barn swallow

noun

Hirundo rustica, the most widespread species of swallow in the world; a distinctive passerine bird with blue upperparts, a long, deeply forked tail and curved, pointed wings, is found in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas.

Similar
chimney swallowHirundo rustica
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Meanings

nounbarn swallow (plural barn swallows)

plural barn swallows

  1. Hirundo rustica, the most widespread species of swallow in the world; a distinctive passerine bird with blue upperparts, a long, deeply forked tail and curved, pointed wings, is found in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouncommon swallow of North America and Europe that nests in barns etc.

Similar
chimney swallowHirundo rustica
Broader
swallow
Also see
chimney swallow

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Afrikaans europese swael
  • europese swaelspecies of swallow
Arabic خطاف المخازن
  • خطاف المخازنspecies of swallow
Bengali পাতি আবাবিল
  • পাতি আবাবিল (pati ababil)species of swallow
Bulgarian селска лястовица
  • селска лястовица (selska ljastovica)species of swallow
Chinese Mandarin 家燕
  • 家燕 (jiāyàn)species of swallow
Czech vlaštovka
  • vlaštovkaspecies of swallow
Danish landsvale, forstuesvale
  • landsvalespecies of swallow
  • forstuesvalespecies of swallow
Dutch boerenzwaluw
  • boerenzwaluwspecies of swallow
Esperanto kamphirundo
  • kamphirundospecies of swallow
Finnish haarapääsky
  • haarapääskyspecies of swallow
French hirondelle rustique, hirondelle de cheminée
  • hirondelle rustiquespecies of swallow
  • hirondelle de cheminéespecies of swallow
  • hirondelle des grangesspecies of swallow
German Rauchschwalbe
  • Rauchschwalbespecies of swallow
Greek σταβλοχελίδονο, χελιδόνι
  • σταβλοχελίδονο (stavlochelídono)species of swallow
  • χελιδόνι (chelidóni)species of swallow
Hebrew סנונית הרפתות
  • סנונית הרפתותspecies of swallow
Hungarian füsti fecske
  • füsti fecskespecies of swallow
Icelandic landsvala
  • landsvalaspecies of swallow
Italian rondine comune
  • rondine comunespecies of swallow
Japanese 燕
  • 燕 (tsubame)species of swallow
Korean 제비
  • 제비 (jebi)species of swallow
Latin hirundo
  • hirundospecies of swallow
Latvian bezdelīga
  • bezdelīgaspecies of swallow
Norwegian Bokmål låvesvale
  • låvesvalespecies of swallow
Persian چلچله, بلوایه
  • چلچله (čelčele)species of swallow
  • بلوایه (bolvâye)species of swallow
Polish dymówka
  • dymówkaspecies of swallow
Portuguese andorinha-de-bando, andorinha-das-chaminés
  • andorinha-de-bandospecies of swallow
  • andorinha-das-chaminésspecies of swallow
  • andorinha comumspecies of swallow
Romanian randunea
  • randuneaspecies of swallow
Russian дереве́нская ла́сточка, каса́тка
  • дереве́нская ла́сточка (derevénskaja lástočka)species of swallow
  • каса́тка (kasátka)species of swallow
Spanish golondrina
  • golondrinaspecies of swallow
Swedish ladusvala
  • ladusvalaspecies of swallow
Tagalog layang-layang
  • layang-layangspecies of swallow
Tamil தகைவிலான்
  • தகைவிலான் (takaivilāṉ)species of swallow
Thai นกนางแอ่นบ้าน
  • นกนางแอ่นบ้าน (nók naaŋ-àeen bâan)species of swallow
Turkish kır kırlangıcı
  • kır kırlangıcıspecies of swallow
Ukrainian ластівка
  • ластівка (lastivka)species of swallow
Cite this entry
APA

barn swallow. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barn%20swallow

MLA

“barn swallow.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barn%20swallow. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “barn swallow,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barn%20swallow.

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