English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the expression the early bird catches the worm.
Pronunciation[edit]
early bird (plural early birds)
- (idiomatic) A person who wakes early or arrives early, typically before most others.
- Synonyms: early riser, morning person, lark
- Antonyms: nighthawk, night owl, night person, late riser
Translations[edit]
one who wakes early
- Catalan: matiner (ca) m, matinador m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 早起者 (zǎoqǐ zhě), 早到者 (zǎo dào zhě), 早鳥／早鸟 (zǎoniǎo)
- Czech: ranní ptáče n
- Danish: morgenmand c
- Dutch: vroege vogel m or f
- Finnish: aamuvirkku (fi), aamuihminen (fi)
- French: lève-tôt (fr) m
- Galician: mañaengo m, mañanceiro m, madrugueiro m, madrugadeiro m
- German: Frühaufsteher (de) m, Frühaufsteherin (de) f, früher Vogel m, Morgenmensch (de) m
- Greek: πρωινός τύπος (el) m (proïnós týpos), πρωινός (el) m (proïnós)
- Hungarian: korán kelő (hu)
- Italian: mattiniero (it) m
- Japanese: 早起きの人 (はやおきのひと, hayaoki no hito), 朝型 (ja) (あさがた, asagata)
- Korean: 일찍 일어나는 사람 (iljjik ireonaneun saram), 아침형 (achimhyeong)
- Latvian: rīta putns m, cīrulis m
- Macedonian: ранобу́дник m (ranobúdnik)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: morgenfugl (no) m, a-menneske (no) n, morgenmenneske n
- Polish: ranny ptaszek (pl) m, skowronek (pl) m
- Portuguese: madrugador m, matutino (pt) m
- Russian: ра́нняя пта́шка m or f (ránnjaja ptáška), жа́воронок (ru) m (žávoronok) (lark)
- Serbo-Croatian: ranorànilac (sh) m
- Slovak: ranný vták m
- Spanish: madrugón m, madrugador (es) m, mañanero (es) m, alondra (es) f, tempranero (es) m
- Turkish: erkenci (tr)
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