wren

See also: Wren

English

Alternative forms

• wran (dialectal)

Etymology

From Middle English wrenne, wranne, from Old English wrenna, wrænna, werna, wærna, wrenne (“wren”), from Proto-Germanic *wrandijô (“wren”). Cognate with Old Saxon wrendilo (“wren”), Old High German rento, rentilo (“wren”), Danish rindel (“wren”), Icelandic rindill (“wren”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɛn/

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• Rhymes: -ɛn

Noun

wren (plural wrens)

1. Any member of a mainly New World passerine bird family Troglodytidae; true wren.
   1. Troglodytes troglodytes (Eurasian wren)
2. Small bird of similar appearance to a true wren.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• blue wren
• Carolina wren ()
• marsh wren ()

• wrenboy
• Wren Day

Translations

bird of family Troglodytidae

• Arabic: صَعْو m (ṣaʕw), وَصْع m (waṣʕ)
• Central Sierra Miwok: šawánṭi·ṭi-
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鷦鷯／鹪鹩 (zh) (jiāoliáo), 鹪鹩 (zh) (jiāoliáo), 䳦 (zh) (xuān), 䲾 (zh) (qiǎo), 鴱／𱉪 (zh) (ài)

• Czech: střízlík m
• Danish: gærdesmutte (da) c
• Dutch: winterkoninkje (nl) n
• Estonian: käblik (et)
• Faroese: mortítlingur, músabróðir (fo)
• Finnish: peukaloinen (fi)
• French: roitelet (fr) m, roitelet huppé (fr) m
• Georgian: ჭინჭრაქა (č̣inč̣raka), ღობემძვრალა (ɣobemʒvrala)
• German: Zaunkönig (de) m
• Greek: τρυποφράχτης (el) m (trypofráchtis), τρωγλοδύτης (el) m (troglodýtis)
• Hungarian: ökörszem (hu)
• Icelandic: músarindill
• Irish: dreoilín

  Old Irish: dreän

• Italian: scricciolo (it) m
• Japanese: ミソサザイ (misosazai)
• Latin: regulus m
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• Luxembourgish: Zwirkinnek m
• Navajo: jádídlǫ́ʼii
• Norman: raîté m (Jersey)
• Northern Sami: bealgeloddi
• Norwegian: gjerdesmett m
• Old English: wrenna m
• Polish: strzyżyk (pl) m
• Portuguese: carriça (pt) f
• Romanian: pitulice (ro) f, ochiul-boului (ro) m
• Russian: крапи́вник (ru) m (krapívnik)
• Scottish Gaelic: dreathan donn m
• Serbo-Croatian: strež (sh) m, carić (sh) m
• Seri: (lit. the one who is looking for her husband) acáam ccaa
• Slovak: striežik m
• Spanish: chochín (es) m, cucarachero m (Latin America), ratona (es) f (Argentina)
• Svan: გუ̂ანც (gûanc)
• Swedish: gärdsmyg (sv) c
• Volapük: troglodüt (vo)
• Welsh: dryw m or f

References

• “wren”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• wern

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Middle English

Noun

wren

1. Alternative form of wrenne