chaffinch
A small passerine bird, Fringilla coelebs, of the finch family, found throughout…A small passerine bird, Fringilla coelebs, of the finch family, found throughout Europe and eastward to Iran and eastern Mediterranean coastlands.
» I lifted my head; somewhere in the distance was the cheerful trilling of a chaffinch.
Ich hob den Kopf; irgendwo in der Ferne erklang das fröhliche Trällern eines Buchfinks. — al_ex_an_der
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1 sensesA small passerine bird, Fringilla coelebs, of the finch family, found throughout Europe and eastward to Iran and eastern Mediterranean coastlands.
Buchfink
зя́бликzjáblik
зя́бликzjáblyk
- small European finch with a cheerful song
Examples
1 sentencesI lifted my head; somewhere in the distance was the cheerful trilling of a chaffinch.
deIch hob den Kopf; irgendwo in der Ferne erklang das fröhliche Trällern eines Buchfinks. — al_ex_an_der
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English chaffynch, chaffynche, caffynche, equivalent to chaff + finch. HoweverFrom Middle English chaffynch, chaffynche, caffynche, equivalent to chaff + finch. However, more recently the first element has been argued to derive from the same root as Old English cæfed (“ornamented”) and cæfing (“hair-ornament”), thus meaning "ornamented finch, colourful finch".
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Forms
plural: chaffinches| Singular | chaffinch |
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Synonyms
1 synonyms- small European finch with a cheerful song:Fringilla coelebs