Meanings
plural bird's-eye views
- idiomaticThe view from directly or high above.
Looking down from the seventh floor balcony gave them a bird's-eye view of the street below.
1 more example
“What makes you think there is a mouse in this room?” “The evidence points that way.” [...] “And why were you standing on a chair?” “Sort of just trying to get a bird's-eye view, as it were.” “Do you often go looking for mice in other people's rooms?”
1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter VIII
Synonyms & antonyms
Translations
Arabic مَنْظُور عَيْن الْطَائِر
- مَنْظُور عَيْن الْطَائِر (manẓūr ʕayn al-ṭāʔir)view from directly or high above
Chinese Mandarin 鳥瞰 /鸟瞰
- 鳥瞰 /鸟瞰 (niǎokàn)view from directly or high above
Czech ptačí perspektiva
- ptačí perspektivaview from directly or high above
Danish fugleperspektiv
- fugleperspektivview from directly or high above
Dutch vogelperspectief
- vogelperspectiefview from directly or high above
Estonian linnulennuline ülevaade
- linnulennuline ülevaadeview from directly or high above
Finnish lintuperspektiivi
- lintuperspektiiviview from directly or high above
French plongée, vue plongeante
- plongéeview from directly or high above
- vue plongeanteview from directly or high above
- vue aérienneview from directly or high above
German Vogelperspektive
- Vogelperspektiveview from directly or high above
Greek υπερευρυγώνια όραση, πανοραμική άποψη
- υπερευρυγώνια όραση (yperevrygónia órasi)view from directly or high above
- πανοραμική άποψη (panoramikí ápopsi)view from directly or high above
- εναέρια άποψη (enaéria ápopsi)view from directly or high above
Hungarian madártávlat
- madártávlatview from directly or high above
Italian vista a volo d'uccello, prospettiva a volo d'uccello
- vista a volo d'uccelloview from directly or high above
- prospettiva a volo d'uccelloview from directly or high above
Japanese 鳥瞰
- 鳥瞰 (chōkan)view from directly or high above
Korean 조감
- 조감 (jogam)view from directly or high above
Norwegian Bokmål fugleperspektiv
- fugleperspektivview from directly or high above
Polish widok z lotu ptaka
- widok z lotu ptakaview from directly or high above
Spanish vista aérea, vista elevada
- vista aéreaview from directly or high above
- vista elevadaview from directly or high above
- vista de pájaroview from directly or high above
Swedish fågelperspektiv
- fågelperspektivview from directly or high above
Turkish kuş bakışı
- kuş bakışıview from directly or high above
Cite this entry
bird's-eye view. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bird's-eye%20view
“bird's-eye view.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bird's-eye%20view. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bird's-eye view,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bird's-eye%20view.
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