heron
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English heron, heroun, heiron, from Anglo-Norman heiron, from Old Dutch *heigero (compare Middle Dutch heiger), from Frankish and Proto-West Germanic *hraigrō, from Proto-Germanic *haigrô (compare Swedish häger), dissimilation of *hraigrô (compare Old English hrāgra, Dutch reiger, German Reiher), from imitative Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreik-, *(s)kreig- (“to screech, creak”) (compare Welsh crëyr (“heron”), Ancient Greek κρίζω (krízō, “to creak, screech”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
heron (plural herons)
- A long-legged, long-necked wading bird of the family Ardeidae.
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Further reading[edit]
heron on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Ardeidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Ardeidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams[edit]
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Anglo-Norman heiron, from Medieval Latin hairō, *haigrō, from Frankish/Proto-West Germanic *hraigrō, from Proto-Germanic *haigrô, from earlier *hraigrô via dissimilation.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
heron (plural herons)
- the grey heron (Ardea cinerea), or (rarely) a representation of it used in heraldry
- the meat of a heron used as food.
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Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “heirǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-06.
Middle French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French heron, of Germanic origin, probably from Frankish *hraigrō.
Noun[edit]
heron m (plural herons)
Descendants[edit]
- French: héron
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Anglo-Norman
- English terms derived from Old Dutch
- English terms derived from Frankish
- English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English onomatopoeias
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/ɛɹən
- Rhymes:English/ɛɹən/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Herons
- Middle English terms borrowed from Anglo-Norman
- Middle English terms derived from Anglo-Norman
- Middle English terms derived from Medieval Latin
- Middle English terms derived from Frankish
- Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English nouns
- enm:Freshwater birds
- enm:Meats
- Middle French terms inherited from Old French
- Middle French terms derived from Old French
- Middle French terms derived from Germanic languages
- Middle French terms derived from Frankish
- Middle French lemmas
- Middle French nouns
- Middle French masculine nouns
- Middle French countable nouns
- frm:Animals