Meanings
nouncirl bunting (plural cirl buntings)
plural cirl buntings
- A small Old World passerine bird, Emberiza cirlus, of the bunting family (Emberizidae), very similar to the yellowhammer.
A minute or two later, a female cirl bunting dropped down into the field in front of us, soon followed by a male.
2010 July 19, Stephen Moss, “Birdwatch”, in The Guardian
Origin
- Italianzirlare“to whistle”
- Englishcirl bunting
Anglicized form of Latin name Emberiza cirlus, probably originally from Italian zirlare (“to whistle”).
More words from Italian
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Basque hesi-berdantza
- hesi-berdantzacirl bunting
Catalan gratapalles
- gratapallescirl bunting
Czech strnad cvrčivý
- strnad cvrčivýcirl bunting
Dutch cirlgors
- cirlgorscirl bunting
Finnish pensassirkku
- pensassirkkucirl bunting
French bruant zizi
- bruant zizicirl bunting
German Zaunammer
- Zaunammercirl bunting
Hungarian sövénysármány
- sövénysármánycirl bunting
Japanese 喉黒青鵐
- 喉黒青鵐 (nodoguro aoji)cirl bunting
Polish cierlik
- cierlikcirl bunting
Portuguese escrevedeira-de-garganta-preta
- escrevedeira-de-garganta-pretacirl bunting
Romanian presură bărboasă
- presură bărboasăcirl bunting
Russian огоро́дная овся́нка
- огоро́дная овся́нка (ogoródnaja ovsjánka)cirl bunting
Spanish escribano soteño
- escribano soteñocirl bunting
Swedish häcksparv
- häcksparvcirl bunting
Turkish bahçe kiraz kuşu
- bahçe kiraz kuşucirl bunting
Welsh bras Ffrainc
- bras Ffrainccirl bunting
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Chicago
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