Meanings
plural golden eagles
- A large bird of prey, Aquila chrysaetos, that hunts while soaring.
Synonyms: berkut
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA large bird of prey, Aquila chrysaetos, that hunts while soaring.
More synonyms by meaning
nounlarge eagle of mountainous regions of the Northern Hemisphere having a golden-brown head and neck
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekχρῡσᾱ́ετος m“golden eagle”
- Englishgolden eagle
From golden + eagle. Likely a calque of Ancient Greek χρῡσᾱ́ετος m (khrūsā́etos, “golden eagle”, a compound of Ancient Greek χρῡσός (khrūsós, “gold”) + Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ετός (āetós, “eagle”)).
More words from Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek χρυσάετος, χρυσαίετος
- χρυσάετος (khrusáetos)large bird of prey
- χρυσαίετος (khrusaíetos)large bird of prey
Arabic عُقَاب ذَهَبِيّ
- عُقَاب ذَهَبِيّ (ʕuqāb ḏahabiyy)large bird of prey
Basque arrano beltz
- arrano beltzlarge bird of prey
Bulgarian ска́лен о́рел
- ска́лен о́рел (skálen órel)large bird of prey
Catalan àguila daurada, àguila reial
- àguila dauradalarge bird of prey
- àguila reiallarge bird of prey
Chinese Mandarin 金雕, 狗鷲 /狗鹫
- 金雕 (jīndiāo)large bird of prey
- 狗鷲 /狗鹫 (gǒujiù)large bird of prey
Czech orel skalní
- orel skalnílarge bird of prey
Danish kongeørn
- kongeørnlarge bird of prey
Dutch steenarend
- steenarendlarge bird of prey
Esperanto reĝa aglo
- reĝa aglolarge bird of prey
Estonian kaljukotkas
- kaljukotkaslarge bird of prey
Finnish maakotka
- maakotkalarge bird of prey
French aigle royal
- aigle royallarge bird of prey
German Steinadler
- Steinadlerlarge bird of prey
Greek χρυσαετός
- χρυσαετός (chrysaetós)large bird of prey
Hawaiian 'aeko kula
- 'aeko kulalarge bird of prey
Hebrew עיט זהוב
- עיט זהובlarge bird of prey
Hungarian szirti sas
- szirti saslarge bird of prey
Icelandic gullörn
- gullörnlarge bird of prey
Irish iolar fíréan
- iolar fíréanlarge bird of prey
Italian aquila reale
- aquila realelarge bird of prey
Japanese イヌワシ, 犬鷲
- イヌワシ (inuwashi)large bird of prey
- 犬鷲 (inuwashi)large bird of prey
Korean 검독수리
- 검독수리 (geomdoksuri)large bird of prey
Latvian klinšu ērglis
- klinšu ērglislarge bird of prey
Lithuanian kilnusis erelis
- kilnusis erelislarge bird of prey
Malay helang emas
- helang emaslarge bird of prey
Norwegian Bokmål kongeørn
- kongeørnlarge bird of prey
Persian عقاب طلایی
- عقاب طلایی ('oqâb-e talâyi)large bird of prey
Polish orzeł przedni
- orzeł przednilarge bird of prey
Portuguese águia-real, águia-dourada
- águia-reallarge bird of prey
- águia-douradalarge bird of prey
Romanian iepurar, acvilă de munte
- iepurarlarge bird of prey
- acvilă de muntelarge bird of prey
Russian бе́ркут
- бе́ркут (bérkut)large bird of prey
Scottish Gaelic iolair-bhuidhe
- iolair-bhuidhelarge bird of prey
Slovak orol skalný
- orol skalnýlarge bird of prey
Spanish águila real, águila caudal
- águila reallarge bird of prey
- águila caudallarge bird of prey
- águila caudalosalarge bird of prey
Swahili tai-mfalme, tai wa dhahabu
- tai-mfalmelarge bird of prey
- tai wa dhahabularge bird of prey
Swedish kungsörn, gullörn
- kungsörnlarge bird of prey
- gullörnlarge bird of prey
Turkish kaya kartalı, altın kartal
- kaya kartalılarge bird of prey
- altın kartallarge bird of prey
Ukrainian берку́т
- берку́т (berkút)large bird of prey
Welsh eryr euraid
- eryr euraidlarge bird of prey
Cite this entry
golden eagle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/golden%20eagle
“golden eagle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/golden%20eagle. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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