magpie

See also Magpie

English

Wikipedia

The North American black-billed magpie, Pica hudsonia.

The Australian magpie, Gymnorhina tibicen.

Etymology

From Mag, a nickname for Margaret that was used to denote a chatterer, and pie, an archaic word meaning "magpie", from Old French pie, from Latin pica, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peik- (“woodpecker, magpie”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmæɡˌpaɪ/, X-SAMPA: /"m{g%paI/
• Hyphenation: mag‧pie

Noun

magpie (plural magpies)

1. One of several kinds of bird in the family Corvidae, especially Pica pica.
2. A superficially similar Australian bird, Gymnorhina tibicen.
3. Someone who displays a magpie-like quality such as collecting, or committing robbery.
4. (slang) Fan or member of Newcastle United F.C.

Synonyms

• maggie
• pie
• piet
• Eurasian magpie, Pica pica
• European magpie Pica pica
• common magpie Pica pica

Translations

bird of genus Pica

• Albanian: laraskë (sq)
• Arabic: عقعق (ar) (ʿáqʿaq) m
• Armenian: կաչաղակ (hy) (kačaġak)
• Asturian: pega (ast) f
• Basque: mika (eu), pika (eu)
• Belarusian: сарока (be) (saróka) f
• Breton: pig (br)
• Bulgarian: сврака (bg) (svraka) f
• Catalan: garsa (ca) f
• Chechen: къорзакъиг
• Chinese:

  Dungan: щичё, җичё

  Mandarin: 喜鵲 (cmn), 喜鹊 (cmn) (xǐque)

• Czech: straka (cs) f
• Danish: skade (da) c
• Dutch: ekster (nl) m
• Esperanto: (♂) pigo (eo), (♀) pigino (eo)
• Estonian: harakas (et)
• Faroese: skjóra (fo)
• Finnish: harakka (fi)
• French: pie (fr) f
• Friulian: cheche
• Galician: pega (gl) f
• German: Elster (de) f
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌹 (agati) f
• Greek: καρακάξα (el) (karakáksa) f, κίσσα (el) (kisa) f
• Hebrew: עקעק (he)
• Hungarian: szarka (hu)
• Icelandic: skjór (is) m
• Ido: (♂♀) pigo (io), (♂) pigulo (io), (♀) pigino (io)
• Irish: snag breac (ga), meaig (ga)
• Italian: gazza (it) f
• Japanese: 鵲 (ja) (kasasagi)
• Jèrriais: (female) pie f, (female) mèrgot f, (male) piêté m
• Korean: 까치 (ko) (kkachi)
• Ladin: gacia f
• Latgalian: žogota m
• Latin: pica (la) f
• Latvian: žagata (lv)
• Lithuanian: šarka (lt)

• Low German: Heister (nds) m, Hääkster (nds) m, Heckster (nds) m, Heekster (nds) m, Hester (nds) m
• Lower Sorbian: sroka f
• Macedonian: страчка (mk) (stráčka) f
• Navajo: ąąʼąʼii
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: skjære (no) f

  Nynorsk: skjor (nn) f

• Occitan: agaça (oc) f
• Persian: زاغ (fa) (zâgh)
• Polish: sroka (pl) f
• Portuguese: gralha (pt) f, pega (pt) f
• Romani: kakarachi m, kakarachka f
• Romanian: coțofană (ro) f
• Romansch: giazla (rm)
• Russian: сорока (ru) (soróka) f
• Sami: skire
• Sardinian: piga (sc) f, malabiga (sc) f, mariabiga (sc) f, marabiga (sc) f
• Scottish Gaelic: athaid (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: сврака (sh) f

  Roman: svraka (sh) f

• Sicilian: craccarazza (scn) f
• Skolt Sami: soorkõs
• Slovak: straka (sk) f
• Slovene: sraka (sl) f
• Spanish: urraca (es) f, picaza (es) f
• Swedish: skata (sv)
• Taos: kw’àyána
• Turkish: saksağan (tr)
• Ukrainian: сорока (uk) (soroka)
• Upper Sorbian: sroka (hsb)
• Vilamovian: ołaoster
• Volapük: (♂♀) piak (vo), (♂) hipiak (vo), (♀) jipiak (vo), (♂♀ offspring, young) piakül (vo), (♂ offspring) hipiakül (vo), (♀ offspring) jipiakül (vo), (older term (cf. Danish skade, husskade), ♂♀) skadit (vo), (♂) hiskadit (vo), (♀) jiskadit (vo), (♂♀ offspring, young) skaditül (vo), (♂ offspring) hiskaditül (vo), (♀ offspring) jiskaditül (vo)
• Welsh: pioden (cy)
• West Frisian: ekster (fy)

Pica pica

• Danish: husskade (da) c

• Finnish: harakka (fi)

Australian bird, Gymnorhina tibicen

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 黑背鍾鵲 (cmn) (hēi bèi zhōng què)

• Dutch: zwartrugfluitvogel (nl) m
• Finnish: isohuiluvaris (fi)
• Gamilaraay: burrugaabu, galalu, guluu

• Guugu Yimidhirr: gurradhuwaar
• Japanese: カササギフエガラス (ja) (kasasagifuegarasu)
• Wiradhuri: booroogong, garoogong
• Yindjibarndi: warndurla