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common house martin

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A migratory bird of the species Delichon urbicum, breeding in Europe, North Africa and temperate Asia.

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  • Armenian: քաղաքային ծիծեռնակ (kʻaġakʻayin ciceṙnak) — Delichon urbicum
  • Asturian: andarina culu cande — Delichon urbicum
  • Asturian: andarina apegona — Delichon urbicum
  • Azerbaijani: şəhər qaranquşu — Delichon urbicum
  • Basque: enara azpizuri — Delichon urbicum
  • Belarusian: гарадская ластаўка (haradskaja lastawka) — Delichon urbicum
  • Bengali: ডেলিকন আরবিকাম (ḍelikon arobikam) — Delichon urbicum
  • Bulgarian: градска лястовица (gradska ljastovica) — Delichon urbicum
  • Carpathian Rusyn: ластівка городьска (lastivka horodʹska) — Delichon urbicum
  • Carpathian Rusyn: білогірка (bilohirka) — Delichon urbicum
  • Catalan: oreneta cuablanca — Delichon urbicum
  • Catalan: culblanc — Delichon urbicum
  • Catalan: cabot — Delichon urbicum
  • Chinese Mandarin: 白腹毛脚燕 (bái fù máo jiǎo yàn) — Delichon urbicum
  • East Circassian: къалэпцӏащхъуэ (qalɛpcʼaśꭓwɛ) — Delichon urbicum
  • Czech: jiřička obecná — Delichon urbicum
  • Danish: bysvale — Delichon urbicum
  • Dutch: huuszwoaluwe — Delichon urbicum
  • Esperanto: murhirundo — Delichon urbicum
  • Estonian: räästapääsuke — Delichon urbicum
  • Finnish: räystäspääsky — Delichon urbicum
  • French: hirondelle de fenêtre — Delichon urbicum
  • North Frisian: sarkswaalk — Delichon urbicum
  • Galician: andoriña de cu branco — Delichon urbicum
  • Georgian: ქალაქის მერცხალი (kalakis mercxali) — Delichon urbicum
  • German: Mehlschwalbe — Delichon urbicum
  • Greek: λευκοχελίδονο (lefkochelídono) — Delichon urbicum
  • Hungarian: molnárfecske — Delichon urbicum
  • Icelandic: bæjasvala — Delichon urbicum
  • Irish: gabhlán binne — Delichon urbicum
  • Italian: balestruccio — Delichon urbicum
  • Japanese: ニシイワツバメ (nishiiwatsubame) — Delichon urbicum
  • Kazakh: қала қарлығашы (qala qarlyğaşy) — Delichon urbicum
  • Korean: 흰턱제비 (huinteokjebi) — Delichon urbicum
  • Northern Kurdish: hechecikê malan — Delichon urbicum
  • Kwangali: sisampamema — Delichon urbicum
  • Latvian: mājas čurkste — Delichon urbicum
  • Ligurian: cügiancu d'aia — Delichon urbicum
  • Lithuanian: langinė kregždė — Delichon urbicum
  • Macedonian: градска ластовичка (gradska lastovička) — Delichon urbicum
  • Malayalam: വെള്ളക്കറുപ്പൻ കത്രിക (veḷḷakkaṟuppaṉ katrika) — Delichon urbicum
  • Western Mari: льыртык (ĺyrtyk) — Delichon urbicum
  • Mongolian: ᠬᠦᠷᠢᠶ᠎ᠠ ᠵᠢᠨ ᠬᠠᠷᠢᠶᠠᠴᠠᠢ (küriy-a-ǰin qariyačai) — Delichon urbicum
  • Nepali: भीरगौंथली (bhīraga͠uthlī) — Delichon urbicum
  • Norwegian Bokmål: taksvale — Delichon urbicum
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: taksvale — Delichon urbicum
  • Occitan: ironda de fenèstra — Delichon urbicum
  • Polish: oknówka — Delichon urbicum
  • Polish: oknówka zwyczajna — Delichon urbicum
  • Polish: jaskółka oknówka — Delichon urbicum
  • Portuguese: andorinha-dos-beirais — Delichon urbicum
  • Romanian: lăstun de casă — Delichon urbicum
  • Russian: вороно́к (voronók) — Delichon urbicum
  • Russian: городска́я ла́сточка (gorodskája lástočka) — Delichon urbicum
  • Northern Sami: beskkoš — Delichon urbicum
  • Scots: mairtin — Delichon urbicum
  • Scots: mairtin swallae — Delichon urbicum
  • Scots: windae-swallae — Delichon urbicum
  • Slovak: belorítka obyčajná — Delichon urbicum
  • Slovak: belorítka domová — Delichon urbicum
  • Spanish: avión común — Delichon urbicum
  • Swahili: mbayuwayu-kaya — Delichon urbicum
  • Swedish: hussvala — Delichon urbicum
  • Turkish: ev kırlangıcı — Delichon urbicum
  • Ukrainian: ла́стівка міська́ (lástivka misʹká) — Delichon urbicum
  • Ukrainian: білогурка (bilohurka) — Delichon urbicum
  • Walloon: oronde des finiesses — Delichon urbicum
  • Walloon: oronde des vites — Delichon urbicum
  • Walloon: oronde des veyes — Delichon urbicum
  • Walloon: pitite oronde — Delichon urbicum
  • Walloon: terinea — Delichon urbicum
  • Welsh: gwennol y muriau — Delichon urbicum