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common kestrel

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A small falcon, Falco tinnunculus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: kestrel, windfucker, windhover

Antonyms: none provided

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Across languages

Translations

95 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: skifter kthetrazi — Falco tinnunculus
  • Arabic: بوعميرة (boʕemira) — Falco tinnunculus
  • Aragonese: ciquilín — Falco tinnunculus
  • Aragonese: xoriguer — Falco tinnunculus
  • Armenian: հողմավար (hoġmavar) — Falco tinnunculus
  • Asturian: peñerina — Falco tinnunculus
  • Asturian: aviquina — Falco tinnunculus
  • Asturian: peñereru — Falco tinnunculus
  • Basque: belatz gorri — Falco tinnunculus
  • Belarusian: звыча́йная пустальга́ (zvyčájnaja pustalʹhá) — Falco tinnunculus
  • Belarusian: пустальга́ звыча́йная (pustalʹhá zvyčájnaja) — Falco tinnunculus
  • Breton: falc’hun logotaer — Falco tinnunculus
  • Bulgarian: черноши́па ветру́шка (černošípa vetrúška) — Falco tinnunculus
  • Bulgarian: керкене́з (kerkenéz) — Falco tinnunculus
  • Catalan: xoriguer — Falco tinnunculus
  • Catalan: xoriguer gros — Falco tinnunculus
  • Catalan: xoriguer comú — Falco tinnunculus
  • Catalan: soriguer — Falco tinnunculus
  • Chinese: 紅鷹 /红鹰 (âng-eng) — Falco tinnunculus
  • Chinese: 茶隼 (tê-chún) — Falco tinnunculus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 紅隼 /红隼 (hóngzhǔn) — Falco tinnunculus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 紅隼 /红隼 (hóngsǔn) — Falco tinnunculus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 茶隼 (cházhǔn) — Falco tinnunculus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 紅鷹 /红鹰 (hóngyīng) — Falco tinnunculus
  • Czech: poštolka obecná — Falco tinnunculus
  • Danish: tårnfalk — Falco tinnunculus
  • Dutch: torenvalk — Falco tinnunculus
  • Esperanto: turfalko — Falco tinnunculus
  • Esperanto: kestrelo — Falco tinnunculus
  • Estonian: tuuletallaja — Falco tinnunculus
  • Faroese: grýtissmyril — Falco tinnunculus
  • Faroese: tornfalkur — Falco tinnunculus
  • Finnish: tuulihaukka — Falco tinnunculus
  • French: faucon crécerelle — Falco tinnunculus
  • French: crécerelle — Falco tinnunculus
  • West-Frisian: reade wikel — Falco tinnunculus
  • Galician: lagarteiro — Falco tinnunculus
  • Galician: peneireiro — Falco tinnunculus
  • German: Turmfalke — Falco tinnunculus
  • Greek: βραχοκιρκίνεζο (vrachokirkínezo) — Falco tinnunculus
  • Ancient Greek: κέρχνη (kérkhnē) — Falco tinnunculus
  • Hungarian: vörös vércse — Falco tinnunculus
  • Icelandic: turnfálki — Falco tinnunculus
  • Irish: bod gaoithe — Falco tinnunculus
  • Irish: bodaire gaoithe — Falco tinnunculus
  • Irish: pocaire gaoithe — Falco tinnunculus
  • Irish: pocaire gaoithe coiteann — Falco tinnunculus
  • Irish: seabhac buí — Falco tinnunculus
  • Irish: seabhac gaoithe — Falco tinnunculus
  • Italian: gheppio — Falco tinnunculus
  • Japanese: 長元坊 (chōgenbō) — Falco tinnunculus
  • Japanese: 長元坊 (chougenbou) — Falco tinnunculus
  • Kashmiri: بٕہٕر (bụhụr) — Falco tinnunculus
  • Kashmiri: بٕۂر (bụhạr) — Falco tinnunculus
  • Korean: 황조롱이 (hwangjorong'i) — Falco tinnunculus
  • Latin: tinnunculus — Falco tinnunculus
  • Latvian: lauku piekūns — Falco tinnunculus
  • Latvian: lauka piekūns — Falco tinnunculus
  • Latvian: peļu vanadziņš — Falco tinnunculus
  • Lithuanian: pelėsakalis — Falco tinnunculus
  • Macedonian: ветрушка (vetruška) — Falco tinnunculus
  • Mongolian: начин шонхор (način šonxor) — Falco tinnunculus
  • Neapolitan: castariello — Falco tinnunculus
  • Norwegian: tårnfalk — Falco tinnunculus
  • Persian: دلیجه (dalije) — Falco tinnunculus
  • Polish: pustułka — Falco tinnunculus
  • Polish: pustułka zwyczajna — Falco tinnunculus
  • Portuguese: peneireiro-vulgar — Falco tinnunculus
  • Romanian: vindereu — Falco tinnunculus
  • Romanian: vânturel — Falco tinnunculus
  • Romanian: vânturel roșu — Falco tinnunculus
  • Romansh: crivel — Falco tinnunculus
  • Romansh: creivel — Falco tinnunculus
  • Romansh: cribel — Falco tinnunculus
  • Romansh: falcun — Falco tinnunculus
  • Romansh: feila l'ora — Falco tinnunculus
  • Romansh: falcun brün — Falco tinnunculus
  • Romansh: filadè — Falco tinnunculus
  • Romansh: battalaura — Falco tinnunculus
  • Russian: пустельга́ (pustelʹgá) — Falco tinnunculus
  • Russian: пустельга́ обыкнове́нная (pustelʹgá obyknovénnaja) — Falco tinnunculus
  • Scottish Gaelic: clamhan ruadh — Falco tinnunculus
  • Slovak: sokol myšiar — Falco tinnunculus
  • Slovene: navádna postôvka — Falco tinnunculus
  • Spanish: cernícalo común — Falco tinnunculus
  • Spanish: cernícalo vulgar — Falco tinnunculus
  • Swedish: tornfalk — Falco tinnunculus
  • Telugu: నామవాచకం (nāmavācakaṁ) — Falco tinnunculus
  • Turkish: bayağı kerkenez — Falco tinnunculus
  • Ukrainian: бориві́тер (boryvíter) — Falco tinnunculus
  • Ukrainian: постільга́ (postilʹhá) — Falco tinnunculus
  • Vietnamese: chim cắt — Falco tinnunculus
  • Walloon: cressale — Falco tinnunculus
  • Welsh: cudyll coch — Falco tinnunculus
  • Welsh: cenlli goch — Falco tinnunculus