robin

See also: Robin

English[edit]

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A European robin, Erithacus rubecula

An American robin, Turdus migratorius

Etymology[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈrɒb.ɪn/
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Rhymes: -ɒbɪn
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈrɑb.ɪn/
Rhymes: -ɑbɪn
Hyphenation: rob‧in

Noun[edit]

robin (plural robins)

Various passerine birds (about 100 species) of the families Muscicapidae, Turdidae and Petroicidae (formerly Eopsaltridae), typically with a red breast.
1. A European robin; Erithacus rubecula.
2. An American robin; Turdus migratorius.

Usage notes[edit]

The American robin is quite different from the European one: English settlers in America so named a red-breasted bird much larger than the European robin.

Synonyms[edit]

(all senses): redbreast, robin redbreast

Translations[edit]

any bird called robin in English

Chinese:

Mandarin: 知更鳥, 知更鸟 (zhīgēngniǎo)
Finnish: rastas (fi), punarinta (fi), satakieli (fi), rintatasku, metsätasku, sinipyrstö (fi), punatasku (fi), rusorinta (fi), ruostepyrstö (fi), harakkatasku (fi), intiantasku (fi), leppälintu (fi), pensassieppo, sieppo

Irish: spideog (ga) f
Portuguese: tordo m

Erithacus rubecula

Asturian: raitán m
Basque: txantxangorri
Belarusian: малінаўка (malinayka)
Breton: boc'hruz
Bulgarian: червеногръдка (červenogrŭdka)
Catalan: pit-roig m
Chinese:

Mandarin: 知更鳥, 知更鸟 (zhīgēngniǎo)
Czech: červenka f
Danish: rødhals
Dutch: roodborstje (nl) n
Esperanto: ruĝgorĝulo
Estonian: punarind (et)
Faroese: bringureyði m
Finnish: punarinta (fi)
French: rouge-gorge (fr) m, rouge-gorge familier (fr) m
Galician: paporrubio, paporroibo, pisco
German: Rotkehlchen (de) n
Greek: κοκκινολαίμης (el) m (kokkinolaímis)
Hungarian: vörösbegy (hu)
Irish: spideog (ga) f
Italian: pettirosso (it) m
Jèrriais: rouoge-gorge m
Latvian: sarkanrīklīte
Lithuanian: liepsnelė (lt)
Maltese: pitirross
Norwegian:

Bokmål: rødstrupe

Nynorsk: raudstrupe

Occitan: papach-rós (oc), barbarós (oc), rigal (oc)
Polish: rudzik (pl) m
Portuguese: pisco de peito ruivo m
Romanian: gușă-roșie (ro) f, măcăleandru (ro) m
Romansch: (Rumantsch Grischun) puppen cotschen m, (Sursilvan) puppen tgietschen m, (Sutsilvan) pupencotschen m, (Surmiran) poppen cotschen m, (Puter, Vallader) gulacotschen m
Russian: зарянка (ru) f (zaryanka), малиновка (ru) f (malínovka)
Sami: guovssoloddi
Scottish Gaelic: brù-dhearg
Serbo-Croatian: crvendać
Slovak: červienka f
Slovene: taščica (sl) f
Sorbian:

Lower Sorbian: sprjosk m

Upper Sorbian: ročk m
Spanish: petirrojo (es) m
Swedish: rödhake (sv)
Turkish: kızılgerdan (tr)
Volapük: (♂♀) redablötareitak, (♂♀ offspring) redablötareitakül, (Erithacus, ♂♀) reitak (vo), (♂) hireitak, (♀) jireitak, (♂♀ offspring) reitakül
Walloon: rodje-goidje (wa) m, f, loudene (wa) f
Welsh: robin goch
West Frisian: readboarstke

Turdus migratorius

Cherokee: ᏴᏩᏁᎬ ᏥᏉᏉ (yvwanegv tsiquoquo)
Chinese:

Mandarin: 知更鳥, 知更鸟 (zhīgēngniǎo)
Cree: peepee tsoo
Czech: drozd stěhovavý m
Danish: vandredrossel c
Dutch: roodborstlijster (nl)
Faroese: stroktrøstur m
Finnish: punarintarastas (fi)
French: merle d'Amérique (fr) m
German: Wanderdrossel f
Hungarian: vándorrigó

Icelandic: farþröstur (is) m
Irish: smólach imirce m
Japanese: コマツグミ (komatsugumi)
Malayalam: അമേരിക്കന് റോബിന് (amērikkan ṟaōbin)
Navajo: téél halchíʼí
Ojibwe: opichi
Polish: drozd wędrowny
Portuguese: tordo americano m
Russian: странствующий дрозд m (stranstvújuščij drozd)
Swedish: vandringstrast (sv)
Taos: cìbikína
Turkish: Amerika nar bülbülü

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

Albanian: gushëkuqi
Belarusian: заранка (zaranka)
French: merle m, rubiette f (rare)
Friulian: petarňs, scriç
Icelandic: glóbrystingur
Ladin: pietcuecen
Low German: Rootbost m, Rootböstje n
Macedonian: црвеногушка (crvenoguška)
Maltese: pitirross

Occitan: papach rós, papachrós
Romani: lolo-kolinako m, loli-kolinaki f
Romanian: gușă-roșie
Sardinian: scraxarrùbiu, pitturrarrùbiu, brabarrùbia
Serbo-Croatian: црвендаћ (crvendać)
Slovak: červienka
Spanish: mirlo m
Ukrainian: вільшанка (vil’šanka) f

Derived terms[edit]

External links[edit]

Erithacus rubecula on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons: Erithacus rubecula
Turdus migratorius on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons: Turdus migratorius
Erithacus rubecula on Wikispecies. Wikispecies: Erithacus rubecula
Turdus migratorius on Wikispecies. Wikispecies: Turdus migratorius