canary
A small, usually yellow, finch, a songbird native to the Canary IslandsA small, usually yellow, finch (genus Serinus), a songbird native to the Canary Islands.
» My canary was killed by a cat.
Mein Kanarienvogel wurde von einer Katze getötet. — MUIRIEL
Мою канарейку убила кошка. — Hellerick
Мою канарейку вбив кіт. — deniko
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15 senses(countable, uncountable)A small, usually yellow, finch (genus Serinus), a songbird native to the Canary Islands.
(countable, uncountable)Any of various small birds of different countries, most of which are largely yellow in colour.
(countable, informal, uncountable)A female singer, soprano, a coloratura singer.
a female singer
(countable, slang, uncountable)An informer or snitch; a squealer.
someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police
(countable, uncountable)A light, slightly greenish, yellow colour.
Kanariengelb
a moderate yellow with a greenish tinge
(countable, slang, uncountable)A (usually yellow) capsule of the short-acting barbiturate pentobarbital/pentobarbitone (nembutal).
(Australia, countable, informal, uncountable)A yellow sticker applied by the police to a vehicle to indicate it is unroadworthy.
(countable, uncountable)Any test subject, especially an inadvertent or unwilling one. (From the mining practice of using canaries to detect dangerous gases.)
(countable, uncountable)A value placed in memory such that it will be the first data corrupted by a buffer overflow, allowing the program to identify and recover from it.
(countable, uncountable)A change that is tested by being rolled out first to a subset of machines or users before rolling out to all.
(countable, uncountable)A light, sweet, white wine from the Canary Islands.
Kanarienvogel
канаре́йкаkanaréjka
(countable, uncountable)A lively dance, possibly of Spanish origin (also called canaries).
Examples
58 sentencesMy canary was killed by a cat.
Мою канарейку вбив кіт. — deniko
ruМою канарейку убила кошка. — Hellerick
deMein Kanarienvogel wurde von einer Katze getötet. — MUIRIEL
We have a dog, a cat and three canaries.
У нас є собака, кіт і три канарейки. — deniko
ruУ нас есть собака, кот и три канарейки. — elsteris
deWir haben einen Hund, eine Katze und drei Kanarienvögel. — Yorwba
The birds in the cage are canaries.
ruПтицы в клетке — канарейки. — paul_lingvo
deDie Vögel im Käfig sind Kanarienvögel. — Zaghawa
Canaries are small birds and people sometimes keep them as a pets.
A canary is a small bird, and people sometimes keep it as a pet.
Канарка - маленька пташка, і люди іноді тримають її вдома. — deniko
ruКанарейка - маленькая птичка, люди иногда держат её в качестве домашнего питомца. — katjka
Translations
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Origin
From French canarie, from Spanish canario, from the Latin Canariae insulae (“Canary IslandFrom French canarie, from Spanish canario, from the Latin Canariae insulae (“Canary Islands”) (Spanish Islas Canarias); from the largest island Insula Canaria (“Dog Island" or "Canine Island”), named for its dogs, from canārius (“canine”), from canis (“dog”).
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Forms
plural: canariesSynonyms
11 synonyms- any of several small Old World finches:canary bird
- a moderate yellow with a greenish tinge:canary yellow
- someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police:finksnitchsnitcherstoolpigeonstool pigeonstooliesneaksneaker
Word family
17 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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