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bluethroat

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A small Old World passerine bird, of species Luscinia svecica, the male in spring having a bright blue throat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

songbird of northern Europe and Asia

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Erithacus svecicus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: thrush

History

Etymology

From blue + throat.

Across languages

Translations

70 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: blauwborst — bird
  • Arabic: هَزَار أَزْرَق الزَوْر (hazār ʔazraq az-zawr) — bird
  • Arabic: أَزْرَق الْحَلْق (ʔazraq al-ḥalq) — bird
  • Armenian: կապտափող սոխակ (kaptapʻoġ soxak) — bird
  • Asturian: pechiazul — bird
  • Bashkir: шиҡылдаҡ (şiqıldaq) — bird
  • Basque: papourdin — bird
  • Belarusian: варакушка (varakuška) — bird
  • Belarusian: сіняшыйка (sinjašyjka) — bird
  • Bengali: নীলগলা ফিদ্দা (nilgola phidda) — bird
  • Breton: bronnlaz — bird
  • Bulgarian: синьогушка (sinjoguška) — bird
  • Carpathian Rusyn: варакушка (varakuška) — bird
  • Catalan: cotxa blava — bird
  • Catalan: pitblau — bird
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蓝点颏 (lándiǎnké) — bird
  • Chuvash: кӑвак пӗсехе (kăvak pĕs̬eh̬e) — bird
  • Czech: slavík modráček — bird
  • Danish: blåhals — bird
  • Dutch: blauwborst — bird
  • Esperanto: blugorĝulo — bird
  • Estonian: sinirind — bird
  • Faroese: blákriki — bird
  • Finnish: sinirinta — bird
  • French: gorge-bleue à miroir — bird
  • West-Frisian: blauboarstke — bird
  • Galician: papoazul — bird
  • Georgian: ცისფერგულა (cispergula) — bird
  • German: Blaukehlchen — bird
  • Greek: γαλαζολαίμης (galazolaímis) — bird
  • Ancient Greek: ὀρόσπιζος (oróspizos) — bird
  • Hebrew: כָּחֹל־חָזֶה (k'khól-khazé) — bird
  • Hungarian: kékbegy — bird
  • Irish: ghormphíb — bird
  • Italian: pettazzurro — bird
  • Japanese: オガワコマドリ (ogawakomadori) — bird
  • Kazakh: алабұлбұл (alabūlbūl) — bird
  • Korean: 흰눈썹울새 (huinnunsseobulsae) — bird
  • Northern Kurdish: berşînk — bird
  • Latvian: zilrīklīte — bird
  • Lithuanian: mėlyngurklė — bird
  • Luxembourgish: Blobrëschtchen — bird
  • Malayalam: നീലകണ്ഠപക്ഷി (nīlakaṇṭhapakṣi) — bird
  • Western Mari: кечӹгек (kečÿgek) — bird
  • Nepali: भूमिचर नीलकण्ठ (bhūmicar nīlakaṇṭha) — bird
  • Norwegian Bokmål: blåstrupe — bird
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: blåstrupe — bird
  • Piedmontese: bërgeronëtta — bird
  • Polish: podróżniczek — bird
  • Portuguese: pisco-de-peito-azul — bird
  • Punjabi: ਨੀਲਕੰਠੀ ਪਿੱਦੀ (nīlkaṇṭhī piddī) — bird
  • Romanian: gușă-albastră — bird
  • Romanian: gușă vânătă — bird
  • Russian: вара́кушка (varákuška) — bird
  • Scottish Gaelic: gorm-amhach — bird
  • Serbo-Croatian: модро̀во̄љка — bird
  • Serbo-Croatian: modròvōljka — bird
  • Sicilian: pettazzurru — bird
  • Slovak: slávik modrák — bird
  • Lower Sorbian: módry sprjosk — bird
  • Upper Sorbian: módry ročk — bird
  • Spanish: pechiazul — bird
  • Swedish: blåhake — bird
  • Thai: นกคอมรกต (nók-kom-rá-gòt) — bird
  • Turkish: gökgerdan — bird
  • Turkish: buğdaycıl — bird
  • Ukrainian: синьоши́йка (synʹošýjka) — bird
  • Vietnamese: oanh cổ xanh — bird
  • Walloon: zabele — bird
  • Welsh: bronlas — bird