lovebird

See also: love bird and love-bird

English

Peach-faced Lovebirds of the genus Agapornis

Alternative forms

• love bird, love-bird

Etymology

From love +‎ bird.

Noun

lovebird (plural lovebirds)

1. Any small parrot from one of the nine species within the genus Agapornis. Sometimes they are kept as cage birds and are noted for their affection towards each other.
2. (figuratively, usually in the plural) One of the members of an openly affectionate couple.
   • 1999, “The One with the Girl Who Hits Joey”, in Friends, season 5, episode 15, spoken by Joey Tribbiani (Matt LeBlanc):

     Okay, all right, whew! What do you say we all clear out of here and let these two lovebirds get back down to business?

Hyponyms

• black-cheeked lovebird, Agapornis nigrigenis
• black-collared lovebird (Swindern's lovebird), Agapornis swindernianus
• black-winged lovebird (Abyssinian lovebird), Agapornis taranta
• Fischer's lovebird, Agapornis fischeri
• grey-headed lovebird (Madagascar lovebird), Agapornis canus
• Lilian's lovebird (Nyasa lovebird), Agapornis lilianae
• red-headed lovebird (red-faced lovebird), Agapornis pullarius
• rosy-faced lovebird (peach-faced lovebird), Agapornis roseicollis
• yellow-collared lovebird (masked lovebird), Agapornis personatus,

Descendants

• → Japanese: ラブバード (rabubādo)

Translations

parrot of the genus Agapornis

• Catalan: agapornis (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 情侶鸚鵡 (zh), 情侣鹦鹉 (zh) (qínglǚyīngwǔ), 愛情鸚鵡, 爱情鹦鹉 (àiqíngyīngwǔ), 愛情鳥, 爱情鸟 (àiqíngniǎo)

• Czech: agapornis m anim, papoušík m anim
• Dutch: dwergpapegaai m, agapornis (nl) m
• Finnish: kaijanen (fi)
• French: inséparable (fr) m, inséparable (fr) f
• German: Unzertrennlicher (de) m, Unzertrennliche (de) f, Agapornide m, Agapornide f, Liebesvogel m
• Greek: αγαπόρνιθα f (agapórnitha)
• Hungarian: (afrikai) törpepapagáj
• Irish: éan suirí m
• Italian: inseparabile (it) m
• Japanese: ラブバード (rabu bādo)
• Manx: parrad graih m
• Polish: nierozłączka (pl) f
• Portuguese: agapórnis (pt) m, inseparável (pt) m, pássaro-do-amor m, periquito-namorado m
• Romanian: papagal amorez m
• Russian: неразлу́чник (ru) m (nerazlúčnik)
• Spanish: inseparable (es) m
• Telugu: ప్రేమపక్షి (prēmapakṣi)
• Volapük: gaaporn

affectionate couple (or a person thereof)

• Finnish: kyyhkyläiset (fi) pl, kyyhkyläinen (fi) sg
• French: tourtereaux (fr) m pl (tourtereau (fr) m, tourterelle (fr) f)
• German: Turteltauben (de) f pl (Turteltaube (de) f), Liebesvögel m pl (Liebesvogel m)
• Greek: τρυγονάκια (el) n pl (trygonákia) (τρυγονάκι (el) n (trygonáki))
• Hungarian: szerelmespár (hu)
• Icelandic: turtildúfur (is), skötuhjú
• Italian: piccioncini m pl (piccioncino m, piccioncina f)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: turtelduer m pl or f pl (turteldue m or f)

  Nynorsk: turtelduer f pl (turteldue f)

• Portuguese: pombinhos m pl (pombinho m, pombinha (pt) f)
• Russian: голубки́ (ru) m pl (golubkí) (голубо́к (ru) m (golubók), голу́бка (ru) f (golúbka))
• Spanish: tórtolos (es) m pl (tórtolo m, tórtola (es) f)
• Swedish: turturduvor (sv) c pl (turturduvor (sv) c)

Verb

lovebird (third-person singular simple present lovebirds, present participle lovebirding, simple past and past participle lovebirded)

1. (intransitive) To express romantic affection openly.

   Synonym: bill and coo

Further reading

• lovebird on Wikipedia.Wikipedia