Meanings
eagle1
nouneagle (plural eagles)
plural eagles
verbeagle (third-person singular simple present eagles, present participle eagling, simple past and past participle eagled)
present singular third person eagles · participle present eagling · participle past eagled · past eagled
- golfTo score an eagle.
Eagle2
proper noun
- Any of a number of rivers in the United States and Canada.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A village in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska.
- A town, the county seat of Eagle County, Colorado.
- A city in Ada County, Idaho.
- An unincorporated community in Mountain Township, Saline County, Illinois.
- A township and village therein, in Clinton County, Michigan.
- A village in Cass County, Nebraska.
- A locality in Tabernacle Township, Burlington County, New Jersey.
- A town and hamlet in Wyoming County, New York.
- A census-designated place in Upper Uwchlan Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
- A town in Richland County, Wisconsin.
- A town and village therein, in Waukesha County, Wisconsin.
- A village in Eagle and Swinethorpe parish, North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK8767).
nounEagle (plural Eagles)
plural Eagles
- scoutingAn Eagle Scout.
- scoutingAn advancement to the Eagle Scout rank.
When will Roderick get his Eagle?
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of several large carnivorous and carrion-eating birds in the family Accipitridae, having a powerful hooked bill and keen vision.
More synonyms by meaning
nounany of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight
Similar
Broader
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
eagle · noun, verb
- Latinaquila
- Old Frenchaigle
- Anglo-Normanegle
- Middle Englishegle
- Englisheagle
From Middle English egle, from Anglo-Norman egle, from Old French aigle, from Latin aquila. Displaced native Middle English ern, earn, arn, from Old English earn (“eagle”). More at erne.
More words from Middle English, Anglo-Norman, Old French
Full word history & related roots →Eagle · proper noun, proper noun, noun
- Old Englishāc“oak”
- Latinaquila
- EnglishEagle
* As an English surname, from the noun eagle. * As an English surname of Norman origin, from L'Aigle in Orne, first attested in 1055 and from Latin aquila, itself meaning "eagle." * Also translated from names in other languages meaning "eagle," such as German Adler, Polish Orzeł, Orzel, Slovene Orel, Lakota waŋbli (compare Eagleman, Redeagle, Whiteeagle). * The name of the English village is believed to be from Old English āc (“oak”) + lēah: compare with Acle.
More words from Latin, Old English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans arend
- arendany of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
Ancient Greek ἀετός
- ἀετός (aetós)any of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
Arabic عُقَاب
- عُقَاب (ʕuqāb)any of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
Basque arrano
- arranoany of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
Bengali ঈগল, ইগল
- ঈগল (igol)any of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
- ইগল (igol)any of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
Bulgarian оре́л
- оре́л (orél)any of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
Catalan àguila, àliga
- àguilaany of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
- àligaany of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
Chinese Cantonese 鷹 /鹰
- 鷹 /鹰 (jing¹)any of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
Chinese Mandarin 老鷹 /老鹰, 鷹 /鹰
- 老鷹 /老鹰 (lǎoyīng)any of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
- 鷹 /鹰 (yīng)any of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
Czech orel
- orelany of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
Danish ørn, eagle
- ørnany of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
- eaglein golf, a score of two under par for a hole
Dutch arend, adelaar
- arendany of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
- adelaarany of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
Esperanto aglo
- agloany of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
Estonian kotkas
- kotkasany of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
Finnish kotka, eagle
- kotkaany of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
- eaglein golf, a score of two under par for a hole
French aigle, aigle
- aigleany of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
- aiglerepresentation of an eagle in heraldry
- eaglein golf, a score of two under par for a hole
- réussir un aigleto score an eagle
German Adler, Aar
- Adlerany of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
- Aarany of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
- Eaglea gold coin with a face value of $10.00
Greek αετός
- αετός (aetós)any of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
Hawaiian ʻio
- ʻioany of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
Hebrew עַיִט
- עַיִט (áyit)any of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
Hindi गरुड, चील
- गरुड (garuḍ)any of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
- चील (cīl)any of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
- उक़ाब (uqāb)any of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
- उकाब (ukāb)any of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
- महाश्येन (mahāśyen)any of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
Hungarian sas
- sasany of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
Icelandic örn, örn
- örnany of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
- örnin golf, a score of two under par for a hole
Indonesian elang
- elangany of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
Irish iolar
- iolarany of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
Italian aquila
- aquilaany of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
Japanese 鷲, 鵰
- 鷲any of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
- 鵰 (chō)any of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
Korean 독수리
- 독수리 (doksuri)any of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
Latin aquila
- aquilaany of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
Latvian ērglis
- ērglisany of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
Lithuanian aras, erelis
- arasany of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
- erelisany of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
Malay lang, elang
- langany of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
- elangany of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
- helangany of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
Māori ēkara, īkara
- ēkaraany of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
- īkaraany of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
Norwegian ørn
- ørnany of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
Persian شهباز, عقاب
- شهباز (šahbâz)any of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
- عقاب ('oqâb)any of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
- دال (dâl)any of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
- آله (âloh)any of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
Polish orzeł, bielik
- orzełany of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
- bielikany of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
- dziesięciodolarówkaa gold coin with a face value of $10.00
Portuguese águia
- águiaany of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
Punjabi ਉਕਾਬ
- ਉਕਾਬ (ukāb)any of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
Romanian acvilă, aceră
- acvilăany of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
- acerăany of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
- vulturany of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
- pajurăany of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
Russian орёл, орли́ца
- орёл (orjól)any of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
- орли́ца (orlíca)any of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
Scottish Gaelic iolair
- iolairany of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
Slovak orol
- orolany of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
Spanish águila
- águilaany of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
Swahili tai, tai
- taiany of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
- taiin golf, a score of two under par for a hole
Swedish örn, örn
- örnany of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
- örnrepresentation of an eagle in heraldry
Tagalog agila, banoy
- agilaany of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
- banoyany of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
Tamil எருவை, கங்கம்
- எருவை (eruvai)any of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
- கங்கம் (kaṅkam)any of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
Thai อินทรี
- อินทรี (in-sii)any of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
Turkish kartal, baz
- kartalany of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
- bazany of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
- şehbazany of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
- şahbazany of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
Ukrainian оре́л
- оре́л (orél)any of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
Urdu عقاب, چیل
- عقاب ('uqāb)any of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
- چیل (cīl)any of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
- گرڈ (garuḍ)any of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
- باز (bāz)any of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
- شاہین (śāhīn)any of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
Vietnamese chim đại bàng, đại bàng
- chim đại bàngany of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
- đại bàngany of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
Welsh eryr
- eryrany of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
Yiddish אָדלער
- אָדלער (odler)any of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
Zulu ukhozi class 11/10, inkwazi
- ukhozi class 11/10any of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
- inkwaziany of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae
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