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capercaillie

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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  • UK: /kæpəˈkeɪli/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /kæpɚˈkeɪli/
  • rhymes with -eɪli

1

noun

Meaning 1

A large, black grouse of the genus Tetrao in the bird family Phasianidae, especially the western capercaillie, Tetrao urogallus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

large black Old World grouse

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: capercailzie, horse of the wood, Tetrao urogallus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: grouse

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Scots capercailzie (for the -z-, see Mackenzie and tailzie), a corruption of Scottish Gaelic capall (“horse”) + coille (“of the woods”).

Across languages

Translations

77 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: глухар (gluhar) — bird of the genus Tetrao
  • Chukchi: умкырэвымрэв (umkyrėvymrėv) — bird of the genus Tetrao
  • Czech: tetřev — bird of the genus Tetrao
  • Dutch: auerhoen — bird of the genus Tetrao
  • Estonian: metsis — bird of the genus Tetrao
  • Estonian: mõtus — bird of the genus Tetrao
  • Finnish: metso — bird of the genus Tetrao
  • Hungarian: siketfajd — bird of the genus Tetrao
  • Ingrian: metso — bird of the genus Tetrao
  • Polish: głuszec — bird of the genus Tetrao
  • Russian: глуха́рь (gluxárʹ) — bird of the genus Tetrao
  • Serbo-Croatian: tetrijeb — bird of the genus Tetrao
  • Swedish: tjäder — bird of the genus Tetrao
  • Albanian: gjeli i egër — Tetrao urogallus
  • Asturian: faisán — Tetrao urogallus
  • Asturian: gallu — Tetrao urogallus
  • Basque: basoilar — Tetrao urogallus
  • Belarusian: глушэц (hlušec) — Tetrao urogallus
  • Breton: skilgog meur — Tetrao urogallus
  • Bulgarian: глухар (gluhar) — Tetrao urogallus
  • Catalan: gall fer — Tetrao urogallus
  • Catalan: gall salvatge — Tetrao urogallus
  • Catalan: gall de bosc — Tetrao urogallus
  • Chukchi: умкырэвымрэв (umkyrėvymrėv) — Tetrao urogallus
  • Czech: tetřev hlušec — Tetrao urogallus
  • Danish: tjur — Tetrao urogallus
  • Dutch: auerhoen — Tetrao urogallus
  • Esperanto: urogalo — Tetrao urogallus
  • Estonian: metsis — Tetrao urogallus
  • Estonian: mõtus — Tetrao urogallus
  • Finnish: metso — Tetrao urogallus
  • French: grand tétras — Tetrao urogallus
  • French: grand coq de bruyère — Tetrao urogallus
  • Friulian: gjal di mont — Tetrao urogallus
  • Friulian: gjal cedron — Tetrao urogallus
  • Galician: pita do monte — Tetrao urogallus
  • Galician: galo do monte — Tetrao urogallus
  • German: Auerhuhn — Tetrao urogallus
  • Greek: αγριόκουρκος (agriókourkos) — Tetrao urogallus
  • Hungarian: siketfajd — Tetrao urogallus
  • Icelandic: þiður — Tetrao urogallus
  • Irish: capall coille — Tetrao urogallus
  • Italian: urogallo — Tetrao urogallus
  • Italian: gallo cedrone — Tetrao urogallus
  • Ladin: gial grisc — Tetrao urogallus
  • Latvian: mednis — Tetrao urogallus
  • Lithuanian: kurtinys — Tetrao urogallus
  • Macedonian: тетреб (tetreb) — Tetrao urogallus
  • Norwegian: storfugl — Tetrao urogallus
  • Norwegian: tiur — Tetrao urogallus
  • Norwegian: røy — Tetrao urogallus
  • Occitan: pollambèrt — Tetrao urogallus
  • Polish: głuszec — Tetrao urogallus
  • Polish: głuszec zwyczajny — Tetrao urogallus
  • Portuguese: tetraz-grande-das-serras — Tetrao urogallus
  • Romanian: cocoș de munte — Tetrao urogallus
  • Romansh: cot / gialina da taus — Tetrao urogallus
  • Russian: глуха́рь (gluxárʹ) — Tetrao urogallus
  • Northern Sami: čukčá — Tetrao urogallus
  • Southern Sami: tjåktja — Tetrao urogallus
  • Scottish Gaelic: capall-coille — Tetrao urogallus
  • Serbo-Croatian: тетреб — Tetrao urogallus
  • Serbo-Croatian: тетријеб глухан — Tetrao urogallus
  • Serbo-Croatian: tetreb — Tetrao urogallus
  • Serbo-Croatian: tetrijeb gluhan — Tetrao urogallus
  • Slovak: tetrov hlucháň — Tetrao urogallus
  • Slovene: divji petelin — Tetrao urogallus
  • Lower Sorbian: puronka — Tetrao urogallus
  • Upper Sorbian: hłuchar — Tetrao urogallus
  • Spanish: urogallo — Tetrao urogallus
  • Spanish: gallo silvestre — Tetrao urogallus
  • Swedish: tjäder — Tetrao urogallus
  • Turkish: çali horozu — Tetrao urogallus
  • Turkish: orman horozu — Tetrao urogallus
  • Ukrainian: глухар (hluxar) — Tetrao urogallus
  • Veps: mecoi — Tetrao urogallus
  • Welsh: grugiar y coed — Tetrao urogallus