Standard Lemma guide

brambling

noun · verb · 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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  • /ˈbɹæmb(ə)lɪŋ/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A finch of species Fringilla montifringilla, of northern Eurasia, the male having a black head in summer and an orange breast with white belly and a long white rump.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bramble finch, brambling finch, mountain finch, cock o' the North

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

present participle and gerund of bramble

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Eurasian finch

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Fringilla montifringilla

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: finch

History

Etymology

From Middle English bramline, equivalent to bramble + -ling.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Across languages

Translations

79 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: zborakës i malit — bird
  • Albanian: borcak — bird
  • Albanian: borës i bjeshkëve — bird
  • Arabic: شرشور جبلي (šuršūr jabaliyy) — bird
  • Arabic: عصفور زغاري (ʕuṣfūr zaghary) — bird
  • Armenian: խայտիտ (xaytit) — bird
  • Asturian: pimpín real — bird
  • Azerbaijani: birəbitdən — bird
  • Bashkir: аҡбауыр турғай (aqbawır turğay) — bird
  • Basque: negu-txonta — bird
  • Belarusian: юрок (jurók) — bird
  • Breton: pint penn du — bird
  • Bulgarian: планинска чинка (planinska činka) — bird
  • Carpathian Rusyn: вюро́к (vjurók) — bird
  • Catalan: pinsà mec — bird
  • Chinese Cantonese: 燕雀 (jin3 zoek3) — bird
  • Chinese: 芒東仔 /芒东仔 (bâng-tang-á) — bird
  • Chinese: 燕雀 (iàn-chhiok) — bird
  • Chinese Mandarin: 燕雀 (yànquè) — bird
  • East Circassian: къущхьэбзущӏэращӏэ (qwuśḥɛbzuśʼɛraśʼɛ) — bird
  • Czech: pěnkava jikavec — bird
  • Danish: kvækerfinke — bird
  • Dutch: keep — bird
  • Esperanto: montofringo — bird
  • Estonian: põhjavint — bird
  • Faroese: fjallígða — bird
  • Finnish: järripeippo — bird
  • French: pinson du Nord — bird
  • West-Frisian: kwêkfink — bird
  • Galician: pimpín real — bird
  • German: Bergfink — bird
  • Greek: χειμωνόσπινος (cheimonóspinos) — bird
  • Hebrew: פְּרוּשׁ הָרִים (prúsh harím) — bird
  • Hungarian: fenyőpinty — bird
  • Icelandic: fjallafinka — bird
  • Irish: breacán — bird
  • Italian: peppola — bird
  • Japanese: 花鶏 (atori) — bird
  • Komi-Zyrian: пинькай (pińkaj) — bird
  • Korean: 되새 (doesae) — bird
  • Latgalian: žubeite — bird
  • Latvian: ziemas žubīte — bird
  • Lithuanian: šiaurinis kikilis — bird
  • Livvi: järripeiboi — bird
  • Luxembourgish: Nordesche Poufank — bird
  • Luxembourgish: Éisleker Poufank — bird
  • Macedonian: планинска ѕвингалка (planinska dzvingalka) — bird
  • Maltese: sponsun selvaġġ — bird
  • Manx: ushag y cheirn — bird
  • Manx: briggin y cheirn — bird
  • Western Mari: алавирӹк (alavirÿk) — bird
  • Mongolian: алаг бужирга (alag bužirga) — bird
  • Nepali: कालोटाउके चित्रकचरी (kāloṭāuke citrakacarī) — bird
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bjørkefink — bird
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bjørkefink — bird
  • Persian: سِهره دُمگاهسفید (sehre damgah sefid) — bird
  • Polish: jer — bird
  • Portuguese: tentilhão-montês — bird
  • Romanian: cinteză de iarnă — bird
  • Romansh: fringhel dal nord — bird
  • Russian: юро́к (jurók) — bird
  • Russian: вьюро́к (vʹjurók) — bird
  • Inari-Sami: vyevdiloddááš — bird
  • Lule-Sami: vinndan — bird
  • Northern Sami: vintán — bird
  • Scottish Gaelic: breacan-caorainn — bird
  • Slovak: pinka severská — bird
  • Slovene: pinoža — bird
  • Spanish: pinzón real — bird
  • Swedish: bergfink — bird
  • Turkish: dağ ispinozu — bird
  • Turkish: dağ babası — bird
  • Ukrainian: в'юро́к (vʺjurók) — bird
  • Ukrainian: юро́к (jurók) — bird
  • Venetan: pacagnóxo — bird
  • Vietnamese: sẻ núi — bird
  • Welsh: bronrhuddyn y mynydd — bird
  • Welsh: pinc y mynydd — bird
  • Yakut: харыйа чыычааҕа (qarïya čïïčaağa) — bird