robin

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Usage notes 1.2.2 Synonyms 1.2.3 Translations 1.2.4 Derived terms 1.3 External links 2 French 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Etymology 1 2.2.1 Noun 2.2.1.1 Derived terms 2.3 Etymology 2 2.3.1 Noun

[edit] English

Wikipedia

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈrɒb.ɪn/, SAMPA: /"rQb.In/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

  Rhymes: -ɒbɪn

• (GenAm) IPA: /ˈrɑb.ɪn/, SAMPA: /"rAb.In/

  Rhymes: -ɑbɪn

• Hyphenation: rob‧in

[edit] Noun

robin (plural robins)

1. A European robin; Erithacus rubecula.
2. An American robin; Turdus migratorius.
3. Various passerine birds (abt. 100 species) of the families Muscicapidae, Turdidae and Petroicidae (former Eopsaltridae), typically with a red breast.

[edit] Usage notes

The American robin is quite different from the European one: English settlers in America so named a red-breasted bird much larger than the European robin.

[edit] Synonyms

• (European robin): redbreast, robin redbreast

[edit] Translations

[edit] Derived terms

• robin redbreast
• round-robin

[edit] External links

• Erithacus rubecula on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons: Erithacus rubecula
• Turdus migratorius on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons: Turdus migratorius
• Erithacus rubecula on Wikispecies. Wikispecies: Erithacus rubecula
• Turdus migratorius on Wikispecies. Wikispecies: Turdus migratorius

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[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʀɔbɛ̃/

[edit] Etymology 1

Familiar form of Robert.

[edit] Noun

robin m. (plural robins)

1. (obsolete) sheep, calf

[edit] Derived terms

• robinet

[edit] Etymology 2

Derivative of robe, in the phrase homme de robe ‘man of the gown’.

[edit] Noun

robin m. (plural robins)

1. (archaic, pejorative) lawyer