passerine

English

Etymology

Latin passerinus (“of sparrows”), from passer + -inus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpæsəɹən/, /ˈpæsəɹiːn/, /ˈpæsəɹaɪn/

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Noun

passerine (plural passerines)

1. Any bird of the order Passeriformes, which comprises more than half of all bird species.

   Synonym: passeriform

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:passerine

Translations

any bird of the order Passeriformes

• Catalan: passeriforme m
• Czech: pěvec (cs)
• Dutch: zangvogel (nl) m
• Finnish: varpuslintu
• French: passerine (fr) f
• Hungarian: verébalakú
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: spurvefugl m or f

• Portuguese: pássaro (pt) m, passarinho (pt) m (diminutive )
• Spanish: paseriforme (es) m

Adjective

passerine (not comparable)

1. Of, or relating to a passerine or perching bird.

Translations

relating to a passerine

• Bulgarian: врабчов (vrabčov)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: varpus- (fi), varpuslintu-, varpuslintujen (fi)
• Hungarian: verébalakú
• Russian: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

• arsepines, parenesis

French

Noun

passerine f (plural passerines)

1. passerine

Further reading

• “passerine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.