Phrase guide

coal tit

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌkəʊl ˈtɪt/
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˌkoʊl ˈtɪt/
  • rhymes with -ɪt

1

noun

Meaning 1

One of the smallest birds of the tit family Paridae (Periparus ater), with a black cap, white nape patch and greyish body with buff underparts.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Periparus ater melanolophus, the similar black-crested tit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

71 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: قرقف فحمي — coal tit
  • Armenian: սեւ երաշտահավ (sew eraštahav) — coal tit
  • Asturian: branín real — coal tit
  • Asturian: abeyerín — coal tit
  • Asturian: capellán — coal tit
  • Azerbaijani: qaraca arıquş — coal tit
  • Bashkir: бесбесәй (besbesəy) — coal tit
  • Basque: pinu-kaskabeltz — coal tit
  • Belarusian: сініца чорная (sinica čórnaja) — coal tit
  • Bulgarian: черен синигер (čeren siniger) — coal tit
  • Bulgarian: боров синигер (borov siniger) — coal tit
  • Carpathian Rusyn: московка (moskovka) — coal tit
  • Catalan: mallerenga petita — coal tit
  • Chinese Mandarin: 煤山雀 (méishānquè) — coal tit
  • East Circassian: цӏыжьдадэцӏыкӏу (cʼəźdadɛcʼəkwʼu) — coal tit
  • Czech: sýkora uhelníček — coal tit
  • Danish: sortmejse — coal tit
  • Dutch: zwarte mees — coal tit
  • Esperanto: nigra paruo — coal tit
  • Estonian: musttihane — coal tit
  • Faroese: huldutíta — coal tit
  • Finnish: kuusitiainen — coal tit
  • French: mésange noire — coal tit
  • West-Frisian: wâldmies — coal tit
  • Galician: ferreiriño negro — coal tit
  • German: Tannenmeise — coal tit
  • Hebrew: ירגזי שחור — coal tit
  • Hungarian: fenyvescinege — coal tit
  • Irish: meantán dubh — coal tit
  • Italian: cincia mora — coal tit
  • Japanese: 日雀 (higara) — coal tit
  • Kashubian: czôrnô sykórka — coal tit
  • Kazakh: шөжешымшық (şöjeşymşyq) — coal tit
  • Latvian: meža zīlīte — coal tit
  • Lingala: mpalúlu ya nzeté — coal tit
  • Lithuanian: juodoji zylė — coal tit
  • Livvi: kuuzitiaine — coal tit
  • Luxembourgish: Dännemees — coal tit
  • Macedonian: елова сипка (elova sipka) — coal tit
  • Norwegian: svartmeis — coal tit
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: svartmeis — coal tit
  • Old English: cōlmāse — coal tit
  • Persian: چرخریسک زغالی — coal tit
  • Polish: sosnówka — coal tit
  • Portuguese: chapim-preto — coal tit
  • Portuguese: chapim-carvoeiro — coal tit
  • Romanian: pițigoi de brădet — coal tit
  • Romansh: maset da guaud — coal tit
  • Romansh: maset d'uaul — coal tit
  • Romansh: maset da pegn — coal tit
  • Romansh: pignouler — coal tit
  • Romansh: sbrensligna digl gôt — coal tit
  • Romansh: tschingallegra da god — coal tit
  • Romansh: parüschla da god — coal tit
  • Russian: моско́вка (moskóvka) — coal tit
  • Scots: black ox-ee — coal tit
  • Scottish Gaelic: cailleachag a' chinn duibh — coal tit
  • Scottish Gaelic: smutag — coal tit
  • Serbo-Croatian: јелова сеница — coal tit
  • Slovak: sýkorka uhliarka — coal tit
  • Slovene: menišček — coal tit
  • Spanish: carbonero garrapinos — coal tit
  • Swedish: svartmes — coal tit
  • Turkish: çam baştankarası — coal tit
  • Ukrainian: синиця чорна (synycja čorna) — coal tit
  • Vietnamese: sẻ ngô than — coal tit
  • Volapük: blägaparud — coal tit
  • Walloon: pitite mazindje — coal tit
  • Welsh: titw penddu — coal tit
  • West Flemish: wworte mêze — coal tit
  • Yakut: үрүҥ иэдэстээх чычып-чаап (ürüŋ iedesteeq čïčïp-čaap) — coal tit