plover

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Anglo-Norman plover, pluvier, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French plovier, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin plovarius, pluviārius, of disputed origin; perhaps from Latin pluvia (“rain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplʌvɚ/, /ˈploʊvɚ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈplʌvə/
• Rhymes: -əʊvə(ɹ), -ʌvə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: plov‧er

Noun

plover

plover (plural plovers or plover)

1. Any of various wading birds of the family Charadriidae.

Translations

wading bird of the family Charadriidae

• Apache:

  Western Apache: tábąą dijágé

• Catalan: corriol (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 千鳥／千鸟 (zh), 千鸟 (zh) (qiānniǎo)

• Czech: kulík m
• Dutch: plevier (nl) m
• Esperanto: pluvio
• Finnish: kurmitsa
• French: pluvier (fr) m
• Galician: píldora f, píllara f
• German: Regenpfeifer (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: χαραδριός m (kharadriós)

• Irish: feadóg (ga) f
• Italian: caradrio m
• Japanese: 千鳥 (ja) (ちどり, chidori)
• Korean: 물떼새 (multtesae)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Luxembourgish: Wakeleefer m
• Norman: êprivyi m
• Polish: siewka (pl) f
• Portuguese: tarambola (pt) f, borrelho (pt) m
• Romanian: ploier (ro) m, fluierar (ro) m
• Russian: зуёк (ru) m (zujók), ржа́нка (ru) f (ržánka)
• Scottish Gaelic: feadag f, trìlleachan m
• Slovene: deževnik m
• Spanish: chorlo m, chorlito m, chorlitejo m
• Telugu: ఉల్లంకి (te) (ullaṅki)
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: choi choi
• Volapük: garadriut
• Welsh: rhostog m, rhostogion m pl
• ǃXóõ: ǁn̥a̰ẽ

Derived terms

• American golden plover (Pluvialis dominica)
• Bartramina plover (Bartramia longicauda)
• bastard plover (Vanellus spp.)
• beach plover
• black-bellied plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
• black-breasted plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
• black-winged plover (Vanellus melanopterus)
• blacksmith plover (Vanellus armatus)
• bull-head plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
• calico plover (Arenaria spp.)
• Caspian plover (Charadrius asiaticus)
• chestnut-banded plover (Charadrius pallidus)
• collared plover (Charadrius collaris)
• crab plover (Dromas ardeola)
• golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
• gray plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
• hill plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
• Kentish plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)
• piping plover (Charadrius melodus)
• ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
• sea plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
• semipalmated plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
• Swiss plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
• whistling plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
• yellow plover (Pluvialis apricaria)

Anagrams

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Old French

Verb

plover

1. Alternative form of plovoir