blackbird

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• UK: /ˈblakbəːd/
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• US: /ˈblækˌbɚd/
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• rhymes with -ækbə(ɹ)d
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• CMU ARPABET: B L AE1 K B ER0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English blakebird, blacbrid (“ouzel; Eurasian blackbird”), equivalent to black + bird.

120 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: mëllenjë — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Albanian: mëllenjë thumbverdhë — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Albanian: mullizezë — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Albanian: qukël — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Albanian: qofkë — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Arabic: شُحْرُور (šuḥrūr) — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Armenian: սեւ կեռնեխ (sew keṙnex) — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Armenian: մոշահավ (mošahav) — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Aromanian: njerlã — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Asturian: ñerbatu — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Asturian: tordu negru — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Basque: zozo — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Belarusian: дрозд (drozd) — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Breton: moualc’h zu — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Bulgarian: кос (kos) — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Carpathian Rusyn: кос (kos) — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Catalan: merla — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Catalan: tord negre — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Chechen: ӏаьржа хьоза (ˀärža ḥroza) — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Chinese Mandarin: 山鳥 /山鸟 (shānniǎo) — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Chinese Mandarin: 烏鶇 /乌鸫 (wūdōng) — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Czech: kos — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Czech: kos černý — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Dalmatian: miarla — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Danish: solsort — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Dutch: merel — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Esperanto: merlo — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Estonian: musträstas — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Faroese: kvørkveggja — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Finnish: mustarastas — Turdus merula: blackbird
• French: merle — Turdus merula: blackbird
• French: merlesse — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Louisiana French: tchoc — Turdus merula: blackbird
• West-Frisian: swarte lyster — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Friulian: mierli — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Galician: melro — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Galician: merlo — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Georgian: შაშვი (šašvi) — Turdus merula: blackbird
• German: Amsel — Turdus merula: blackbird
• German: Schwarzdrossel — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Greek: κότσυφας (kótsyfas) — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Ancient Greek: κόσσυφος (kóssuphos) — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Hebrew: שחרור (shakharúr) — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Hungarian: fekete rigó — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Icelandic: svartþröstur — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Ido: merlo — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Irish: lon dubh — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Irish: céirseach — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Italian: merlo — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Japanese: 黒歌鳥 (kuroutadori) — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Korean: 대륙검은지빠귀 (daeryukgeomeunjippagwi) — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Kumyk: къаратавукъ (qaratawuq) — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Central Kurdish: ڕەشیشە (reşîşe) — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Ladin: merlo — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Latin: merula — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Latvian: melnais meža strazds — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Lithuanian: juodasis strazdas — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Luxembourgish: Märel — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Macedonian: кос (kos) — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Maltese: malvizz iswed — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Maltese: malvizz tat-troffa — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Eastern Mari: сопсыреҥге (sopsyreŋge) — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Eastern Mari: шемлого (šemlogo) — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Central Sierra Miwok: čápuk·ati- — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Nahuatl: caxtīllān tliltic tōtōtl — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Norman: mêle — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Norman: mêlerêsse — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Norwegian Bokmål: svarttrost — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Norwegian Nynorsk: svarttrast — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Norwegian Nynorsk: svarttrost — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Occitan: mèrle — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Old English: ōsle — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Pennsylvania German: Schwatzvoggel — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Plautdietsch: Spree — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Plautdietsch: Aumsel — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Polish: kos — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Polish: kos zwyczajny — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Portuguese: melro — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Romagnol: méral (Faenza) — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Romanian: mierlă — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Romansh: merlotscha — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Russian: чёрный дрозд (čórnyj drozd) — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Lule-Sami: tjáhppisrástes — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Northern Sami: čáhppesrásttis — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Sardinian: picchiaranzu — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Sardinian: mérula — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Sardinian: meurra — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Scots: blackie — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Scottish Gaelic: lon — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Scottish Gaelic: lon-dubh — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Serbo-Croatian: кос — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Serbo-Croatian: kos — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Sicilian: merru — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Slovak: drozd čierny — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Slovene: kos — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Lower Sorbian: kós — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Upper Sorbian: kós — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Spanish: mirlo — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Swedish: koltrast — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Tiwi: arlitaka — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Turkish: karatavuk — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Ottoman Turkish: قره طاوق (kara tavuk) — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Udi: ч́ач́и (č́ač́i) — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Ukrainian: чо́рний дрізд (čórnyj drizd) — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Vietnamese: hạch thước điẻu — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Volapük: merul — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Welsh: mwyalch — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Welsh: mwyalchen — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Welsh: adar du — Turdus merula: blackbird
• Chinese Mandarin: 黑鸝 /黑鹂 (hēilí) — bird of the family Icteridae
• Dutch: troepiaal — bird of the family Icteridae
• Finnish: turpiaali — bird of the family Icteridae
• Nanticoke: husquinock — bird of the family Icteridae
• Russian: трупиал (trupial) — bird of the family Icteridae
• Russian: кассик (kassik) — bird of the family Icteridae
• Russian: желтушник (želtušnik) — bird of the family Icteridae
• Russian: американская иволга (amerikanskaja ivolga) — bird of the family Icteridae
• Spanish: turpial — bird of the family Icteridae
• Spanish: soldadito — bird of the family Icteridae
• Unami: chkënakw — bird of the family Icteridae