Phrase guide

blue tit

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A bird of species Cyanistes caeruleus of tits in family Paridae, with an azure blue crown and dark blue line passing through the eye and encircling the white cheeks to the chin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Eurasian blue tit

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A bird of species Cyanistes teneriffae, which species was formerly included in C. caeruleus, of northwestern Africa.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: African blue tit

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

widely distributed European titmouse with bright cobalt blue wings and tail and crown of the head

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tomtit, Parus caeruleus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: titmouse, tit

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

63 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: trishtili i kaltërt — Cyanistes caeruleus
  • Albanian: trinkë — Cyanistes caeruleus
  • Albanian: trincë — Cyanistes caeruleus
  • Albanian: trinëc — Cyanistes caeruleus
  • Albanian: tringec — Cyanistes caeruleus
  • Albanian: cinkë — Cyanistes caeruleus
  • Albanian: rrezatore kaltëroshe — Cyanistes caeruleus
  • Arabic: قرقف أزرق — Cyanistes caeruleus
  • Armenian: երկնագույն երաշտահավ (erknaguyn eraštahav) — Cyanistes caeruleus
  • Asturian: ferrerín — Cyanistes caeruleus
  • Asturian: ferreru — Cyanistes caeruleus
  • Asturian: pequeñancín — Cyanistes caeruleus
  • Basque: amilotx urdin — Cyanistes caeruleus
  • Bats: წიწკნაჸო̂ (c̣ic̣ḳnaʾô) — Cyanistes caeruleus
  • Bulgarian: обикнове́н сини́гер (obiknovén siníger) — Cyanistes caeruleus
  • Bulgarian: син сини́гер (sin siníger) — Cyanistes caeruleus
  • Catalan: mallerenga blava — Cyanistes caeruleus
  • Catalan: ferreret — Cyanistes caeruleus
  • Chechen: бешара хьоза (bešara ḥroza) — Cyanistes caeruleus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蓝山雀 (lán shānquè) — Cyanistes caeruleus
  • Cornish: penn pali — Cyanistes caeruleus
  • Czech: sýkora modřinka — Cyanistes caeruleus
  • Danish: blåmejse — Cyanistes caeruleus
  • Dutch: pimpelmees — Cyanistes caeruleus
  • Dutch: blauwmees — Cyanistes caeruleus
  • Finnish: sinitiainen — Cyanistes caeruleus
  • French: mésange bleue — Cyanistes caeruleus
  • Galician: ferreiro — Cyanistes caeruleus
  • Georgian: წიწკანა (c̣ic̣ḳana) — Cyanistes caeruleus
  • German: Blaumeise — Cyanistes caeruleus
  • Greek: γαλαζοπαπαδίτσα (galazopapadítsa) — Cyanistes caeruleus
  • Hungarian: kék cinege — Cyanistes caeruleus
  • Icelandic: blámeisa — Cyanistes caeruleus
  • Italian: cinciarella — Cyanistes caeruleus
  • Japanese: 青雀 (aogara) — Cyanistes caeruleus
  • Korean: 푸른박새 (pureunbaksae) — Cyanistes caeruleus
  • Kyrgyz: лазоревка (lazorevka) — Cyanistes caeruleus
  • Laz: ჭიჭკონა (ç̌iç̌ǩona) — Cyanistes caeruleus
  • Luxembourgish: Blomees — Cyanistes caeruleus
  • Mingrelian: მაწიალი (mac̣iali) — Cyanistes caeruleus
  • Mingrelian: ცქირპაპა (ckirṗaṗa) — Cyanistes caeruleus
  • Norman: bliûtinne — Cyanistes caeruleus
  • Norwegian Bokmål: blåmeis — Cyanistes caeruleus
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: blåmeis — Cyanistes caeruleus
  • Occitan: blaveta — Cyanistes caeruleus
  • Occitan: mesenga blava — Cyanistes caeruleus
  • Portuguese: chapim-azul — Cyanistes caeruleus
  • Romanian: pițigoi albastru — Cyanistes caeruleus
  • Romansh: maset blau — Cyanistes caeruleus
  • Romansh: sbrensligna blava — Cyanistes caeruleus
  • Romansh: tschingallegra blova — Cyanistes caeruleus
  • Romansh: parüschla blaua — Cyanistes caeruleus
  • Russian: лазо́ревка (lazórevka) — Cyanistes caeruleus
  • Scottish Gaelic: cailleachag a' chinn ghuirm — Cyanistes caeruleus
  • Slovene: modra sinica — Cyanistes caeruleus
  • Slovene: plavcek — Cyanistes caeruleus
  • Spanish: herrerillo común — Cyanistes caeruleus
  • Swedish: blåmes — Cyanistes caeruleus
  • Thai: นกติ๊ดสีน้ําเงิน (nk tíd s̄īn̂ảngein) — Cyanistes caeruleus
  • Ottoman Turkish: فاننه (fanına) — Cyanistes caeruleus
  • Volapük: blövaparud — Cyanistes caeruleus
  • Welsh: glas bach y wal — Cyanistes caeruleus
  • Welsh: titw tomos las — Cyanistes caeruleus