goshawk

English

A northern goshawk

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Old English gōshafoc (“goose hawk”), from gōs (“goose”) and hafoc (“hawk”). Compare also Old Norse gáshaukr and Late Middle English gosling. The bird gets its name from the fact that the species are hawks that were alleged to prey on geese.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈɡɒs.hɔːk/, X-SAMPA: /"gQs.hO:k/
• (Canada) IPA: /ˈɡɑs.hɑk/, X-SAMPA: /"gAs.hAk/

Noun

goshawk (plural goshawks)

1. Any of several birds of prey, principally in the genus, Accipiter.

Derived terms

terms derived from goshawk

African goshawk black goshawk black-mantled goshawk brown goshawk chestnut-shouldered goshawk Chinese goshawk crested goshawk dark chanting goshawk eastern chanting goshawk Fiji goshawk Frances' goshawk Gabar goshawk grey-bellied goshawk grey goshawk grey-headed goshawk

Henst's goshawk Meyer's goshawk Moluccan goshawk New Britain goshawk northern goshawk pale chanting goshawk pied goshawk red-chested goshawk red goshawk spot-tailed goshawk Sulawesi goshawk white-bellied goshawk

Translations

bird of prey

• Albanian: gjeraqina (sq)
• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Asturian: ferre (ast) m
• Belarusian: цецярук (be) (cjecjaruk)
• Breton: gwazsparfell (br)
• Bulgarian: голям ястреб (bg) (goljam jastreb) 
• Catalan: astor (ca) m
• Chechen: куьйра
• Czech: jestřáb (cs)
• Danish: duehøg (da)
• Dutch: havik (nl) m
• Esperanto: akcipitro (eo)
• Estonian: kanakull (et)
• Faroese: høsnaheykur (fo)
• Finnish: kanahaukka (fi)
• French: autour (fr) m
• Friulian: cagnŕs
• Galician: azor (gl) m
• German: Habicht (de) m
• Greek: διπλοσάινο (el) (diplosáino)
• Hungarian: héja (hu)
• Icelandic: gáshaukur (is)
• Irish: spioróg mhór (ga) f
• Italian: astore (it) m
• Ladin: sparvel gran
• Latin: Accipiter gentilis
• Latvian: vistu vanags (lv)
• Lithuanian: vištvanagis (lt)
• Macedonian: jастреб кокошкар (mk) (jastreb kokoškar)

• Maltese: sparvier tal-ħamiem (mt)
• Manx: shawk ny sperriu (gv) m
• Navajo: giníłbáhí
• Norwegian: hønsehauk (no)
• Occitan: astor (oc)
• Old Portuguese: açor
• Polish: jastrząb (pl) m
• Portuguese: açor (pt) m
• Romani: hulyo m, hulyaika f
• Romanian: uliu (ro)
• Romansch: sprer (rm), sprer gond (rm), sprer da giaglinas (rm)
• Russian: тетеревятник (ru) (teterevjatnik) 
• Sami: goahppilfálli
• Sardinian: stori columbinu (sc), istore lepperajolu (sc)
• Scottish Gaelic: glas-sheabhag (gd) f, seabhag-riabhach (gd) f, seabhag-mhór (gd) f, gos-sheabhag (gd) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: jастреб кокошар (sh)

  Roman: jastreb kokošar (sh)

• Slovak: jastrab lesný (sk)
• Slovene: kragulj (sl)
• Spanish: azor (es) m
• Ukrainian: яструб великий (uk) (jastrub velykyj), тетерев’ятник (uk) (teterevʺjatnyk)
• Upper Sorbian: jatřob (hsb)
• Volapük: (♂♀) gokahauk (vo), (♂) gokahihauk (vo), (♀) gokajihauk (vo), (♂♀ offspring, young) gokahaukül (vo), (♂ offspring) gokahihaukül (vo), (♀ offspring) gokajihaukül (vo)
• Welsh: gwalch marth (cy) m
• West Frisian: hauk (fy)
• Yiddish: please add this translation if you can