Phrase guide

barn swallow

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

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noun

Meaning 2

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

History

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Across languages

Translations

68 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: europese swael — species of swallow
  • Arabic: خطاف المخازن — species of swallow
  • Armenian: գյուղական ծիծեռնակ (gyuġakan ciceṙnak) — species of swallow
  • Asturian: andarina — species of swallow
  • Azerbaijani: kənd qaraquşu — species of swallow
  • Belarusian: вясковая ластаўка (vjaskóvaja lastawka) — species of swallow
  • Bengali: পাতি আবাবিল (pati ababil) — species of swallow
  • Bulgarian: селска лястовица (selska ljastovica) — species of swallow
  • Cherokee: ᎠᏃᏍᏓᏱ (anosdayi) — species of swallow
  • Chinese Mandarin: 家燕 (jiāyàn) — species of swallow
  • Chuvash: ял чӗкеҫӗ (jal č̬ĕk̬eś̬ĕ) — species of swallow
  • Czech: vlaštovka — species of swallow
  • Danish: landsvale — species of swallow
  • Danish: forstuesvale — species of swallow
  • Dutch: boerenzwaluw — species of swallow
  • Esperanto: kamphirundo — species of swallow
  • Finnish: haarapääsky — species of swallow
  • French: hirondelle rustique — species of swallow
  • French: hirondelle de cheminée — species of swallow
  • French: hirondelle des granges — species of swallow
  • Galician: anduriña — species of swallow
  • Georgian: სოფლის მერცხალი (soplis mercxali) — species of swallow
  • German: Rauchschwalbe — species of swallow
  • Greek: σταβλοχελίδονο (stavlochelídono) — species of swallow
  • Greek: χελιδόνι (chelidóni) — species of swallow
  • Greenlandic: tulugarnaq — species of swallow
  • Hebrew: סנונית הרפתות — species of swallow
  • Hungarian: füsti fecske — species of swallow
  • Icelandic: landsvala — species of swallow
  • Ingrian: kotipääskö — species of swallow
  • Inuktitut: tulugarnaq — species of swallow
  • Italian: rondine comune — species of swallow
  • Japanese: 燕 (tsubame) — species of swallow
  • Kazakh: қыстау қарлығашы (qystau qarlyğaşy) — species of swallow
  • Khakas: аал харачхайы (aal xaraçxayı) — species of swallow
  • Korean: 제비 (jebi) — species of swallow
  • Latin: hirundo — species of swallow
  • Latvian: bezdelīga — species of swallow
  • Manx: gollan geayee — species of swallow
  • Mongolian: ᠠᠰᠠᠷ ᠤᠨ ᠠᠯᠲᠠᠨ ᠬᠠᠷᠢᠶᠠᠴᠠᠢ (asar-un altan qariyačai) — species of swallow
  • Navajo: táshchozhiiłchííʼ — species of swallow
  • Norwegian Bokmål: låvesvale — species of swallow
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: låvesvale — species of swallow
  • Occitan: ironda — species of swallow
  • Ojibwe: ᔕᔕᐊᐧᓂᐱᓯ — species of swallow
  • Persian: چلچله (čelčele) — species of swallow
  • Persian: بلوایه (bolvâye) — species of swallow
  • Plautdietsch: Husschwaulm — species of swallow
  • Polish: dymówka — species of swallow
  • Portuguese: andorinha-de-bando — species of swallow
  • Portuguese: andorinha-das-chaminés — species of swallow
  • Portuguese: andorinha comum — species of swallow
  • Romanian: randunea — species of swallow
  • Russian: дереве́нская ла́сточка (derevénskaja lástočka) — species of swallow
  • Russian: каса́тка (kasátka) — species of swallow
  • Northern Sami: suorrespálfu — species of swallow
  • Serbo-Croatian: lastavica — species of swallow
  • Slovene: kmečka lastovka — species of swallow
  • Spanish: golondrina — species of swallow
  • Sudovian: smikuta — species of swallow
  • Swedish: ladusvala — species of swallow
  • Tagalog: layang-layang — species of swallow
  • Tamil: தகைவிலான் (takaivilāṉ) — species of swallow
  • Thai: นกนางแอ่นบ้าน (nók naaŋ-àeen bâan) — species of swallow
  • Tswana: pêolwane — species of swallow
  • Turkish: kır kırlangıcı — species of swallow
  • Turkmen: oba garlawajy — species of swallow
  • Ukrainian: ластівка (lastivka) — species of swallow