blue tit

noun

A bird of species Cyanistes caeruleus of tits in family Paridae, with an azure blue crown and dark blue line passing through the eye and encircling the white cheeks to the chin.

Similar
Eurasian blue titblue titmousepickcheeseAfrican blue tittomtitParus caeruleusCyanistes caeruleus

Meanings

nounblue tit (plural blue tits)

plural blue tits

  1. A bird of species Cyanistes caeruleus of tits in family Paridae, with an azure blue crown and dark blue line passing through the eye and encircling the white cheeks to the chin.

    Synonyms: Eurasian blue tit, blue titmouse, pickcheese

  2. A bird of species Cyanistes teneriffae, which species was formerly included in C. caeruleus, of northwestern Africa.

    Synonyms: African blue tit

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA bird of species Cyanistes caeruleus of tits in family Paridae, with an azure blue crown and dark blue line passing through the eye and encircling the white cheeks to the chin.

Similar
Eurasian blue titblue titmousepickcheese

nounA bird of species Cyanistes teneriffae, which species was formerly included in C. caeruleus, of northwestern Africa.

More synonyms by meaning

nounwidely distributed European titmouse with bright cobalt blue wings and tail and crown of the head

Similar
tomtitParus caeruleusCyanistes caeruleus

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic قرقف أزرق
  • قرقف أزرقCyanistes caeruleus
Basque amilotx urdin
  • amilotx urdinCyanistes caeruleus
Bulgarian обикнове́н сини́гер, син сини́гер
  • обикнове́н сини́гер (obiknovén siníger)Cyanistes caeruleus
  • син сини́гер (sin siníger)Cyanistes caeruleus
Catalan mallerenga blava, ferreret
  • mallerenga blavaCyanistes caeruleus
  • ferreretCyanistes caeruleus
Chinese Mandarin 蓝山雀
  • 蓝山雀 (lán shānquè)Cyanistes caeruleus
Czech sýkora modřinka
  • sýkora modřinkaCyanistes caeruleus
Danish blåmejse
  • blåmejseCyanistes caeruleus
Dutch pimpelmees, blauwmees
  • pimpelmeesCyanistes caeruleus
  • blauwmeesCyanistes caeruleus
Finnish sinitiainen
  • sinitiainenCyanistes caeruleus
French mésange bleue
  • mésange bleueCyanistes caeruleus
German Blaumeise
  • BlaumeiseCyanistes caeruleus
Greek γαλαζοπαπαδίτσα
  • γαλαζοπαπαδίτσα (galazopapadítsa)Cyanistes caeruleus
Hungarian kék cinege
  • kék cinegeCyanistes caeruleus
Icelandic blámeisa
  • blámeisaCyanistes caeruleus
Italian cinciarella
  • cinciarellaCyanistes caeruleus
Japanese 青雀
  • 青雀 (aogara)Cyanistes caeruleus
Korean 푸른박새
  • 푸른박새 (pureunbaksae)Cyanistes caeruleus
Norwegian Bokmål blåmeis
  • blåmeisCyanistes caeruleus
Portuguese chapim-azul
  • chapim-azulCyanistes caeruleus
Romanian pițigoi albastru
  • pițigoi albastruCyanistes caeruleus
Russian лазо́ревка
  • лазо́ревка (lazórevka)Cyanistes caeruleus
Scottish Gaelic cailleachag a' chinn ghuirm
  • cailleachag a' chinn ghuirmCyanistes caeruleus
Spanish herrerillo común
  • herrerillo comúnCyanistes caeruleus
Swedish blåmes
  • blåmesCyanistes caeruleus
Thai นกติ๊ดสีน้ำเงิน
  • นกติ๊ดสีน้ำเงิน (nk tíd s̄īn̂ảngein)Cyanistes caeruleus
Welsh glas bach y wal, titw tomos las
  • glas bach y walCyanistes caeruleus
  • titw tomos lasCyanistes caeruleus
Cite this entry
APA

blue tit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blue%20tit

MLA

“blue tit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blue%20tit. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blue tit,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blue%20tit.

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