plover

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman plover, pluvier, Old French plovier, from Late Latin plovarius, of disputed origin; perhaps from Latin pluvia (“rain”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈplʌvə/
• Rhymes: -əʊvə(ɹ), -ʌvə(ɹ)

Noun

plover (plural plovers)

1. Any of various wading birds of the family Charadriidae.

Translations

wading bird of the family Charadriidae

• Catalan: corriol (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 千鳥 (cmn), 千鸟 (cmn) (qiānniǎo)

• Dutch: plevier (nl) m
• Esperanto: pluvio (eo)
• Finnish: kurmitsa (fi)
• French: pluvier (fr) m
• German: Regenpfeifer (de) m
• Irish: feadóg (ga) f
• Japanese: 千鳥 (ja) (ちどり, chidori)

• Jèrriais: êprivyi m
• Luxembourgish: Wakeleefer (lb) m
• Polish: siewka (pl) f
• Russian: зуёк (ru) (zujók) m , ржанка (ru) (ržánka) f 
• Scottish Gaelic: feadag (gd) f, trìlleachan (gd) m
• Slovene: deževnik (sl) m
• Spanish: chorlo (es) m, chorlito (es) m, chorlitejo (es) m
• Volapük: (male or female) garadriut (vo), (male) higaradriut (vo), (female) jigaradriut (vo), (offspring, young) garadriutül (vo)
• ǃXóõ: ǁn̥a̰ẽ

See also

• American golden plover
• black-bellied plover
• killdeer
• piping plover
• ringed plover
• semipalmated plover

Anagrams

• Provel

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Old French

Etymology

Latin pluit (“it rains”).

Verb

plover

1. (impersonal) to rain