wren
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English wrenne, wranne, from Old English wrenna, wrænna, werna, wærna, wrenne (“wren”), from Proto-West Germanic *wrandijō, from Proto-Germanic *wrandijô (“wren”).
Cognate with Old Saxon wrendilo (“wren”), Old High German rento, rentilo (“wren”), Danish rindel (“wren”), Icelandic rindill (“wren”).
Inflected forms:
form: wrens
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: wran
pos: noun
tags: alternative
dialectal
Senses:
gloss: Troglodytes troglodytes (Eurasian wren, type species and sole Old World species of the family Troglodytidae).
pos: noun
gloss: Any member of a mainly New World passerine bird family Troglodytidae; a true wren.
pos: noun
gloss: Any small bird of similar appearance to a true wren, such as a fairywren or scrubwren.
pos: noun
Derived words: Bewick's wren
black-bellied wren
blue wren
cactus wren
canyon wren
Carolina wren
Daito wren
emu-wren
fairy wren
fairy-wren
fairywren
fasciated wren
golden-crested wren
heath-wren
house wren
jenny wren
Lambert's wren
Lyall's wren
marsh wren
New Zealand wren
nightingale-wren
reed wren
rock wren
scrubwren
sedge wren
short-billed marsh wren
sooty-headed wren
Stephens Island wren
streaked wren-babbler
striped wren-babbler
tule wren
willow wren
winter wren
wren-babbler
wrenboy
Wren Day
wren-spinetail
wrenthrush
wren-tit
wren-warbler
Zapata wren
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: cinxami
lang: Albanian
word: çerr
lang: Albanian
word: ferrak
lang: Arabic
word: صَعْو
roman: ṣaʕw
lang: Arabic
word: وَصْع
roman: waṣʕ
lang: Asturian
word: cenrica
lang: Asturian
word: abangavigues
lang: Basque
word: txepetx
lang: Breton
word: dreolan
lang: Bulgarian
word: орехче
roman: orehče
lang: Bulgarian
word: мушитрънче
roman: mušitrǎnče
lang: Catalan
word: cargolet
lang: Cherokee
word: ᏥᏥ
roman: tsitsi
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 鷦鷯 /鹪鹩
roman: jiāoliáo
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 䳦
roman: xuān
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 䲾
roman: qiǎo
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 鴱 /𱉪
roman: ài
lang: Cornish
word: gwrannen
lang: Czech
word: střízlík
lang: Danish
word: gærdesmutte
lang: Dutch
word: winterkoninkje
lang: Esperanto
word: birdreĝo
lang: Esperanto
word: troglodito
lang: Estonian
word: käblik
lang: Faroese
word: mortítlingur
lang: Faroese
word: músabróðir
lang: Finnish
word: peukaloinen
lang: French
word: roitelet
lang: French
word: roitelet huppé
lang: French
word: troglodyte
lang: Galician
word: carrizo
lang: Georgian
word: ჭინჭრაქა
roman: č̣inč̣raka
lang: Georgian
word: ღობემძვრალა
roman: ɣobemʒvrala
lang: German
word: Zaunkönig
lang: Greek
word: τρυποφράχτης
roman: trypofráchtis
lang: Greek
word: τρωγλοδύτης
roman: troglodýtis
lang: Ancient Greek
word: κόρθιλος
roman: kórthilos
lang: Hungarian
word: ökörszem
lang: Icelandic
word: músarindill
lang: Irish
word: dreoilín
lang: Old Irish
word: dreän
lang: Italian
word: scricciolo
lang: Japanese
word: ミソサザイ
roman: misosazai
lang: Latin
word: rēgulus
lang: Latvian
word: paceplītis
lang: Ligurian
word: rætìn
lang: Lombard
word: caruspi
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Zwirkinnek
lang: Central Sierra Miwok
word: šawánṭi·ṭi-
lang: Navajo
word: jádídlǫ́ʼii
lang: Norman
word: raîté
lang: Norwegian
word: gjerdesmett
lang: Old English
word: wrenna
lang: Polish
word: strzyżyk
lang: Portuguese
word: carriça
lang: Portuguese
word: uirapuru
lang: Romanian
word: pitulice
lang: Romanian
word: ochiul-boului
lang: Russian
word: крапи́вник
roman: krapívnik
lang: Northern Sami
word: bealgeloddi
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: dreathan donn
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: strež
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: carić
lang: Seri
word: acáam ccaa
lang: Slovak
word: striežik
lang: Slovene
word: stržek
lang: Spanish
word: chochín
lang: Spanish
word: cucarachero
lang: Spanish
word: ratona
lang: Svan
word: გუ̂ანც
roman: gûanc
lang: Swedish
word: gärdsmyg
lang: Turkish
word: çalıkuşu
lang: Ukrainian
word: кропи́в'янка
roman: kropývʺjanka
lang: Ukrainian
word: воло́ве о́чко
roman: volóve óčko
lang: Unami
word: hinutët
lang: Volapük
word: troglodüt
lang: Welsh
word: dryw