noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A cage to keep pet or zoological specimen birds in.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A game of chance played with dice; chuck-a-luck.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
a cage in which a bird can be kept
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cage, coop
History
Etymology
From bird + cage.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Chinese Mandarin:
鳥籠 /鸟笼
(niǎolóng)
— cage to keep birds in
Dutch:
vogelkooi
— cage to keep birds in
Finnish:
lintuhäkki
— cage to keep birds in
French:
panier
— cage to keep birds in
French:
volière
— cage to keep birds in
German:
Vogelbauer
— cage to keep birds in
German:
Vogelkäfig
— cage to keep birds in
Ancient Greek:
κλωβός
(klōbós)
— cage to keep birds in
Hausa:
kējī̀
— cage to keep birds in
Hungarian:
kalitka
— cage to keep birds in
Icelandic:
fuglabúr
— cage to keep birds in
Irish:
éanadán
— cage to keep birds in
Italian:
voliera
— cage to keep birds in
Japanese:
鳥籠
(torikago)
— cage to keep birds in
Khmer:
ទ្រុងសត្វ
(trung sat)
— cage to keep birds in
Korean:
새장
(saejang)
— cage to keep birds in
Latin:
cavea
— cage to keep birds in
Khiamniungan Naga:
vēutsūm
— cage to keep birds in
Pazeh:
xuruxuru
— cage to keep birds in
Persian:
قفس
(qafas)
— cage to keep birds in
Polish:
klatka dla ptaków
— cage to keep birds in
Portuguese:
gaiola
— cage to keep birds in
Russian:
кле́тка
— cage to keep birds in
Scottish Gaelic:
eunadan
— cage to keep birds in
Spanish:
jaula
— cage to keep birds in
Swedish:
fågelbur
— cage to keep birds in
Turkish:
kuş kafesi
— cage to keep birds in
Ottoman Turkish:
قفس
(kafes)
— cage to keep birds in