Colloquial Variant guide

birdwatching

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈbɜː(ɹ)dˌwɒtʃ.ɪŋ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: B ER1 D W AA2 CH IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Observing or identifying wild birds in their natural environment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: birding

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The hobby of watching rocket launches.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Girlwatching

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From bird + watching.

Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: voëlkykery — observing wild birds
  • Catalan: observació d'aus — observing wild birds
  • Catalan: albirament d'aus — observing wild birds
  • Chinese Mandarin: 觀鳥 /观鸟 (guānniǎo) — observing wild birds
  • Chinese Mandarin: 賞鳥 /赏鸟 (shǎngniǎo) — observing wild birds
  • Danish: fuglekiggeri — observing wild birds
  • Dutch: vogelspotten — observing wild birds
  • Dutch: vogelen — observing wild birds
  • Esperanto: birdumo — observing wild birds
  • Finnish: lintujen tarkkailu — observing wild birds
  • French: observation des oiseaux — observing wild birds
  • German: Vogelbeobachtung — observing wild birds
  • Irish: éanbhreathnú — observing wild birds
  • Japanese: 野鳥観察 (yachō kansatsu) — observing wild birds
  • Japanese: バードウォッチング (bādowotchingu) — observing wild birds
  • Korean: 탐조 (tamjo) — observing wild birds
  • Polish: obserwacja ptaków — observing wild birds
  • Portuguese: observação de aves — observing wild birds
  • Portuguese: passarinhar — observing wild birds
  • Russian: наблюде́ние за пти́цами (nabljudénije za ptícami) — observing wild birds
  • Russian: бёрдвотчинг (bjórdvotčing) — observing wild birds
  • Russian: бёрдво́тчинг (bjordvótčing) — observing wild birds
  • Spanish: observación de aves — observing wild birds
  • Swedish: fågelskådning — observing wild birds
  • Welsh: gwylio adar — observing wild birds