birdcage

See also: bird-cage

English

Neoclassical birdcage, circa 1750

Alternative forms

• bird cage, bird-cage

Etymology

From bird +‎ cage.

Pronunciation

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Noun

birdcage (countable and uncountable, plural birdcages)

1. (countable) A cage to keep pet or zoological specimen birds in.
2. (uncountable) A game of chance played with dice; chuck-a-luck.

Derived terms

• birdcage mask
• like the bottom of a birdcage

Related terms

• cage bird

Translations

cage to keep birds in

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鳥籠 / 鸟笼 (zh) (niǎolóng)

• Dutch: vogelkooi (nl) f
• Finnish: lintuhäkki
• French: panier (fr) m, volière (fr) f
• German: Vogelbauer (de) m, Vogelkäfig (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: κλωβός m (klōbós)

• Hausa: kējī̀ m
• Hungarian: kalitka (hu)
• Icelandic: fuglabúr n
• Irish: éanadán m
• Italian: voliera (it) f
• Japanese: 鳥籠 (ja) (とりかご, torikago)
• Khmer: ទ្រុងសត្វ (trung sat)
• Korean: 새장 (saejang)
• Latin: cavea f
• Naga:

  Khiamniungan Naga: vēutsūm

• Pazeh: xuruxuru
• Persian: قفس (fa) (qafas)
• Polish: klatka dla ptaków f
• Portuguese: gaiola (pt) f
• Russian: кле́тка (для птиц) f (klétka (dlja ptic))
• Scottish Gaelic: eunadan m
• Spanish: jaula (es) f
• Swedish: fågelbur (sv)
• Turkish: kuş kafesi (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: قفس (kafes)

• Volapük: cek (vo)

See also

• birdhouse
• coop
• crown and anchor
• dovecot, dovecote
• pen
• pigeonhouse
• pigeon loft

Anagrams

• cage bird, cagebird