sparrow
The house sparrow, Passer domesticusThe house sparrow, Passer domesticus; a small bird with a short bill, and brown, white and gray feathers.
Meaning
5 sensesThe house sparrow, Passer domesticus; a small bird with a short bill, and brown, white and gray feathers.
A member of the family Passeridae, comprising small Old World songbirds.
Sperling, Spatz
воробе́йvorobéj, воро́бышекvoróbyšek, воро́бушекvoróbušek
горобе́цьhorobécʹ, горо́бчикhoróbčyk, воробе́цьvorobécʹ
A member of the family Passerellidae (or Emberizidae, under classification systems that subsume the New World sparrows under Emberizidae), comprising small New World songbirds.
Generically, any small, nondescript bird.
(London, UK)A quick-witted, lively person.
cockney sparrow
- any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects
- small brownish European songbird
Examples
67 sentencesDo you see sparrows around here?
ruТы видишь здесь воробьёв? — odexed
Tom hears the chirps of sparrows.
Том чує щебетання горобців. — Balamax
ruТом слышит чириканье воробьёв. — Balamax
It's a sparrow.
Це горобець. — deniko
ruЭто воробей. — marafon
I am scaring the sparrows away.
deIch verscheuche die Spatzen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
That bird is probably a sparrow.
ruТа птица, скорее всего, воробей. — Selena777
deDer Vogel da ist vermutlich ein Spatz. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English sparewe, sparowe, sparu, sparwe, spearewe, sperrewe, from Old EnglishFrom Middle English sparewe, sparowe, sparu, sparwe, spearewe, sperrewe, from Old English spearwa, from Proto-West Germanic *sparwō, from Proto-Germanic *sparwô, from Proto-Indo-European *spḗr (“sparrow”).
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Forms
plural: sparrowsSynonyms
7 synonyms- any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects:true sparrow
- small brownish European songbird:hedge sparrowdunnockPrunella modularis