fieldfare

English

A fieldfare

Etymology

From Middle English feldefare from Old English feldeware from feld (“field”) + -ware (“inhabitant”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfiːldfɛə/

Noun

fieldfare (plural fieldfares)

1. A large thrush, Turdus pilaris, a bird of Eurasia.
   • 2007, Diana Athill, "Somewhere Towards the End", Granta 98, p. 20

     Paul seemed relaxed, scanning the fields on either side of the muddy lane for fieldfares

Translations

Turdus pilaris

• Bulgarian: хвойнов дрозд m (hvojnov drozd)
• Czech: kvíčala (cs) f
• Danish: sjagger (da)
• Erzya: пизёлкай (piźolkaj)
• Finnish: räkättirastas (fi)
• German: Wacholderdrossel (de) f
• Greek: κεδρότσιχλα f (kedrótsichla)
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• Greenlandic: orpimmiutarsuaq
• Italian: cesena (it)
• Middle English: feldefare
• Polish: kwiczoł (pl) m
• Russian: дрозд-рябинник (drozd-r'abínnik)
• Spanish: zorzal real m

Further reading

• fieldfare on Wikipedia.Wikipedia