kingfisher
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: Originally king's fisher, from Middle English kyngys fyschare; equivalent to king + fisher. So named for obscure reasons.
Compound parts: king
fisher
Inflected forms:
form: kingfishers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: king's fisher
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: Any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines (or the family Alcedinidae sensu lato), having a large head, short tail and brilliant colouration; they feed mostly on fish.
pos: noun
gloss: Any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines (or the family Alcedinidae sensu lato), having a large head, short tail and brilliant colouration; they feed mostly on fish.
pos: noun
Related words: halcyon
kookaburra
Derived words: banded kingfisher
beach kingfisher
belted kingfisher
blue-banded kingfisher
blue-capped kingfisher
blue-eared kingfisher
brown kingfisher
common kingfisher
dwarf kingfisher
Eurasian kingfisher
European kingfisher
giant kingfisher
great brown kingfisher
Guam kingfisher
jackass kingfisher
kingfisher daisy
kingfisherlike
Kingfisher Shores
kingy
Leach's kingfisher
moustached kingfisher
paradise kingfisher
pied kingfisher
ringed kingfisher
river kingfisher
sacred kingfisher
tree kingfisher
water kingfisher
white-throated kingfisher
Translations:
lang: Abinomn
word: wokin
lang: Acehnese
word: cakeuëk
lang: Western Apache
word: taba̜a̜zhide
lang: Arabic
word: سَلْدَج
roman: saldaj
lang: Arabic
word: قِرِلَّى
roman: qirillā
lang: Armenian
word: ալկիոն
roman: alkion
lang: Assamese
word: মাছৰোকা
roman: masrüka
lang: Early Assamese
word: মাছৰঙ্কা
roman: machoroṅka
lang: Asturian
word: martín de ríu
lang: Asturian
word: martinete
lang: Asturian
word: martín pescador
lang: Asturian
word: samartín
lang: Asturian
word: verderríos
lang: Azerbaijani
word: zərricələr
lang: Basque
word: martin arrantzale
lang: Belarusian
word: зімародак
roman: zimaródak
lang: Bengali
word: মাছরাঙা
roman: machraṅa
lang: Breton
word: diredig
lang: Bulgarian
word: синьо рибарче
roman: sinjo ribarče
lang: Catalan
word: blauet
lang: Catalan
word: arner
lang: Catalan
word: alció
lang: Catalan
word: botiguer
lang: Cherokee
word: ᏧᎷ
roman: tsulu
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 翠鳥 /翠鸟
roman: cuìniǎo
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 魚狗 /鱼狗
roman: yúgǒu
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 翡翠
roman: fěicuì
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 翡
roman: fěi
lang: Czech
word: ledňáček
lang: Danish
word: isfugl
lang: Dutch
word: ijsvogel
lang: Esperanto
word: alcedo
lang: Esperanto
word: alciono
lang: Faroese
word: kyrrfuglur
lang: Finnish
word: kuningaskalastaja
lang: French
word: martin-pêcheur
lang: Galician
word: gardarríos
lang: Galician
word: picapeixe
lang: Georgian
word: ჭარლი
roman: č̣arli
lang: Georgian
word: ალკუნი
roman: alḳuni
lang: German
word: Eisvogel
lang: Greek
word: αλκυόνη
roman: alkyóni
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἀλκυών
roman: alkuṓn
lang: Gujarati
word: કલકલિયો
roman: kalakliyo
lang: Hawaiian
word: pakūkaʻā
lang: Hebrew
word: שַׁלְדָּג
roman: shaldág
lang: Hungarian
word: jégmadár
lang: Icelandic
word: bláþyrill
lang: Ido
word: martin-peskero
lang: Indonesian
word: raja-udang
lang: Irish
word: cruidín
lang: Italian
word: martin pescatore
lang: Japanese
word: カワセミ
roman: kawasemi
lang: Japanese
word: 翡翠
roman: kawasemi
lang: Japanese
word: 魚狗
roman: kawasemi
lang: Japanese
word: 川蝉
roman: kawasemi
lang: Japanese
word: ヒスイ
roman: hisui
lang: Japanese
word: 翡翠
roman: hisui
lang: Japanese
word: ショウビン
roman: shōbin
lang: Japanese
word: 翡翠
roman: shōbin
lang: Kapampangan
word: batala
lang: Kashmiri
word: کۄلہٕ ٹوٗنٛچ
roman: kọlhụ ṭūnc
lang: Latin
word: alcēdō
lang: Latin
word: halcēdō
lang: Latin
word: alcyōn
lang: Latin
word: halcyōn
lang: Latvian
word: zivju dzenītis
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Äisvull
lang: Macedonian
word: рибарче
roman: ribarče
lang: Malagasy
word: vintsy
lang: Malay
word: raja udang
lang: Malayalam
word: മീൻകൊത്തി
roman: mīṉkotti
lang: Malayalam
word: പൊന്മാൻ
roman: ponmāṉ
lang: Māori
word: kōtare
lang: Nanai
word: судуй
roman: suduj
lang: Norman
word: pêtcheux
lang: Southern Ohlone
word: carsaywa
lang: Old English
word: īsearn
lang: Old English
word: fisċere
lang: Persian
word: ماهیخورک
roman: mâhi-xwark
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Iesvoagel
lang: Polish
word: zimorodek
lang: Portuguese
word: martim-pescador
lang: Portuguese
word: guarda-rios
lang: Portuguese
word: pica-peixe
lang: Punjabi
word: ਮਛੇਰਾ
roman: macherā
lang: Romanian
word: pescăruș albastru
lang: Russian
word: зиморо́док
roman: zimoródok
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: biorra-crùidein
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: водомар
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: vodomar
lang: Slovak
word: rybárik
lang: Slovene
word: vodómec
lang: Spanish
word: martín pescador
lang: Swahili
word: kurea
lang: Swedish
word: kungsfiskare
lang: Tagalog
word: susulbot
lang: Tamil
word: சிரல்
roman: ciral
lang: Tamil
word: மீன்கொத்தி
roman: mīṉkotti
lang: Thai
word: กระเต็น
roman: grà-dten
lang: Tongan
word: sikotā
lang: Turkish
word: yalıçapkını
lang: Turkish
word: emircik
lang: Turkish
word: iskele kuşu
lang: Ukrainian
word: зимородок
roman: zymorodok
lang: Ukrainian
word: рибалочка
roman: rybaločka
lang: Ukrainian
word: водомороз
roman: vodomoroz
lang: Ukrainian
word: іванок
roman: ivanok
lang: Unami
word: chëlìlhwès
lang: Venetan
word: pionbìn
lang: Vietnamese
word: bói cá
lang: Volapük
word: laseod
lang: Volapük
word: gladaböd
lang: Walloon
word: rwè-pexheu
lang: Walloon
word: mårtén-pexheu
lang: Welsh
word: glas y dorlan
lang: Welsh
word: pioden y dŵr
lang: Welsh
word: pysgotwr