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Hirundo rustica, the most widespread species of swallow in the world; a distinctive passerine bird with blue upperparts, a long, deeply forked tail and curved, pointed wings, is found in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
common swallow of North America and Europe that nests in barns etc.
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: chimney swallow, Hirundo rustica
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: swallow
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
68 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
europese swael
— species of swallow
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Arabic:
خطاف المخازن
— species of swallow
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Armenian:
գյուղական ծիծեռնակ
(gyuġakan ciceṙnak)
— species of swallow
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Asturian:
andarina
— species of swallow
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Azerbaijani:
kənd qaraquşu
— species of swallow
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Belarusian:
вясковая ластаўка
(vjaskóvaja lastawka)
— species of swallow
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Bengali:
পাতি আবাবিল
(pati ababil)
— species of swallow
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Bulgarian:
селска лястовица
(selska ljastovica)
— species of swallow
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Cherokee:
ᎠᏃᏍᏓᏱ
(anosdayi)
— species of swallow
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Chinese Mandarin:
家燕
(jiāyàn)
— species of swallow
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Chuvash:
ял чӗкеҫӗ
(jal č̬ĕk̬eś̬ĕ)
— species of swallow
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Czech:
vlaštovka
— species of swallow
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Danish:
landsvale
— species of swallow
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Danish:
forstuesvale
— species of swallow
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Dutch:
boerenzwaluw
— species of swallow
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Esperanto:
kamphirundo
— species of swallow
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Finnish:
haarapääsky
— species of swallow
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French:
hirondelle rustique
— species of swallow
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French:
hirondelle de cheminée
— species of swallow
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French:
hirondelle des granges
— species of swallow
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Galician:
anduriña
— species of swallow
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Georgian:
სოფლის მერცხალი
(soplis mercxali)
— species of swallow
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German:
Rauchschwalbe
— species of swallow
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Greek:
σταβλοχελίδονο
(stavlochelídono)
— species of swallow
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Greek:
χελιδόνι
(chelidóni)
— species of swallow
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Greenlandic:
tulugarnaq
— species of swallow
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Hebrew:
סנונית הרפתות
— species of swallow
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Hungarian:
füsti fecske
— species of swallow
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Icelandic:
landsvala
— species of swallow
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Ingrian:
kotipääskö
— species of swallow
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Inuktitut:
tulugarnaq
— species of swallow
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Italian:
rondine comune
— species of swallow
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Japanese:
燕
(tsubame)
— species of swallow
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Kazakh:
қыстау қарлығашы
(qystau qarlyğaşy)
— species of swallow
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Khakas:
аал харачхайы
(aal xaraçxayı)
— species of swallow
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Korean:
제비
(jebi)
— species of swallow
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Latin:
hirundo
— species of swallow
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Latvian:
bezdelīga
— species of swallow
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Manx:
gollan geayee
— species of swallow
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Mongolian:
ᠠᠰᠠᠷ ᠤᠨ ᠠᠯᠲᠠᠨ ᠬᠠᠷᠢᠶᠠᠴᠠᠢ
(asar-un altan qariyačai)
— species of swallow
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Navajo:
táshchozhiiłchííʼ
— species of swallow
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Norwegian Bokmål:
låvesvale
— species of swallow
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
låvesvale
— species of swallow
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Occitan:
ironda
— species of swallow
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Ojibwe:
ᔕᔕᐊᐧᓂᐱᓯ
— species of swallow
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Persian:
چلچله
(čelčele)
— species of swallow
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Persian:
بلوایه
(bolvâye)
— species of swallow
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Plautdietsch:
Husschwaulm
— species of swallow
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Polish:
dymówka
— species of swallow
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Portuguese:
andorinha-de-bando
— species of swallow
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Portuguese:
andorinha-das-chaminés
— species of swallow
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Portuguese:
andorinha comum
— species of swallow
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Romanian:
randunea
— species of swallow
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Russian:
дереве́нская ла́сточка
(derevénskaja lástočka)
— species of swallow
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Russian:
каса́тка
(kasátka)
— species of swallow
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Northern Sami:
suorrespálfu
— species of swallow
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Serbo-Croatian:
lastavica
— species of swallow
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Slovene:
kmečka lastovka
— species of swallow
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Spanish:
golondrina
— species of swallow
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Sudovian:
smikuta
— species of swallow
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Swedish:
ladusvala
— species of swallow
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Tagalog:
layang-layang
— species of swallow
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Tamil:
தகைவிலான்
(takaivilāṉ)
— species of swallow
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Thai:
นกนางแอ่นบ้าน
(nók naaŋ-àeen bâan)
— species of swallow
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Tswana:
pêolwane
— species of swallow
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Turkish:
kır kırlangıcı
— species of swallow
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Turkmen:
oba garlawajy
— species of swallow
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Ukrainian:
ластівка
(lastivka)
— species of swallow