birdcage

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noun

A cage to keep pet or zoological specimen birds in.

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Meanings

nounbirdcage (countable and uncountable, plural birdcages)

plural birdcages · alternative bird cage · alternative bird-cage

  1. countableA cage to keep pet or zoological specimen birds in.
  2. uncountableA game of chance played with dice; chuck-a-luck.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
chuck-a-lucksweat-cloth

Origin

From bird + cage.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Ancient Greek κλωβός
  • κλωβός (klōbós)cage to keep birds in
Chinese Mandarin 鳥籠 /鸟笼
  • 鳥籠 /鸟笼 (niǎolóng)cage to keep birds in
Dutch vogelkooi
  • vogelkooicage to keep birds in
Finnish lintuhäkki
  • lintuhäkkicage to keep birds in
French panier, volière
  • paniercage to keep birds in
  • volièrecage to keep birds in
German Vogelbauer, Vogelkäfig
  • Vogelbauercage to keep birds in
  • Vogelkäfigcage to keep birds in
Hungarian kalitka
  • kalitkacage to keep birds in
Icelandic fuglabúr
  • fuglabúrcage to keep birds in
Irish éanadán
  • éanadáncage to keep birds in
Italian voliera
  • volieracage to keep birds in
Japanese 鳥籠
  • 鳥籠 (torikago)cage to keep birds in
Korean 새장
  • 새장 (saejang)cage to keep birds in
Latin cavea
  • caveacage to keep birds in
Persian قفس
  • قفس (qafas)cage to keep birds in
Polish klatka dla ptaków
  • klatka dla ptakówcage to keep birds in
Portuguese gaiola
  • gaiolacage to keep birds in
Russian кле́тка
  • кле́ткаcage to keep birds in
Scottish Gaelic eunadan
  • eunadancage to keep birds in
Spanish jaula
  • jaulacage to keep birds in
Swedish fågelbur
  • fågelburcage to keep birds in
Turkish kuş kafesi
  • kuş kafesicage to keep birds in

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

cagebird
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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