chirp

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tʃɜː(ɹ)p/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)p

Noun

chirp (plural chirps)

1. A short, sharp or high note or noise, as of a bird or insect.
2. (radar, sonar, radio telescopy etc.) A pulse of signal whose frequency sweeps through a band of frequencies for the duration of the pulse.

Derived terms

• downchirp
• upchirp

Translations

birds

• Arabic: تَغْرِيدَة‏‎ f (taḡrīda), تَغْرِيد‏‎ m (taḡrīd)

  Egyptian Arabic: تغريدة‏‎ f (taġrīda), تغريد‏‎ m (taġrīd)

• Bulgarian: чуруликане n (čurulikane)
• Finnish: sirkutus (fi), viserrys
• French: pépiement (fr) m, piaillement (fr) m
• Greek: τιτίβισμα (el) n (titívisma)
• Hungarian: csicsergés (hu), csiripelés
• Italian: cinguettio (it) m, trillo (it) m

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: چرکا‏‎

• Maori: waiari
• Polish: świergot (pl) m
• Portuguese: gorjeio m, trinado m, chilro (pt) m
• Russian: чик-чири́к (čik-čirík) (onomatopeia), ще́бет (ru) m (ščébet), чири́канье (ru) n (čiríkanʹje), щебета́ние (ru) n (ščebetánije)
• Spanish: trino (es) m
• Tagalog: siyap

insects

• Bulgarian: цвъртене (bg) pl (cvǎrtene)
• Finnish: siritys (fi)
• French: stridulation (fr), craquètement (fr)
• German: Zirpen n
• Greek: τερέτισμα (el) n (terétisma)
• Hungarian: ciripelés (hu)
• Italian: stridio (it) m

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: چرکا‏‎

• Maori: kitā
• Portuguese: cricrilar m
• Russian: жужжа́ние (ru) n (žužžánije), гуде́ние (ru) n (gudénije)
• Spanish: chirrido (es) m

Verb

chirp (third-person singular simple present chirps, present participle chirping, simple past and past participle chirped)

1. (intransitive) to make a short, sharp, cheerful note, as of small birds or crickets
2. (intransitive) to speak in a high-pitched staccato
3. (transitive, radar, sonar, radio telescopy etc.) To modify (a pulse of signal) so that it sweeps through a band of frequencies throughout its duration.

Translations

birds

• Arabic: غَرَّدَ‏‎ (ḡarrada)
• Bulgarian: чуруликам (čurulikam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鳴 (zh), 鸣 (zh) (míng), 譟 (zh), 噪 (zh) (zào), 唧唧叫 (zh) (jījī jiào)

• Danish: kvidre
• Dutch: tjilpen, tjirpen
• Finnish: sirkuttaa, visertää
• French: gazouiller (fr), piailler (fr)
• German: zwitschern (de), zirpen (de)
• Greek: τιτιβίζω (el) (titivízo), κελαηδώ (el) (kelaidó)

• Hungarian: csicsereg (hu), csiripel (hu)
• Italian: cinguettare
• Japanese: 鳴く (ja) (なく, naku)
• Maori: waiari, ketekete, pekī, pīpī
• Polish: świergotać (pl)
• Portuguese: gorjear, trinar, chilrear (pt)
• Romanian: ciripi (ro)
• Russian: чири́кать (ru) (čiríkatʹ), щебета́ть (ru) (ščebetátʹ)
• Spanish: trinar (es)
• Tagalog: sumiyap

insects

• Bulgarian: цвъртя (bg) (cvǎrtja)
• Dutch: tjirpen
• Finnish: sirittää
• French: striduler (fr), craqueter (fr)
• German: zirpen (de)
• Greek: τερετίζω (el) (teretízo)
• Hungarian: ciripel (hu)

• Italian: frinire (it)
• Maori: kitā, whakakitā
• Portuguese: cricrilar
• Russian: жужжа́ть (ru) (žužžátʹ)
• Spanish: chirriar (es), grillar (es)
• Tagalog: sumiyap

to speak in high pitch

• Finnish: kimittää