eagle

See also: Eagle

English

An eagle

The coats of arms of Germany, Poland, Mexico and Egypt (among others) depict eagles in various colors and styles.

Etymology

From Middle English egle, from Anglo-Norman egle, from Old French aigle, from Latin aquila. Displaced native Middle English ern, earn, arn, from Old English earn (“eagle”). More at erne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiːɡəl/

  • Audio (US):

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• (US, dialectal, chiefly Philadelphia) IPA^(key): /ˈɪɡəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -iːɡəl

Noun

eagle (plural eagles)

1. Any of several large carnivorous and carrion-eating birds in the family Accipitridae, having a powerful hooked bill and keen vision.

   Synonyms: erne, broadwing

2. (US, numismatics, historical) A gold coin with a face value of ten dollars, formerly used in the United States.
3. (historical, numismatics) A 13th-century coin minted in Europe and circulated in England as a debased sterling silver penny, outlawed under Edward I of England.
4. (golf) A score of two under par for a hole.

   I got an eagle in the third hole.

Coordinate terms

Golf

• albatross
• birdie
• bogey
• buzzard
• condor
• ostrich
• par

 

Derived terms

terms derived from the carnivorous bird

• African crowned eagle
• African fish eagle
• American eagle
• bald eagle
• bateleur eagle
• blood eagle
• booted eagle
• changeable hawk-eagle
• Chilean eagle
• crested hawk-eagle
• crowned eagle
• double-headed eagle
• eagle dad
• eagle dance
• eagle eye
• eagle-eye, eagle-eyed
• eagle freak
• eagle-hawk
• eaglehawk
• eagle owl
• eagle-owl
• Eagle Pass
• eagle ray
• Eagle River
• Eagle Scout
• eagle stone
• eagle-stone
• eaglestone
• eaglet
• eastern imperial eagle
• Eurasian eagle owl
• fish eagle
• fishing eagle
• gier eagle
• gier-eagle
• golden eagle
• greater spotted eagle
• Haast's eagle
• harpy eagle
• hawk-eagle
• iron eaglelesser spotted eagle
• Madagascan fish eagle
• Madagascar fish eagle
• Madagascar sea-eagle
• martial eagle
• Mexican eagle
• monkey-eating eagle
• Philippine eagle
• quarter eagle
• red-backed sea eagle
• red-backed sea-eagle
• sea eagle
• sea-eagle
• serpent eagle
• short-toed eagle
• short-toed snake eagle
• snake eagle
• spotted eagle-owl
• spotted eagle ray
• spread eagle
• spread-eagle
• steppe eagle
• tawny eagle
• Verreaux's eagle
• Wahlberg's eagle
• wedge-tailed eagle
• white-bellied sea eagle
• white-breasted sea eagle
• white-headed eagle
• white-tailed eagle
• white-tailed sea eagle

 

terms derived from U.S. coin

• double eagle
• half eagle

 

other derived terms

• legal eagle

 

Translations

any of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae

• Abaza: уарба (warba)
• Abinomn: ɸəra
• Abkhaz: ауарба (awarba)
• Adyghe: бгъэжъ (bğɛẑ), мэкъухэшъобгъэжъ (mɛqʷuxɛšʷobğɛẑ)
• Afrikaans: arend (af)
• Akan: ɔkɔdeɛ
• Akkadian: 𒈾𒀾𒊒 (našru)
• Albanian: (Tosk) shqiponjë (sq) f, (Gheg) shqipe (sq) f, shkabë (sq) f, orr
• Amharic: ንስር (nəsr)
• Amis: 'alilis
• Apache:

  Western Apache: itsá

• Arabic: عُقَاب (ar) m (ʕuqāb)

  Egyptian Arabic: نسر m (nesr)

  South Levantine Arabic: نسر m (nesr)

• Aragonese: alica f, aliga f
• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܢܫܪܐ m (nešrā)

  Jewish Aramaic: נִשְׁרָא m (nišrā)

• Arapaho: nii'eihii
• Argobba: ንስር (nəsər)
• Armenian: արծիվ (hy) (arciv)

  Old Armenian: արծուի (arcui)

• Assamese: ঈগল c (igol)
• Asturian: águila (ast) f, aigla (ast)
• Avar: цӏум (cʼum)
• Aymara: paca
• Azerbaijani: qartal (az)
• Bashkir: бөркөт (börköt)
• Basque: arrano (eu)
• Bats: არწივ (arc̣iv)
• Bau Bidayuh: ribuoh
• Belarusian: аро́л m (aról)
• Bemba: lubambe
• Bengali: ঈগল (bn) (igol), ইগল (bn) (igol)
• Bezhta: цуᵸгьа (cũha)
• Breton: erer (br) m
• Bulgarian: оре́л (bg) m (orél)
• Burmese: လင်းယုန် (my) (lang:yun)
• Buryat: мӱркӱт, бүргэд (bürged)
• Catalan: àguila (ca) f, àliga (ca) f
• Cebuano: agila
• Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵉⴳⵉⴷⵔ m (igidr)
• Central Melanau: nyawu
• Chamorro: ágila
• Chechen: аьрзу (ärzu)
• Cherokee: ᎠᏩᎯᎵ (awahili), ᎠᏬᎭᎵ (awohali)
• Cheyenne: netse
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 鷹／鹰 (jing¹)

  Hakka: 鷹鳥／鹰鸟 (ên-tiâu), 鷂婆／鹞婆 (yeu-phò)

  Hokkien: 鷹仔／鹰仔 (eng-á), 鷹／鹰 (zh-min-nan) (eng), 鴟鴞／鸱鸮 (zh-min-nan) (bā-hio̍h, ba̍h-hio̍h, ba̍h-hiō, lāi-hiō, lāi-hio̍h, na̍h-hio̍h, mōa-hio̍h, lā-hio̍h, nā-hio̍h), 鷹仔虎／鹰仔虎 (eng-á-hó͘), 覓雞鷹／觅鸡鹰 (bōa-koe-eng), 鷹鳥／鹰鸟 (eng-chiáu)

  Mandarin: 老鷹／老鹰 (zh) (lǎoyīng), 鷹／鹰 (zh) (yīng)

• Chukchi: тиԓмытиԓ (tiḷmytiḷ)
• Chuvash: ӑмӑрткайӑк (ămărtkajăk)
• Coptic: ˋⲁϧⲱⲙ (ˋaxōm)
• Cornish: er m
• Corsican: acula (co) f
• Crimean Tatar: qartal
• Czech: orel (cs) m
• Danish: ørn (da) c
• Drung: teumeu
• Dupaningan Agta: akuwang
• Dutch: arend (nl) m, adelaar (nl) m
• Elfdalian: örn m
• Erzya: куцькан (kućkan)
• Eshtehardi: دال (dâl)
• Esperanto: aglo (eo)
• Estonian: kotkas (et)
• Even: гусэтэ (gusətə)
• Evenki: киран (kiran)
• Ewe: hɔ̃
• Faroese: ørn f
• Finnish: kotka (fi)
• Franco-Provençal: âgllo
• French: aigle (fr) m

  Old French: aigle m

• Friulian: acuile f
• Galician: aguia (gl) f
• Ge'ez: ንስር (nəsr)
• Georgian: არწივი (ka) (arc̣ivi)
• German: Adler (de) m, (poetic) Aar (de) m

  Middle High German: ar, adelar

  Old High German: arn m, aro m

• Gothic: 𐌰𐍂𐌰 m (ara)
• Greek: αετός (el) m (aetós)

  Ancient: ἀετός m (aetós)

• Greenlandic: nattoralik
• Guerrero Amuzgo: kíchi
• Gujarati: ગરુડ (gu) n (garuḍ)
• Haitian Creole: èg
• Hausa: shaho (ha) m
• Hebrew: עַיִט (he) m (áyit)
• Hiligaynon: agila
• Hindi: गरुड (hi) m (garuḍ), चील (hi) m (cīl), उक़ाब m (uqāb), उकाब (hi) (ukāb), महाश्येन m (mahāśyen)
• Hinukh: цой (coy)
• Hittite: 𒄩𒀀𒊏𒀸 (ḫāras)
• Hopi: nuvakwahu
• Hungarian: sas (hu)
• Hunzib: цу (cu)
• Icelandic: örn (is) m
• Ido: aglo (io)
• Indonesian: elang (id)
• Ingush: аьрзи (ärzi)
• Interlingua: aquila
• Inuktitut: ᓇᒃᑐᕋᓕᒃ (naktoralik)
• Irish: iolar (ga) m

  Middle Irish: ilar m

• Italian: aquila (it) f
• Japanese: 鷲 (ja) (ワシ, わし, washi), 鵰 (ちょう, chō)
• Javanese: garudha (jv)
• Kannada: ಗರುಡ (kn) (garuḍa)
• Kashubian: òrzéł m
• Kazakh: бүркіт (bürkıt)
• Khmer: ឥន្ទ្រី (km) (ʼəntrii)
• Khvarshi: цеᵸ (cẽ)
• Kimaragang: kondiu
• Korean: 독수리 (ko) (doksuri)
• Kumyk: къаракъуш (qaraquş)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ھەڵۆ (ckb) (hello), ھەڵۆ (ckb) (hello)

  Northern Kurdish: eylo (ku) m

• Kutenai: kyaq̓nukat
• Kyrgyz: бүркүт (ky) (bürküt)
• Lak: барзу (barzu)
• Lao: ອິນທີ (ʼin thī)
• Latin: aquila (la) f
• Latvian: ērglis (lv) m
• Lezgi: лекь (leq̇)
• Limburgish: aorendj m, aedelieër m
• Lithuanian: aras (lt) m, erelis (lt) m
• Livvi: kotku
• Louisiana Creole: nèg, lèg
• Low German: Aadler (nds) m, Arend m
• Luxembourgish: Adler m
• Macedonian: орел m (orel)
• Malagasy: voromahery (mg)
• Malay: lang, elang, helang
• Malayalam: പരുന്ത് (ml) (paruntŭ)
• Maltese: ajkla f
• Manchu: ᡤᡳᠶᠠᡥᡡᠨ (giyahūn)
• Manx: urley m
• Maori: ēkara (mi), īkara
• Marathi: गरूड m (garūḍ)
• Maricopa: shpa
• Mazanderani: اله (ale)
• Meänkieli: kokko
• Mi'kmaq: gitpu anim
• Minangkabau: alang (min)
• Mirandese: aila f, águila f
• Mongolian: бүргэд (mn) (bürged)
• Montagnais: mitshishu
• Nahuatl:

  Central: cuauhtli

  Central Huasteca: koajtli

  Classical: cuauhtli

• Nanai: гуси (gusi)
• Navajo: atsá
• Neapolitan: aquela f
• Nepali: चील (ne) (cīl)
• Newar: इमा (imā)
• Ngunawal: mulleun
• Nivkh: чам (ț’am)
• Norman: aiglle m (France, Guernsey), aigl'ye m (Jersey)
• North Frisian: oodler m (Föhr-Amrum)
• Northern Sotho: ntšhu
• Norwegian: ørn (no) m or f
• O'odham: baʼag
• Occitan: agla (oc) f
• Odia: ଇଗଲ (igôlô)
• Ojibwe: migizi, giniw
• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: орьлъ m (orĭlŭ)

  Glagolitic: ⱁⱃⱐⰾⱏ m (orĭlŭ)

• Old East Slavic: орьлъ m (orĭlŭ)
• Old English: earn m
• Old Prussian: arelie
• Ossetian: арцъиу (arc’iw), цӕргӕс (cærgæs)
• Ottoman Turkish: قرتال (kartal), قره قوش (kara kuş)
• Pali: mahāsena m, garuḷa m, sena m
• Pashto: ګوربت m (gourbat)
• Pennsylvania German: Aadler m
• Persian: شهباز (šahbâz), عقاب (fa) ('oqâb), دال (fa) (dâl), آله (fa) (âloh)
• Plautdietsch: Odla (nds) m
• Polabian: viŕål m
• Polish: orzeł (pl) m anim, bielik (pl) m anim
• Portuguese: águia (pt) f
• Potawatomi: kno
• Punjabi: ਉਕਾਬ (pa) m (ukāb)
• Quechua: anka (qu)
• Rohingya: sil
• Romagnol: êquila f
• Romani: orla f
• Romanian: acvilă (ro) f, aceră (ro), vultur (ro), pajură (ro)
• Romansch: evla f
• Russian: орёл (ru) m (orjól), орли́ца (ru) f (orlíca)
• Rwanda-Rundi: inkona
• Sami:

  Inari: kuáskim

  Kildin: куэццькэмь (kuecc’kem’)

  Lule: goasskem

  Northern: goaskin

  Skolt: kuäʹcǩǩem

  Ter: kïeccʹkem

• Samoan: aeto
• Sanskrit: गरुड (sa) m (garuḍa), गरुडः (sa) (garuḍaḥ), उत्क्रोशः (sa) (utkrośaḥ), श्येन (sa) m (śyena)
• Sardinian: àcuila, altanera, àbbile, àbbila
• Saterland Frisian: Oadeler m
• Scottish Gaelic: iolair f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: о̀рао m

  Roman: òrao (sh) m

• Shambala: ngwilizi
• Shona: gondo
• Sicilian: àcula (scn) f
• Sinhalese: රාජාලියා (rājāliyā)
• Slovak: orol (sk) m
• Slovene: orel (sl) m, orlica (sl) f
• Somali: dafo f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: hodlaŕ, jerjeł m (literary)

  Upper Sorbian: worjoł m

• Southern Sami: aahrtse
• Spanish: águila (es) f
• Sundanese: heulang (su)
• Svan: ვერბ (verb)
• Swahili: tai (sw)
• Swazi: lú-khôzi
• Swedish: örn (sv)
• Tagal Murut: kondiew
• Tagalog: agila (tl), banoy
• Tajik: уқоб (tg) (uqob)
• Tamil: எருவை (ta) (eruvai), கங்கம் (ta) (kaṅkam)
• Taos: cíwena
• Tarifit: ajidar m
• Tatar: бөркет (tt) (börket)
• Telugu: గ్రద్ద (te) (gradda)
• Thai: อินทรี (th) (in-sii)
• Tibetan: གོ་བོ (go bo)
• Tigre: ንስረ (nəsrä)
• Tigrinya: ንስሪ (nəsri)
• Tokelauan: āeto
• Tongan: 'ikale
• Tsez: ^{(please verify)} цей (cey) (3)
• Turkish: kartal (tr), baz (tr), şehbaz, şahbaz (tr)
• Turkmen: bürgüt (tk)
• Udmurt: ӧрӟи (ördźi)
• Ugaritic: 𐎐𐎌𐎗 (nšr)
• Ukrainian: оре́л (uk) m (orél)
• Urdu: عقاب m ('uqāb), چیل m (cīl), گرڈ m (garuḍ), باز (bāz), شاہین (śāhīn)
• Uyghur: بۈركۈت (bürküt)
• Uzbek: burgut (uz)
• Venetian: àquiła f
• Vietnamese: chim đại bàng, đại bàng (vi)
• Vilamovian: oduł m
• Volapük: kvil (vo)
• Võro: kodask, kodas
• Votic: kotko
• Waigali: paji
• Walloon: êgue m
• Waray-Waray: agila
• Welsh: eryr (cy) m, eryrod (cy) m pl
• West Coast Bajau: bele', bele'
• West Frisian: earn c
• Wolof: jaxaay ji
• Yakut: хотой (qotoy)
• Yámana: šakanini
• Yiddish: אָדלער m (odler)
• Zazaki: (Southern Zazaki) hêli (diq), gurbat
• Zulu: ukhozi (zu) class 11/10, inkwazi class 9/10

representation of an eagle in heraldry

• French: aigle (fr) m
• Galician: aguia (gl) f
• Swedish: örn (sv) c

a gold coin with a face value of $10.00

• German: Eagle (de) m or n
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} moneta di dieci dollari
• Manx: ^{(please verify)} Peesh Jeih Dollar
• Polish: dziesięciodolarówka f (used for any currency worth ten dollars)
• Swahili: ^{(please verify)} tai (sw)
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} on dolar

in golf, a score of two under par for a hole

• Danish: eagle
• Finnish: eagle (fi)
• French: eagle (fr) m
• Icelandic: örn (is) m
• Swahili: tai (sw)

See also

13th-c. counterfeit coin:

• crockard
• leonine
• mitre
• pollard
• rosary
• scalding
• steeping

 

Verb

eagle (third-person singular simple present eagles, present participle eagling, simple past and past participle eagled)

1. (golf) To score an eagle.

Translations

to score an eagle

• French: réussir un aigle

Further reading

• Eagle (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Aegle, aglee

Danish

Etymology

From English eagle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈiːɡəl]

Noun

eagle c (singular definite eaglen, plural indefinite eagler)

1. (golf) eagle (two under par)

References

• “eagle” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English eagle. Doublet of aigle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.ɡœl/

Noun

eagle m (plural eagles)

1. (golf) eagle

Coordinate terms

• bogey
• birdie
• albatros