Meaning

5 senses

  1. Any of various birds of prey of the order Strigiformes, families Strigidae and Tytonidae, that are primarily nocturnal and have forward-looking, binocular vision, limited eye movement, and good hearing.

    Eule, Uhu, Eulenvogel

    сова́sová, фи́линfílin, сычsyč

    соваsova, сичsyč

  2. (broadly)A person seen as having owl-like characteristics, especially appearing wise or serious, or being nocturnally active.

  3. An owl pigeon.

  4. (uncommon)A politician with moderate views that are neither hawkish nor dovish.

  5. Any of various nymphalid butterflies, especially in the genus Caligo, having large eyespots on the wings.

More definitions
  • nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes

Examples

152 sentences

  1. I'm a night owl.

    Я "сова".

    ruЯ "сова".

    deIch bin eine Nachteule.

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  2. When do owls sleep?

    Коли сови сплять?

    ruКогда совы спят?

    deWann schlafen Eulen?

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  3. Owls have big eyes.

    Сови мають великі очі.

    ruУ сов большие глаза.

    deEulen haben große Augen.

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  4. I heard an owl last night.

    ruПрошлой ночью я слышал сову.

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  5. What kind of owl is that?

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Translations

9 languages
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Origin

From Middle English howle, oul, oule, owle, owlle, from Old English ūle, from Proto-West G

From Middle English howle, oul, oule, owle, owlle, from Old English ūle, from Proto-West Germanic *uwwulā, from Proto-Germanic *uwwulǭ (“owl”), diminutive of *uwwǭ (“eagle-owl”), of imitative origin or a variant of *ūfaz, *ūfǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *up- (“to cry out”).

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Forms

plural: owls
Singularowl
Pluralowls

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms
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Word family

86 related words
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See also

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