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budgerigar

noun · 2 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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  • General-American: /ˈbʌd͡ʒəɹiˌɡɑɹ/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbʌd͡ʒəɹiˌɡɑː/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /ˈbɐd͡ʒəɹiˌɡɐː/

1

noun

Meaning 1

A species of small green parakeet, Melopsittacus undulatus, native to inland Australia; a common cagebird throughout the world and bred in many colour varieties.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: budgie, shell parrot, shell parakeet, zebra parakeet

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: budgereegah, budgerygah, budgie, grass parakeet, lovebird, shell parakeet, Melopsittacus undulatus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: parakeet, parrakeet, parroket, paraquet, paroquet, parroquet

History

Etymology

Possibly an alteration of Gamilaraay gijirrigaa; change of initial syllable unexplained though possibly from Aboriginal Pidgin English budgeree.

Across languages

Translations

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Eastern Arrernte: atetherre — species of parakeet
  • Arabic: بُدْجَرِيقَة (budjarīqa) — species of parakeet
  • Asturian: periquitu — species of parakeet
  • Catalan: periquito — species of parakeet
  • Chinese Mandarin: 虎皮鸚鵡 /虎皮鹦鹉 (hǔpí yīngwǔ) — species of parakeet
  • Czech: andulka — species of parakeet
  • Danish: undulat — species of parakeet
  • Dutch: grasparkiet — species of parakeet
  • Finnish: undulaatti — species of parakeet
  • French: perruche ondulée — species of parakeet
  • Gamilaraay: gijirrigaa — species of parakeet
  • German: Wellensittich — species of parakeet
  • Hungarian: hullámos papagáj — species of parakeet
  • Icelandic: gári — species of parakeet
  • Irish: budragár — species of parakeet
  • Italian: pappagallino — species of parakeet
  • Japanese: 脊黄青鸚哥 (sekiseiinko) — species of parakeet
  • Japanese: 背黄青鸚哥 (sekiseiinko) — species of parakeet
  • Korean: 사랑앵무 (sarang'aengmu) — species of parakeet
  • Lithuanian: banguotoji papūgėlė — species of parakeet
  • Low German: Buttje — species of parakeet
  • Malay: burung bejis — species of parakeet
  • Martuthunira: parnparn — species of parakeet
  • Mudburra: nguruwaji — species of parakeet
  • Ngarrindjeri: tirkuri — species of parakeet
  • Norwegian Bokmål: undulat — species of parakeet
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: undulat — species of parakeet
  • Pitjantjatjara: killy-killykari — species of parakeet
  • Polish: papużka falista — species of parakeet
  • Portuguese: periquito australiano — species of parakeet
  • Romanian: peruș — species of parakeet
  • Russian: волни́стый попуга́йчик (volnístyj popugájčik) — species of parakeet
  • Serbo-Croatian: tigrica — species of parakeet
  • Slovak: andulka — species of parakeet
  • Lower Sorbian: papagajik — species of parakeet
  • Spanish: periquito — species of parakeet
  • Swedish: undulat — species of parakeet
  • Turkish: muhabbet kuşu — species of parakeet
  • Volapük: vefapapagil — species of parakeet
  • Wangganguru: katatharra — species of parakeet
  • Welsh: byji — species of parakeet
  • Yindjibarndi: batharra — species of parakeet