bateleur

English

A bateleur.

Etymology

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Old French bastel

French -eur

French bateleurbor.

English bateleur

Borrowed from French bateleur (“juggler”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbætəˈlɜː/

Noun

bateleur (plural bateleurs)

1. Any of species Terathopius ecaudatus of eagles, endemic to Africa and Arabia.

   Synonym: bateleur eagle

   • 2021, Peter Cavanagh, 100 Flying Birds: Photographing the Mechanics of Flight, →ISBN, page 28:

     When I first arrived at the site, the pair of Bateleur eagles were sitting quietly watching life unfold on the bushveld beneath them.

Translations

Terathopius ecaudatus

• Catalan: àguila batallaire f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 短尾鵰 / 短尾雕 (duǎnwěidiāo)

• Dutch: bateleur (nl) m, goochelaar (nl) m
• French: bateleur des savanes (fr) m
• German: Gaukler (de) m
• Hungarian: bukázó sas
• Korean: 달마수리 (dalmasuri)
• Russian: орёл-скоморо́х m (orjól-skomoróx), фигля́р (ru) m (figljár)
• Swedish: gycklarörn (sv) c
• Welsh: eryr cwta m

Further reading

• bateleur on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Terathopius ecaudatus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Terathopius ecaudatus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

French

Etymology

From Old French bastel +‎ -eur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bat.lœʁ/

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Noun

bateleur m (plural bateleurs, feminine bateleuse)

1. tumbler, juggler; acrobat

   Synonym: saltimbanque

   Coordinate term: escamoteur

2. buffoon
3. (ornithology) bateleur eagle

Related terms

• bateler

Further reading

• “bateleur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012