siskin

English

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Etymology

From dialectal German Sisschen, Zeischen, diminutive form of Middle High German zisec, apparently ultimately from Proto-Slavic (compare e.g. Polish czyżik).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈsɪskɪn/
• Rhymes: -ɪskɪn

Noun

siskin (plural siskins)

1. A small green and yellow European finch, Carduelis Spinus spinus or Carduelis spinus.
   • 2001, Anthea Bell, translating WG Sebald, Austerlitz, Penguin 2011, p. 2:

     I sat there on a bench in dappled shade, beside an aviary full of brightly feathered finches and siskins fluttering about.

   • 2013 January 1, Paul Bartell, Ashli Moore, “Avian Migration: The Ultimate Red-Eye Flight”, American Scientist, volume 101, number 1, page 47–48: 

     Many of these classic methods are still used, with some modern improvements. For example, with the aid of special microphones and automated sound detection software, ornithologists recently reported […] that pine siskins (Spinus pinus) undergo an irregular, nomadic type of nocturnal migration.

2. Any of various similar birds in the genera Carduelis and Serinus.

Synonyms

• (Carduelis spinus): aberdevine

See also

• Carduelis on Wikispecies. Wikispecies: Carduelis
• Serinus on Wikispecies. Wikispecies: Serinus

Translations

small European finch

• Belarusian: чыж (be) (čyž) m 
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鶸 (cmn) (ruò)

• Czech: čížek (cs) m
• Danish: grønirisk (da) c
• Dutch: sijs (nl)
• Faroese: grønígða (fo) f

• French: tarin (fr) m
• German: Zeisig (de) m
• Japanese: マヒワ (ja) (mahiwa)
• Russian: чиж (ru) (čiž) m , чижик (ru) (čížik) m 
• Scottish Gaelic: gealag bhuidhe (gd) f
• Swedish: siska (sv)
• Ukrainian: чиж (uk) (čyž) m 

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Translations to be checked

• Serbo-Croatian: čiž m, čižak m, zelenčica f
• Spanish: jilguero m
• Turkish: karabaşlı iskete

See also

• serin