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Any of the small, mostly black and white North American songbirds of the genus Poecile of the family Paridae.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tit
Antonyms: none provided
Affectionate term of address.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
any of various small grey-and-black songbirds of North America
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: titmouse, tit
Narrower terms: black-capped chickadee, blackcap, Parus atricapillus, Carolina chickadee, Parus carolinensis
Apparent onomatopoeia from these birds' calls having a distinctive “chick-a-dee-dee-dee” sound, possibly influenced by chick or chicken.
Across languages
Translations
83 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
mees
— songbird
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Ahtna:
neʼiineʼ
— songbird
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Albanian:
trishtil
— songbird
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Albanian:
tringec
— songbird
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Albanian:
cinkë
— songbird
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Armenian:
երաշտահավ
(eraštahav)
— songbird
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Asturian:
branín
— songbird
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Azerbaijani:
arıquşu
— songbird
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Belarusian:
сіні́ца
(siníca)
— songbird
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Belarusian:
гіль
(hilʹ)
— songbird
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Bulgarian:
сини́гер
(siníger)
— songbird
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Catalan:
mallerenga
— songbird
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Chinese Mandarin:
山雀
(shānquè)
— songbird
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Czech:
sýkora
— songbird
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Czech:
sýkorka
— songbird
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Danish:
mejse
— songbird
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Dutch:
mees
— songbird
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Esperanto:
paruo
— songbird
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Estonian:
tihane
— songbird
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Faroese:
títa
— songbird
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Finnish:
tiainen
— songbird
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Finnish:
talitiainen
— songbird
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French:
mésange
— songbird
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West-Frisian:
mies
— songbird
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Galician:
meixengra
— songbird
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German:
Meise
— songbird
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Greek:
παπαδίτσα
(papadítsa)
— songbird
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Hindi:
रामगंगरा
(rāmgaṅgrā)
— songbird
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Hungarian:
cinege
— songbird
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Hungarian:
cinke
— songbird
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Ingrian:
sinitsa
— songbird
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Ingrian:
keltarinta
— songbird
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Ingrian:
sinicka
— songbird
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Irish:
méantán
— songbird
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Italian:
cincia
— songbird
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Japanese:
四十雀
(shijūkara)
— songbird
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Japanese:
シジュウカラ
(shijūkara)
— songbird
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Kaitag:
чинтӏа
(činṭa)
— songbird
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Korean:
박새
(baksae)
— songbird
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Latin:
parus
— songbird
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Lithuanian:
zylė
— songbird
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Low German:
Mees’
— songbird
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Low German:
Meesch
— songbird
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Lushootseed:
c̓əlc̓əlkayus
— songbird
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Luxembourgish:
Mees
— songbird
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Macedonian:
сипка
(sipka)
— songbird
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Macedonian:
сенка
(senka)
— songbird
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Mohawk:
tsiktsiré:re
— songbird
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Navajo:
chʼíshiibeezhii
— songbird
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Norwegian:
meis
— songbird
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Ojibwe:
gijigijigaaneshiinh
— songbird
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Panamint:
annakki
— songbird
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Persian:
چرخریسک
— songbird
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Polish:
sikora
— songbird
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Portuguese:
chapim
— songbird
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Romanian:
pițigoi
— songbird
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Romansh:
maset
— songbird
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Russian:
сини́ца
(siníca)
— songbird
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Russian:
га́ичка
(gáička)
— songbird
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Skolt-Sami:
ceeʒʒaž
— songbird
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Scottish Gaelic:
cailleachag
— songbird
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Scottish Gaelic:
currac-baintighearna
— songbird
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Serbo-Croatian:
сеница
— songbird
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Serbo-Croatian:
сјеница
— songbird
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Serbo-Croatian:
senica
— songbird
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Serbo-Croatian:
sjenica
— songbird
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Sicilian:
cacasipala
— songbird
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Slovak:
sýkorka
— songbird
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Slovene:
sinica
— songbird
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Lower Sorbian:
sykora
— songbird
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Lower Sorbian:
sykorka
— songbird
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Upper Sorbian:
sykorka
— songbird
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Upper Sorbian:
sykora
— songbird
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Spanish:
paro carbonero
— songbird
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Spanish:
carbonero
— songbird
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Swedish:
mes
— songbird
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Swedish:
tita
— songbird
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Lower Tanana:
ts'edzegak
— songbird
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Udmurt:
пислэг
(pisleg)
— songbird
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Ukrainian:
сини́ця
(synýcja)
— songbird
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Vietnamese:
bạc má
— songbird
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Volapük:
parud
— songbird
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Walloon:
mazindje
— songbird
