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