Meanings
noungoldcrest (plural goldcrests)
plural goldcrests
- A very small passerine bird, Regulus regulus, that breeds in Eurasia.
Synonyms: gold-crested wren
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA very small passerine bird, Regulus regulus, that breeds in Eurasia.
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nounEuropean kinglet with a black-bordered yellow crown patch
Similar
golden-crested kingletRegulus regulus
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Origin
Translations
Basque mendi-erregetxo
- mendi-erregetxobird
Bulgarian жълтоглаво кралче
- жълтоглаво кралче (žăltoglavo kralče)bird
Catalan reietó
- reietóbird
Chinese Mandarin 戴菊, 戴菊鳥 /戴菊鸟
- 戴菊 (dàijú)bird
- 戴菊鳥 /戴菊鸟 (dàijúniǎo)bird
Czech králíček obecný
- králíček obecnýbird
Dutch goudhaan
- goudhaanbird
Estonian pöialpoiss
- pöialpoissbird
Finnish hippiäinen
- hippiäinenbird
French roitelet huppé
- roitelet huppébird
German Goldhähnchen
- Goldhähnchenbird
Irish dreoilín ceannbhuí, dreoilín cíorbhuí
- dreoilín ceannbhuíbird
- dreoilín cíorbhuíbird
Japanese 菊戴
- 菊戴 (kiku-itadaki)bird
Korean 상모솔새
- 상모솔새 (sangmosolsae)bird
Persian سسک تاجطلایی
- سسک تاجطلایی (sesk tâjtalâyi)bird
Polish mysikrólik
- mysikrólikbird
Portuguese estrelinha
- estrelinhabird
Romanian aușel
- aușelbird
Russian королёк
- королёк (koroljók)bird
Scottish Gaelic bigein, crionag-bhuidhe
- bigeinbird
- crionag-bhuidhebird
- dreathan a' chinn bhuidhebird
Spanish reyezuelo
- reyezuelobird
Swedish kungsfågel
- kungsfågelbird
Turkish çalı kuşu
- çalı kuşubird
Welsh dryw eurben, eurben
- dryw eurbenbird
- eurbenbird
Cite this entry
APA
goldcrest. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goldcrest
MLA
“goldcrest.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goldcrest. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “goldcrest,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goldcrest.
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