birdhouse

See also: bird house

English

a birdhouse

Alternative forms

• bird house

Etymology

From bird +‎ house.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɝdhaʊs/

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Noun

birdhouse (plural birdhouses)

1. A small house or nest box for birds.
2. An aviary.

Synonyms

• (sense 1) nest box, nesting box

Hypernyms

• house

Translations

small house for birds

• Bulgarian: къщичка за птици f (kǎštička za ptici)
• Catalan: ponedor m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 禽舍 (zh) (qínshě), 小鳥舍 / 小鸟舍 (xiǎoniǎoshè)

• Dutch: vogelhuis (nl) n, nestkast (nl) f or m
• Estonian: linnumaja
• Finnish: linnunpönttö (fi) (for birds), pesäpönttö (general), uuttu (fi)
• French: nichoir (fr) m
• German: Nistkasten (de) m, Vogelhäuschen (de) n
• Irish: teachín éan m
• Italian: gabbietta (it) f
• Japanese: 巣箱 (ja) (すばこ, subako)
• Korean: 새장 (saejang), 새집 (ko) (saejip)
• Manx: kishtey edd m
• Polish: karmnik (pl) m
• Russian: скворе́чник (ru) m (skvoréčnik), скворе́чня (ru) f (skvoréčnja)
• Scottish Gaelic: taigh-eun m, bocsa guir m
• Swedish: fågelholk (sv) c
• Turkish: kuş evi (tr)

aviary — see aviary