Meanings
brambling1
plural bramblings
- A finch of species Fringilla montifringilla, of northern Eurasia, the male having a black head in summer and an orange breast with white belly and a long white rump.
Synonyms: bramble finch, brambling finch, mountain finch, cock o' the North
brambling2
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of bramble
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA finch of species Fringilla montifringilla, of northern Eurasia, the male having a black head in summer and an orange breast with white belly and a long white rump.
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Origin
brambling · noun
- Middle Englishbramline
- Englishbrambling
From Middle English bramline, equivalent to bramble + -ling.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →brambling · verb
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic شرشور جبلي, عصفور زغاري
- شرشور جبلي (šuršūr jabaliyy)bird
- عصفور زغاري (ʕuṣfūr zaghary)bird
Basque negu-txonta
- negu-txontabird
Bulgarian планинска чинка
- планинска чинка (planinska činka)bird
Catalan pinsà mec
- pinsà mecbird
Chinese Cantonese 燕雀
- 燕雀 (jin³ zoek³)bird
Chinese Mandarin 燕雀
- 燕雀 (yànquè)bird
Czech pěnkava jikavec
- pěnkava jikavecbird
Danish kvækerfinke
- kvækerfinkebird
Dutch keep
- keepbird
Esperanto montofringo
- montofringobird
Estonian põhjavint
- põhjavintbird
Finnish järripeippo
- järripeippobird
French pinson du Nord
- pinson du Nordbird
German Bergfink
- Bergfinkbird
Greek χειμωνόσπινος
- χειμωνόσπινος (cheimonóspinos)bird
Hebrew פְּרוּשׁ הָרִים
- פְּרוּשׁ הָרִים (prúsh harím)bird
Hungarian fenyőpinty
- fenyőpintybird
Icelandic fjallafinka
- fjallafinkabird
Irish breacán
- breacánbird
Italian peppola
- peppolabird
Japanese 花鶏
- 花鶏 (atori)bird
Korean 되새
- 되새 (doesae)bird
Latvian ziemas žubīte
- ziemas žubītebird
Lithuanian šiaurinis kikilis
- šiaurinis kikilisbird
Norwegian Bokmål bjørkefink
- bjørkefinkbird
Persian سِهره دُمگاهسفید
- سِهره دُمگاهسفید (sehre damgah sefid)bird
Polish jer
- jerbird
Portuguese tentilhão-montês
- tentilhão-montêsbird
Romanian cinteză de iarnă
- cinteză de iarnăbird
Russian юро́к, вьюро́к
- юро́к (jurók)bird
- вьюро́к (vʹjurók)bird
Scottish Gaelic breacan-caorainn
- breacan-caorainnbird
Slovak pinka severská
- pinka severskábird
Spanish pinzón real
- pinzón realbird
Swedish bergfink
- bergfinkbird
Turkish dağ ispinozu, dağ babası
- dağ ispinozubird
- dağ babasıbird
Ukrainian в'юро́к, юро́к
- в'юро́к (vʺjurók)bird
- юро́к (jurók)bird
Vietnamese sẻ núi
- sẻ núibird
Welsh bronrhuddyn y mynydd, pinc y mynydd
- bronrhuddyn y mynyddbird
- pinc y mynyddbird
Cite this entry
brambling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brambling
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