robin

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[edit] English

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A European robin, Erithacus rubecula

An American robin, Turdus migratorius

[edit] Pronunciation

(UK) IPA: /ˈrɒb.ɪn/, SAMPA: /"rQb.In/
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Rhymes: -ɒbɪn
(GenAm) IPA: /ˈrɑb.ɪn/, SAMPA: /"rAb.In/
Rhymes: -ɑbɪn
Hyphenation: rob‧in

[edit] Noun

robin (plural robins)

A European robin; Erithacus rubecula.
An American robin; Turdus migratorius.
Various passerine birds (about 100 species) of the families Muscicapidae, Turdidae and Petroicidae (formerly 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

Erithacus rubecula

Asturian: raitán (ast) m.
Basque: txantxangorri
Belarusian: малінаўка (malinayka)
Bosnian: crvendać
Breton: boc'hruz
Bulgarian: червеногръдка (červenogrŭdka)
Catalan: pit-roig m.
Croatian: crvendać (hr)
Czech: červenka (cs) f.
Danish: rødhals (da)
Dutch: roodborstje (nl) n.
Esperanto: ruĝgorĝulo
Estonian: punarind (et)
Faroese: bringureyði (fo) m.
Finnish: punarinta (fi)
French: rouge-gorge (fr) m., rouge-gorge familier (fr) m.
Galician: paporrubio, paporroibo, pisco
German: Rotkehlchen (de) n.
Greek: κοκκινολαίμης (el) (kokkinolaímis) m.
Hungarian: vörösbegy (hu)
Irish: spideog (ga) f.
Italian: pettirosso (it) m.
Latvian: sarkanrīklīte
Lithuanian: liepsnelė (lt)

Norwegian:

Bokmål: rødstrupe

Nynorsk: raudstrupe
Occitan: papach-rós (oc), barbarós (oc), rigal (oc)
Polish: rudzik (pl) m.
Portuguese: pisco de peito ruivo m.
Romanian: gușă-roșie (ro) f., măcăleandru (ro) m.
Romansch: (Rumantsch Grischun) puppen cotschen (rm) m., (Sursilvan) puppen tgietschen (rm) m., (Sutsilvan) pupencotschen (rm) m., (Surmiran) poppen cotschen (rm) m., (Puter, Vallader) gulacotschen (rm) m.
Russian: зарянка (ru) (zaryanka) f., малиновка (ru) (malínovka) f.
Sami: guovssoloddi
Scottish Gaelic: brù-dhearg
Slovak: červienka (sk) f.
Slovene: taščica (sl) f.
Spanish: petirrojo (es) m.
Swedish: rödhake (sv)
Turkish: kızılgerdan (tr)
Volapük: (male or female) redablötareitak (vo), (offspring, young) redablötareitakül (vo), (Erithacus, male or female ) reitak (vo), (male) hireitak (vo), (female) jireitak (vo), (offspring, young) reitakül (vo)
Welsh: robin goch
West Frisian: readboarstke

Turdus migratorius

Cherokee: ᏴᏩᏁᎬ ᏥᏉᏉ
Cree: peepee tsoo (cr)
Czech: drozd stěhovavý (cs) m.
Danish: vandredrossel (da) c.
Dutch: roodborstlijster (nl)
Faroese: stroktrøstur (fo) m.
Finnish: punarintarastas (fi)
French: merle d'Amérique (fr) m.
German: Wanderdrossel (de) f.
Hungarian: vándorrigó (hu)
Icelandic: farþröstur (is) m.
Irish: smólach imirce (ga) m.

Japanese: コマツグミ (ja) (komatsugumi)
Malayalam: അമേരിക്കന് റോബിന് (ml)
Navajo: téél halchíʼí
Ojibwe: opichi
Polish: drozd wędrowny (pl)
Russian: странствующий дрозд (ru) (stranstvújuščij drozd) m.
Swedish: vandringstrast (sv)
Taos: cìbikína
Turkish: Amerika nar bülbülü (tr)

other birds called robin in English

Irish: spideog (ga) f.

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Albanian: gushëkuqi
Belarusian: заранка (zaranka)
Faroese: bringureyði
French: merle m., rubiette f. (rare)
Friulian: petarňs, scriç
Icelandic: glóbrystingur
Ladin: pietcuecen
Lower Sorbian: sprjosk
Low German: Rootbost m., Rootböstje n.
Macedonian: црвеногушка (crvenoguška)
Maltese: pitirross

Occitan: papach rós, papachrós
Romani: lolo-kolinako m., loli-kolinaki f.
Romanian: gușă-roșie
Sardinian: scraxarrùbiu, pitturrarrùbiu, brabarrùbia
Serbo-Croatian: црвендаћ (crvendać)
Slovak: červienka
Spanish: mirlo m.
Ukrainian: вільшанка (vil’šanka) f.
Upper Sorbian: ročk

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[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