Meanings
plural budgerigars
- A species of small green parakeet, Melopsittacus undulatus, native to inland Australia; a common cagebird throughout the world and bred in many colour varieties.
Synonyms: budgie, shell parrot, shell parakeet, zebra parakeet
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA species of small green parakeet, Melopsittacus undulatus, native to inland Australia; a common cagebird throughout the world and bred in many colour varieties.
More synonyms by meaning
nounsmall Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Gamilaraaygijirrigaa
- Englishbudgerigar
Possibly an alteration of Gamilaraay gijirrigaa; change of initial syllable unexplained though possibly from Aboriginal Pidgin English budgeree. The purported derivation from an Indigenous term meaning "good bird" or "good eating", from Australian Pidgin English budgeree (“good”), from Sydney Language budjiri, has long been discounted but remains persistent.
More words from Gamilaraay
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic بُدْجَرِيقَة
- بُدْجَرِيقَة (budjarīqa)species of parakeet
Catalan periquito
- periquitospecies of parakeet
Chinese Mandarin 虎皮鸚鵡 /虎皮鹦鹉
- 虎皮鸚鵡 /虎皮鹦鹉 (hǔpí yīngwǔ)species of parakeet
Czech andulka
- andulkaspecies of parakeet
Danish undulat
- undulatspecies of parakeet
Dutch grasparkiet
- grasparkietspecies of parakeet
Finnish undulaatti
- undulaattispecies of parakeet
French perruche ondulée
- perruche onduléespecies of parakeet
German Wellensittich
- Wellensittichspecies of parakeet
Hungarian hullámos papagáj
- hullámos papagájspecies of parakeet
Icelandic gári
- gárispecies of parakeet
Irish budragár
- budragárspecies of parakeet
Italian pappagallino
- pappagallinospecies of parakeet
Japanese 脊黄青鸚哥, 背黄青鸚哥
- 脊黄青鸚哥 (sekiseiinko)species of parakeet
- 背黄青鸚哥 (sekiseiinko)species of parakeet
Korean 사랑앵무
- 사랑앵무 (sarang'aengmu)species of parakeet
Lithuanian banguotoji papūgėlė
- banguotoji papūgėlėspecies of parakeet
Malay burung bejis
- burung bejisspecies of parakeet
Norwegian Bokmål undulat
- undulatspecies of parakeet
Polish papużka falista
- papużka falistaspecies of parakeet
Portuguese periquito australiano
- periquito australianospecies of parakeet
Romanian peruș
- perușspecies of parakeet
Russian волни́стый попуга́йчик
- волни́стый попуга́йчик (volnístyj popugájčik)species of parakeet
Slovak andulka
- andulkaspecies of parakeet
Spanish periquito
- periquitospecies of parakeet
Swedish undulat
- undulatspecies of parakeet
Turkish muhabbet kuşu
- muhabbet kuşuspecies of parakeet
Welsh byji
- byjispecies of parakeet
Cite this entry
budgerigar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/budgerigar
“budgerigar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/budgerigar. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “budgerigar,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/budgerigar.
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