chirp

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• Received-Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɜːp/
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• US: /t͡ʃɚp/
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• Australian: /t͡ʃɘːp/
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• rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)p
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• CMU ARPABET: CH ER1 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English *chirpen (attested only in the derivative Middle English chirpinge, cyrpynge, chyrypynge (“chirping”). Compare Middle English chirken and chirmen. More at chirk, chirm. Compare also Middle English chirten (“to smack, chirrup”). Compare German zirpen and Dutch tjirpen.

139 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: تَغْرِيدَة (taḡrīda) — birds
• Arabic: تَغْرِيد (taḡrīd) — birds
• Arabic: تغريدة (taġrīda) — birds
• Arabic: تغريد (taġrīd) — birds
• Bulgarian: чуруликане (čurulikane) — birds
• Chinese Mandarin: 啁啾 (zhāojiū) — birds
• Danish: pip — birds
• Esperanto: pepo — birds
• Finnish: sirkutus — birds
• Finnish: viserrys — birds
• French: pépiement — birds
• French: piaillement — birds
• German: Pfeifen — birds
• Greek: τιτίβισμα (titívisma) — birds
• Hebrew: צִיּוּץ (tsiyúts) — birds
• Hungarian: csicsergés — birds
• Hungarian: csiripelés — birds
• Hungarian: ciripelés — birds
• Irish: gíog — birds
• Italian: cinguettio — birds
• Italian: trillo — birds
• Japanese: 囀り (saezuri) — birds
• Central Kurdish: چرکا (çirka) — birds
• Latin: pīpiō — birds
• Māori: waiari — birds
• Middle English: chirm — birds
• Dari: چَرِق (čariq) — birds
• Polish: świergot — birds
• Portuguese: pio — birds
• Portuguese: gorjeio — birds
• Portuguese: trinado — birds
• Portuguese: chilro — birds
• Romanian: ciripit — birds
• Russian: чик-чири́к (čik-čirík) — birds
• Russian: ще́бет (ščébet) — birds
• Russian: чири́канье (čiríkanʹje) — birds
• Russian: щебета́ние (ščebetánije) — birds
• Spanish: trino — birds
• Swedish: kvitter — birds
• Tagalog: siyap — birds
• Tamil: கீச்சு (kīccu) — birds
• Turkish: cıvıldamak — birds
• Zazaki: wiçen — birds
• Bulgarian: цвъртене (cvǎrtene) — insects
• Esperanto: ĉirpo — insects
• Finnish: siritys — insects
• French: stridulation — insects
• French: craquètement — insects
• German: Zirpen — insects
• Greek: τερέτισμα (terétisma) — insects
• Hebrew: צִיּוּץ (tsiyúts) — insects
• Hungarian: ciripelés — insects
• Italian: stridio — insects
• Central Kurdish: چرکا (çirka) — insects
• Māori: kitā — insects
• Portuguese: cricrilar — insects
• Romanian: țârâit — insects
• Russian: жужжа́ние (žužžánije) — insects
• Russian: гуде́ние (gudénije) — insects
• Russian: стрёкот (strjókot) — insects
• Spanish: chirrido — insects
• Zazaki: wizen — insects
• Arabic: غَرَّدَ (ḡarrada) — birds
• Bulgarian: чуруликам (čurulikam) — birds
• Chinese Mandarin: 鳴 /鸣 (míng) — birds
• Chinese Mandarin: 譟 /噪 (zào) — birds
• Chinese Mandarin: 唧唧叫 (jījī jiào) — birds
• Czech: štěbetat impf švitořit — birds
• Czech: šveholit — birds
• Czech: cvrlikat — birds
• Danish: kvidre — birds
• Danish: pippe — birds
• Dutch: tjilpen — birds
• Dutch: tjirpen — birds
• Esperanto: pepi — birds
• Finnish: sirkuttaa — birds
• Finnish: visertää — birds
• French: gazouiller — birds
• French: piailler — birds
• French: pépier — birds
• Georgian: ჟღურტულებს (žɣurṭulebs) — birds
• German: zwitschern — birds
• German: tschilpen — birds
• German: tirilieren — birds
• Greek: τιτιβίζω (titivízo) — birds
• Greek: κελαηδώ (kelaïdó) — birds
• Hebrew: צִפְצֵף (tziftzéf) — birds
• Hungarian: csicsereg — birds
• Hungarian: csiripel — birds
• Indonesian: ciak — birds
• Irish: gíog — birds
• Italian: cinguettare — birds
• Japanese: 鳴く (naku) — birds
• Japanese: 囀る (saezuru) — birds
• Latin: pīpilō — birds
• Māori: ketekete — birds
• Māori: pekī — birds
• Māori: pīpī — birds
• Middle English: chirmen — birds
• Persian: چاویدن (čâvidan) — birds
• Polish: świergotać — birds
• Portuguese: piar — birds
• Portuguese: gorjear — birds
• Portuguese: trinar — birds
• Portuguese: chilrear — birds
• Romanian: ciripi — birds
• Russian: чири́кать (čiríkatʹ) — birds
• Russian: щебета́ть (ščebetátʹ) — birds
• Spanish: trinar — birds
• Spanish: piar — birds
• Spanish: chiar — birds
• Spanish: piular — birds
• Spanish: pipiar — birds
• Spanish: piolar — birds
• Swedish: kvittra — birds
• Tagalog: sumiyap — birds
• Bulgarian: цвъртя (cvǎrtja) — insects
• Dutch: tjirpen — insects
• Esperanto: ĉirpi — insects
• Finnish: sirittää — insects
• French: striduler — insects
• French: craqueter — insects
• German: zirpen — insects
• German: fiepen — insects
• Greek: τερετίζω (teretízo) — insects
• Hungarian: ciripel — insects
• Italian: frinire — insects
• Māori: whakakitā — insects
• Portuguese: cricrilar — insects
• Romanian: țârâi — insects
• Russian: жужжа́ть (žužžátʹ) — insects
• Spanish: chirriar — insects
• Spanish: grillar (disused) — insects
• Tagalog: sumiyap — insects
• Esperanto: pepi — to speak in high pitch
• Finnish: kimittää — to speak in high pitch
• German: schnattern — to speak in high pitch
• Hungarian: csicsereg — to speak in high pitch
• Hungarian: csacsog — to speak in high pitch