grebe

See also: Grebe and grèbe

English

Etymology

From French grèbe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɹiːb/

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• Rhymes: -iːb

Noun

A grebe.

grebe (plural grebes)

1. Any of several waterbirds in the cosmopolitan family Podicipedidae. They have strong, sharp bills, and lobate toes.

Synonyms

• (any of several waterbirds): dabchick

Derived terms

• Alaotra grebe
• black-necked grebe
• great crested grebe
• horned grebe
• Junin grebe
• little grebe
• pied-billed grebe
• red-necked grebe
• Slavonian grebe
• tippet grebe

 

Translations

any of several waterbirds in the family Podicipedidae

• Bulgarian: гмурец (bg) m (gmurec)
• Catalan: cabussó (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鸊鷉／䴙䴘 (pìtī)

• Czech: potápka f
• Danish: lappedykker (da) c
• Dutch: fuut (nl) m
• Esperanto: grebo
• Faroese: gjør f
• Finnish: uikku (fi)
• French: grèbe (fr) m
• Galician: mergullón m, somorgullo m
• German: Lappentaucher (de) m
• Greek: βουτηχτάρα (el) f (voutichtára)

  Ancient: κολυμβίς f (kolumbís)

• Hungarian: vöcsök (hu)
• Irish: foitheach m
• Italian: tuffetto (it), svasso (it)
• Japanese: 鸊鷉 (かいつぶり, kaitsuburi, かいつむり, kaitsumuri), 鳰 (ja) (にお, nio, かいつぶり, kaitsuburi, かいつむり, kaitsumuri), 鳰鳥 (におどり, niodori), 浮巣鳥 (うきすどり, ukisudori), 息長鳥 (しながどり, shinagadori), 潜り (むぐり, muguri)
• Korean: 논병아리 (nonbyeong'ari)
• Manchu: ᠴᡠᠩᡤᡠᡵ
  ᠨᡳᠶᡝᡥᡝ (cunggur niyehe), ᠯᡠᡥᡠ (luhu)
• Navajo: naalʼeełii keelóól
• Polish: perkoz (pl)
• Portuguese: mergulhão m
• Romanian: cufundar (ro) m, corcodel (ro) m
• Russian: пога́нка (ru) f (pogánka)
• Spanish: zambullidor (es) m, somormujo (es) m, acacalote
• Swedish: dopping (sv) c
• Thai: นกเป็ดผี (nók-bpèt-pǐi)
• Turkish: batağan (tr)
• Ukrainian: пірникоза f (pirnykoza)
• Welsh: gwyach f

Anagrams

• Gebre, gerbe

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

grebe (Cyrillic spelling гребе)

1. third-person singular present of grebati

Verb

grebe (Cyrillic spelling гребе)

1. third-person singular present of grepsti