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Complete Definition of "robin"

see|Robin
English
wikipedia

Pronunciation
(UK) IPA|/ˈrɒbɪn/, SAMPA|/"rQbIn/
GenAm? IPA|/ˈrɑbɪn/, SAMPA|/"rAbIn/
Hyphenation: rob·in

Noun
en-noun

  1. Various birds of the families Muscicapidae, Turdidae and Eopsaltridae, typically with a red breast.

Usage notes
The American robin is quite different from the European one: English settlers in America so named a red-breasted bird much larger than the European robin.

Synonyms
redbreast
robin redbreast

Translations
trans-top|bird
Albanian: gushëkuqi
Basque: txantxangorri
Belarusian: заранка (zaranka)
Bosnian: crvendać
Breton: boc'hruzig
Bulgarian: червеногръдка (červenogrŭdka)
Catalan: pit-roig m
Cree: peepee tsoo
Croatian: crvendać
Czech: červenka
Danish: rødhals
Dutch: roodborstje n
Esperanto: ruĝgorĝulo
Estonian: punarind
Faroese: bringureyði
Finnish: punarinta
French: merle m, rouge-gorge m, rubiette f (rare)
Frisian: readboarstke
Friulian: petarňs, scriç
Galician: paporrubio, paporroibo, pisco
German: Rotkehlchen n
Greek, Modern: κοκκινολαίμης (kokkinolemis) m
Hungarian: vörösbegy
Icelandic: glóbrystingur
Irish: spideog
Italian: pettirosso m
trans-mid
Ladin: pietcuecen
Latvian: sarkanrīklīte
Lithuanian: liepsnelė
Lower Sorbian: sprjosk
Low Saxon: Rootbost m, Rootböstje n
Macedonian: црвеногушка (crvenoguška)
Maltese: pitirross
Norwegian: rødstrupe
Occitan: papach rós, papachrós
Ojibwe: opichi
Polish: rudzik m
Portuguese: pisco de peito ruivo
Romani: lolo-kolinako m, loli-kolinaki f
Romanian: guşă-roşie
Romansh: puppen cotschen
Russian: малиновка (malínovka) f
Sami: guovssoloddi
Sardinian: scraxarrùbiu, pitturrarrùbiu, brabarrùbia
Scottish Gaelic: brù-dhearg
Serbian: црвендаћ (crvendać)
Slovak: červienka
Slovenian: taščica f
Spanish: mirlo m, petirrojo m
Swedish: rödhake
Turkish: kızıgerdan
Ukrainian: вільшанка (vil’šanka) f
Upper Sorbian: ročk
Welsh: robin goch
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Derived terms
robin redbreast
round-robin

See also
w:Robin|Wikipedia article on the robin

Category:Birds


French

Pronunciation
IPA|/ʀɔbɛ̃/

Etymology 1
Familiar form of Robert.

Noun
fr-noun|m

  1. obsolete| lang=fr sheep, calf

Derived terms
robinet

Etymology 2
Derivative of robe#French|robe, in the phrase homme de robe ‘man of the gown’.

Noun
fr-noun|m

  1. context|archaic|pejorative| lang=fr lawyer

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