Definitions for finchfɪntʃ
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
finchfɪntʃ(n.)
any of various small songbirds of the families Emberizidae,Fringillidae, and Estrildidae that have a short conical bill adapted for eating seeds.
Category: Ornithology
Origin of finch:
bef. 900; ME; OE finc
Princeton's WordNet
finch(noun)
any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds
Wiktionary
finch(Noun)
Any bird of the family Fringillidae, seed-eating passerine birds, native chiefly to the Northern Hemisphere and usually having a conical beak.
finch(Verb)
To hunt for finches, to go finching.
Origin: finċ, from *funkiz, funkjon (compare vink, Fink), from *(s)pingos 'chaffinch' (compare pinc 'finch', spingos 'chaffinch', penka 'wren', phingaka 'drongo, shrike').
Webster Dictionary
Finch(noun)
a small singing bird of many genera and species, belonging to the family Fringillidae
Translations for finch
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
- vinkAfrikaans
- شِرشير، عُصْفور غِرّيدArabic
- сипкаBulgarian
- tentilhãoPortuguese (BR)
- pěnkavaCzech
- der FinkGerman
- finkeDanish
- σπίνοςGreek
- pinzónSpanish
- vintEstonian
- سهرهFarsi
- peippolintuFinnish
- pinsonFrench
- פָּרוּשHebrew
- एक तरह की छोटी चिड़ियाHindi
- zebaCroatian
- pinty(őke)Hungarian
- sejenis burung parkitIndonesian
- finkaIcelandic
- fringuelloItalian
- アトリ科の小鳥Japanese
- 되새류(콩새, 멋쟁이새 등)Korean
- kikilisLithuanian
- žubīteLatvian
- burung cakarMalay
- vinkDutch
- finkeNorwegian
- ziębaPolish
- سهرهPersian
- سايره، ساركه، هره وړه مرغۍ چه غاړه كوىPashto
- tentilhãoPortuguese
- cintezoiRomanian
- зябликRussian
- pinkaSlovak
- ščinkavecSlovenian
- zebaSerbian
- finkSwedish
- นกขนาดเล็กที่มีจะงอยสั้นThai
- ispinoz (kuşu)Turkish
- 雀科鳴鳥Chinese (Trad.)
- зябликUkrainian
- مڑے چونچوں مالی چھوٹی چڑیوں میں سے کوئیUrdu
- chim họ sẻVietnamese
- 雀科鸣鸟，雀类Chinese (Simp.)
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