parakeet

noun

par·​a·​keet ˈper-ə-ˌkēt 

ˈpa-rə-

: any of numerous usually small slender parrots with a long graduated tail

Examples of parakeet in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

However, the budgie, a type of parakeet, is healing while in the care of Teri Grendzinski. —Lauren Linder, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026

Raw celtuce, a lettuce cultivar bred for its sweet stem rather than for its leaves, is cut into neat rectangles of a luminous parakeet green, interleaved with strips of jiggly kombu jelly, and plated atop a vermillion pool of Yongchun red vinegar. —Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026

These days, the aviary houses parakeets that are mostly rejects from friends whose kids got bored with them. —Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2026

Chung grew up in Saratoga with a veritable menagerie: dogs, cats, horses, rabbits, parakeets — even hawks and falcons. —Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Spanish & Middle French; Spanish periquito, from Middle French perroquet parrot

First Known Use

1538, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing parakeet

• Carolina parakeet
• monk parakeet

Rhymes for parakeet

• bittersweet
• celestite
• incomplete
• indiscreet
• marguerite
• obsolete
• overeat
• overheat
• stillingfleet
• superheat
• amit
• athlete

Kids Definition

parakeet

noun

par·​a·​keet ˈpar-ə-ˌkēt 

: any of numerous usually small slender parrots with a long tail