papagaio|m
Romanian: t-|ro|papagal|m
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Verb
en-verb|parrot|ing

1. transitive To repeat (exactly what has just been said) without necessarily showing understanding, in the manner of a parrot.

#*1996, w:Bill Clinton|Bill Clinton, s:Presidential Radio Address - 15 June 1996|Presidential Radio Address (15 June)
#*:So when political leaders parrot the tobacco company line, say cigarettes are not necessarily addictive, and oppose our efforts to keep tobacco away from our children, they continue to cater to powerful interests, but they're not standing up for parents and children.

Quotations
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Synonyms
sense|to repeat exactly ape, copycat

Derived terms
top2
parroter
parrot-fashion
parrotism
mid2
parrotize
parrotry
poll parrot

Translations
trans-top|to repeat exactly without showing understanding
Czech: t-|cs|papouškovat
Bosnian: ponavljati kao papagaj
Dutch: t|nl|nazeggen, t|nl|napraten, t|nl|papegaaien
Finnish: t-|fi|hokea
French: répéter (quelque chose) comme un perroquet
German: nachplappern
Greek: t+|el|�α�αγαλίζ�|sc=Grek (papagalízo)
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Hebrew: he-translation|��ק�|wv=�ִ�קָּ�|khiká, he-link|��ק�|�ִ�קָּ� �-|�ְּת���|תּ�ּ�ּ�ִ|khiká k'túki
Italian: ripetere (qualcosa) a pappagallo, ripetere (qualcosa) in modo pappagallesco
Polish: papugowa�
Slovak: papagájiť sa
Spanish: t-|es|hablar como un papagayo
Ukrainian: на�л�д�ва�и (naslíduvaty), мавп�ва�и (mavpuváty, lit. 'to ape')
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