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English[edit]


Etymology[edit]
Short for robin redbreast. Also from Middle English robynet, robynett (“robin (bird)”), from the Middle English name Robynett, a diminutive of the Middle English name Robyn (“Robin”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹɒb.ɪn/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹɑː.bɪn/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒbɪn
- Hyphenation: rob‧in
Noun[edit]
robin (plural robins)
- Any of various passerine birds (about 100 species) of the families Muscicapidae, Turdidae and Petroicidae (formerly Eopsaltriidae), typically with a red breast.
- A European robin, Erithacus rubecula.
- 1922, Michael Arlen, “Ep./4/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days:
- As they turned into Hertford Street they startled a robin from the poet's head on a barren fountain, and he fled away with a cameo note.
- An American robin, Turdus migratorius.
- A European robin, Erithacus rubecula.
- (historical) A trimming in front of a dress.
Usage notes[edit]
The American robin is larger and quite different from the European one: English settlers in America named it from its red breast.
Synonyms[edit]
- (all senses): redbreast, robin redbreast
- (the European robin): ruddock
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
any bird called robin in English
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Erithacus rubecula
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Turdus migratorius
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
European robin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Erithacus rubecula on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Erithacus rubecula on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
American robin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Turdus migratorius on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Turdus migratorius on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Anagrams[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Verb[edit]
robin
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Familiar form of Robert.
Noun[edit]
robin m (plural robins)
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Derivative of robe, in the phrase homme de robe (“man of the gown”). robe + -in.
Noun[edit]
robin m (plural robins)
Further reading[edit]
- “robin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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