avian

See also: avían

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin avis (“bird”) +‎ -ian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɪvi.ən/

Adjective

avian (not comparable)

1. Characteristic of or pertaining to birds, or to bird-like or flying creatures.

Synonyms

• birdly, feathered, plumed, winged

Derived terms

• avian ingestion

Translations

of birds

• Catalan: aviari
• Czech: ptačí (cs)
• Esperanto: birda
• French: aviaire (fr)
• German: vogelartig, aviär (de)
• Italian: aviario (it)
• Korean: 조류의 (joryuui)
• Malay: burung (ms)
• Polish: ptasi (pl) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: aviário (pt) m, aviária (pt) f
• Russian: пти́чий (ru) (ptíčij)
• Serbo-Croatian: ptičji (sh) m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: ptaškowy

• Spanish: aviar (es)
• Swedish: fågel- (sv)
• Volapük: bödik (vo)

Noun

avian (plural avians)

1. A bird.
2. A bird-like or flying creature.
3. (furry fandom) Someone who roleplays or describes themselves as being a bird or bird-like animal character with human characteristics.

   Synonym: feathery

Anagrams

• Avina, Navia, Viana