Meanings
plural hoopoes
- Any Old World bird of genus Upupa, especially Upupa epops (Eurasian hoopoe), known for its distinctive plumage, fanlike crest, and slender bill.
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Synonyms & antonyms
nounany of several crested Old World birds with a slender downward-curved bill
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinupupa
- Old Frenchhuppe
- Englishhoopoe
Alteration of obsolete hoopoop, from earlier hoop, from Middle French and Old French huppe, from Latin upupa, ultimately onomatopoeic; Compare Ancient Greek ἔποψ (épops), Persian پوپو (popo).
More words from Old French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans hoephoep
- hoephoepbird Upupa epops
Ancient Greek ἔποψ
- ἔποψ (épops)bird Upupa epops
Arabic هُدْهُد
- هُدْهُد (hudhud)bird Upupa epops
Basque argi-oilar
- argi-oilarbird Upupa epops
Bengali মোহনচূড়া
- মোহনচূড়া (mōhoncuṛa)bird Upupa epops
Bulgarian папуняк
- папуняк (papunjak)bird Upupa epops
Catalan puput, palput
- puputbird Upupa epops
- palputbird Upupa epops
Chinese Cantonese 戴勝 /戴胜, 鵀 /𬸊
- 戴勝 /戴胜bird Upupa epops
- 鵀 /𬸊 (jam⁴)bird Upupa epops
Chinese Mandarin 戴勝 /戴胜, 鵀 /𬸊
- 戴勝 /戴胜 (dàishèng)bird Upupa epops
- 鵀 /𬸊 (rèn)bird Upupa epops
Czech dudek
- dudekbird Upupa epops
Danish hærfugl
- hærfuglbird Upupa epops
Dutch hop
- hopbird Upupa epops
Esperanto upupo
- upupobird Upupa epops
Finnish harjalintu
- harjalintubird Upupa epops
French huppe
- huppebird Upupa epops
German Wiedehopf
- Wiedehopfbird Upupa epops
Greek τσαλαπετεινός
- τσαλαπετεινός (tsalapeteinós)bird Upupa epops
Hebrew דּוּכִיפַת
- דּוּכִיפַת (dukhifat)bird Upupa epops
Hindi हूपू, हुदहुद
- हूपू (hūpū)bird Upupa epops
- हुदहुद (hudhud)bird Upupa epops
Hungarian búbos banka
- búbos bankabird Upupa epops
Icelandic herfugl
- herfuglbird Upupa epops
Indonesian hudhud
- hudhudbird Upupa epops
Irish húpú
- húpúbird Upupa epops
Italian upupa
- upupabird Upupa epops
Japanese 戴勝
- 戴勝 (yatsugashira)bird Upupa epops
Latin upupa
- upupabird Upupa epops
Latvian pupuķis
- pupuķisbird Upupa epops
Lithuanian kukutis
- kukutisbird Upupa epops
Malay hud-hud
- hud-hudbird Upupa epops
Māori hupoe
- hupoebird Upupa epops
Norwegian Bokmål hærfugl
- hærfuglbird Upupa epops
Persian پوپک, هدهد
- پوپک (pupak)bird Upupa epops
- هدهد (hod hod)bird Upupa epops
- شانهبسر (šâne-besar)bird Upupa epops
Polish dudek
- dudekbird Upupa epops
Portuguese poupa
- poupabird Upupa epops
Punjabi ਚੱਕੀ ਰਾਹਾ
- ਚੱਕੀ ਰਾਹਾ (cakkī rāhā)bird Upupa epops
Romanian pupăză
- pupăzăbird Upupa epops
Russian удо́д
- удо́д (udód)bird Upupa epops
Scottish Gaelic calman-cathaidh
- calman-cathaidhbird Upupa epops
Slovak dudok
- dudokbird Upupa epops
Spanish abubilla
- abubillabird Upupa epops
Swahili hudihudi
- hudihudibird Upupa epops
Swedish härfågel
- härfågelbird Upupa epops
Tamil கொண்டலாத்தி
- கொண்டலாத்தி (koṇṭalātti)bird Upupa epops
Thai นกกะรางหัวขวาน
- นกกะรางหัวขวาน (nók gà raang hŭa kwăan)bird Upupa epops
Turkish çavuş kuşu, ibibik
- çavuş kuşubird Upupa epops
- ibibikbird Upupa epops
- hüthütbird Upupa epops
- dağ horozubird Upupa epops
Ukrainian о́дуд
- о́дуд (ódud)bird Upupa epops
Urdu ہد ہد
- ہد ہد (hud hud)bird Upupa epops
Vietnamese đầu rìu
- đầu rìubird Upupa epops
Welsh copog
- copogbird Upupa epops
Cite this entry
hoopoe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoopoe
“hoopoe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoopoe. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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