aviary

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UK/ˈeɪvɪəɹi/US/ˈeɪviˌɛəɹi/

noun

A house, enclosure, large cage, or other place for keeping birds confined; a birdhouse.

Similar
bird sanctuaryvolary
Less commonFirst used 16th c.Scrabble 12

Meanings

nounaviary (plural aviaries)

plural aviaries

  1. A house, enclosure, large cage, or other place for keeping birds confined; a birdhouse.First known use 16th c.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna building where birds are kept

Similar
bird sanctuaryvolary

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinaviārium
  2. Englishaviary

From Latin aviārium, from avis (“bird”).

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Translations

Bulgarian волиера, птичарник
  • волиера (voliera)confinement for keeping birds
  • птичарник (ptičarnik)confinement for keeping birds
Catalan aviari
  • aviariconfinement for keeping birds
Chinese Mandarin 鳥舍 /鸟舍
  • 鳥舍 /鸟舍 (niǎoshè)confinement for keeping birds
Czech voliéra
  • voliéraconfinement for keeping birds
Danish voliere, flyvebur
  • voliereconfinement for keeping birds
  • flyveburconfinement for keeping birds
Dutch volière
  • volièreconfinement for keeping birds
Esperanto birdobredejo, birdarkaĝo
  • birdobredejoconfinement for keeping birds
  • birdarkaĝoconfinement for keeping birds
Finnish lintutalo, lintutarha
  • lintutaloconfinement for keeping birds
  • lintutarhaconfinement for keeping birds
French volière
  • volièreconfinement for keeping birds
German Voliere, Volière
  • Voliereconfinement for keeping birds
  • Volièreconfinement for keeping birds
  • Vogelhausconfinement for keeping birds
  • Aviariumconfinement for keeping birds
Hungarian madárház, röpde
  • madárházconfinement for keeping birds
  • röpdeconfinement for keeping birds
  • volierconfinement for keeping birds
  • madárketrecconfinement for keeping birds
  • röptetőconfinement for keeping birds
  • madárröptetőconfinement for keeping birds
  • aviáriumconfinement for keeping birds
Irish éanlann
  • éanlannconfinement for keeping birds
Italian voliera
  • volieraconfinement for keeping birds
Latin aviārium
  • aviāriumconfinement for keeping birds
Polish ptaszarnia
  • ptaszarniaconfinement for keeping birds
Portuguese aviário
  • aviárioconfinement for keeping birds
Russian волье́р, пти́чник
  • волье́р (volʹjér)confinement for keeping birds
  • пти́чник (ptíčnik)confinement for keeping birds
Scottish Gaelic eunlann
  • eunlannconfinement for keeping birds
Spanish pajarera, aviario
  • pajareraconfinement for keeping birds
  • aviarioconfinement for keeping birds
Swedish voljär
  • voljärconfinement for keeping birds
Tagalog ibunan
  • ibunanconfinement for keeping birds
Welsh adardy
  • adardyconfinement for keeping birds

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Cite this entry
APA

aviary. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aviary

MLA

“aviary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aviary. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aviary,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aviary.

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