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Complete Definition of "sparrow"

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Image:Passer_domesticus3.jpg|thumb|right|200 px|A male sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Image:House sparrow04.jpg|thumb|right|250 px|A female sparrow (Passer domesticus)

Etymology
OE. spearwa

Pronunciation
IPA|/ˈspæɹəʊ/
audio|en-us-sparrow.ogg|Audio (US)

:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ærəʊ|-ærəʊ

Noun
en-noun

  1. The house sparrow, Passer domesticus; a small bird with a short bill, and brown, white and gray feathers.
  2. A member of the family Passeridae, comprised of small Old World song birds.
  3. A member of the family Emberizidae, comprised of small New World song birds.
  4. Generically, any small, nondescript bird.

Derived terms
sparrowhawk
house sparrow
tree sparrow

Translations

Albanian: harabeli
Basque: txolarre
Belarusian: верабей
Bosnian: t-|bs|vrabac|m
Breton: golvan
Bulgarian: врабче (vrabÄe)
Catalan: pardal m
CJKV Characters: 雀
Chinese: 麻雀 (máquè)
Croatian: t-|hr|vrabac
Czech: t-|cs|vrabec|m
Danish: spurv (gråspurv)
Dutch: mus f, huismus f
Esperanto: t-|eo|pasero|xs=Esperanto
Estonian: varblane, koduvarblane
Faroese: t-|fo|spurvur|xsFaroese, t-|fo|gráspurvur|xsFaroese
Finnish: t+|fi|varpunen
French: moineau m
Frisian: mosk
Friulian: passare
Galician: pardal, gorrión
German: t+|de|Sperling|m, t+|de|Spatz|m
Greek: σπουÏγίτης m
Hebrew: דרור (dror)
Hindi: गौरैया (gauraiyaa)
Hungarian: t+|hu|veréb
Icelandic: spör (gráspör)
Interlingua: passere
Irish: gealbhan
Italian: t+|it|passero|m
Japanese: 雀 (スズメ, suzume)
Korean: 참새 (chamsae)
mid
Kurdish: KUchar|چۆله‌که‌, KUchar|پاساری
Ladin: spoz
Latin: Passer, Passer domesticus
Latvian: zvirbulis m
Lithuanian: žvirblis m; žvirblė f
Lower Sorbian: wrobel
Low Saxon: Lünink, Lünk, Lüüntje m, Dackfink m
Macedonian: врабец (vrabec)
Maltese: għasfur tal-bejt
Norwegian: spurv, gråspurv m
Occitan: passerat
Polish: wróbel m
Portuguese: pardal m
Romanian: t+|ro|vrabie
Romansh: pasler
Romany: chirikloro m, chirikliori f
Russian: t+|ru|воробей|m|trvorobéj|scCyrl
Sami: cihci (šilljocihci)
Sardinian (northern): furfurinu, fruffurarzu, bulfurarju m
Sardinian (southern): crucculeu, gruccùcciu m
Scottish Gaelic: gealbhonn
Serbian: врабац (vrabac)
Slovak: t-|sk|vrabec
Slovenian: vrabec m
Spanish: gorrión m
Swedish: sparv (gråsparv)
Telugu: t|te|పిచà±à°šà±à°•|sc=Telu (pichchuka)
Turkish: serçe
Ukrainian: горобець (gorobets’)
Upper Sorbian: wrobl, wroblik
Vietnamese: t+|vi|sẻ|xsVietnamese, t-|vi|chim sẻ|xsVietnamese
Volapük: spär
Welsh: t-|cy|aderyn|xs=Welsh

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Revision and Credits for"sparrow"
  • 2007-12-17 18:46 - Tbot - updated t/t-/t+ templates, added t for bs, hr, cs, eo, fo, fi, de, hu, it, ro, ru, sk, vi, cy

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