bullfinch

See also: bull-finch

English

a male Eurasian Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)

Alternative forms

• bull-finch

Etymology

From bull +‎ finch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʊlˌfɪnt͡ʃ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

bullfinch (plural bullfinches)

1. The Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula).

   Synonyms: common bullfinch, Eurasian bullfinch, plum bird, plum budder, pope (UK, regional)

2. Any of various other Old World finches in the genus Pyrrhula.
3. (UK, archaic, hunting, slang) A large, thick quickset hedge.
   • 1900, H. B. Yerburgh, Leaves from a hunting diary in Essex, page 180:

     Young Hurrell turned them on the right; the officer on the polo pony and Mr. Westall, between them, dissected a "bullfinch" on the left, but the ditch and the briars took toll of the former.

4. (equestrianism) An obstacle for a horse, consisting of a solid fence with brush above it, through which the horse should jump.

Translations

Pyrrhula pyrrhula

• Albanian: kuqaláshi çafkëzí m
• Asturian: caparréi (ast), picaflor (ast)
• Azerbaijani: qarquşu
• Belarusian: снягі́р m (snjahír)
• Bulgarian: червенушка f (červenuška)
• Catalan: pinsà borroner m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 红腹灰雀 (zh) (hóngfùhuīquè)

• Czech: hýl obecný (cs) m
• Danish: dompap (da) c
• Dutch: goudvink (nl) m
• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} pirolo
• Estonian: leevike (et)
• Faroese: prýðisígða f
• Finnish: punatulkku (fi)
• French: bouvreuil pivoine (fr) m
• Galician: paporrubio real (gl) m
• German: Gimpel (de) m, Dompfaff (de) m
• Icelandic: dómpápi (is) m
• Ingrian: punarinta, palolintu, rebinalintu
• Irish: corcrán coille m
• Italian: ciuffolotto (it) m
• Japanese: ウソ (ja) (uso)
• Komi:

  Komi-Permyak: жонь (žoń)

  Komi-Zyrian: жонь (žoń)

• Latin: ^{(please verify)} pyrrhula f
• Latvian: svilpis m, sarkankrūtītis m
• Luxembourgish: ^{(please verify)} Pillo m
• Manx: ree ruy m
• Mari:

  Eastern Mari: ӧрш (örš)

  Western Mari: якшаронг (jakšarong)

• Norman: ^{(please verify)} bouv'theu m (Jersey), moigne (Guernsey), moigne-parfait (Guernsey), piôme (Guernsey)
• Norwegian: dompap (no) m
• Occitan: bovet m (Languedoc)
• Polish: gil (pl) m
• Portuguese: dom-fafe m
• Romanian: botroș (ro) m
• Romansh: prelat m
• Russian: снеги́рь (ru) m (snegírʹ)
• Sami:

  Lule Sami: ^{(please verify)} ruoppsisradde

  Northern Sami: ^{(please verify)} ruksesruoivil

• Scottish Gaelic: buidhean na coille m, deargan-coille m, deargan-fraoich m, gealbhonn-cuileann m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: зимница f

  Latin: zimnica (sh) f

• Shor: шурчақ (şurçaq)
• Slovak: ^{(please verify)} hýľ obyčajný m
• Spanish: camachuelo común m
• Swedish: domherre (sv) c
• Turkish: şakrak kuşu (tr)
• Udmurt: шушы (šušy)
• Ukrainian: снігу́р m (snihúr)
• Welsh: coch y berllan m

other Old World finches

• Azerbaijani: qarquşu
• Polish: gil (pl) m
• Romanian: botroș (ro) (Pyrrhula vulgaris)
• Russian: снеги́рь (ru) m (snegírʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: corcan-coille m (Pyrrhula vulgaris)
• Ukrainian: снігу́р m (snihúr)