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common swift

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

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noun

Meaning 1

Apus apus, a swallow-like bird native to Europe and much of temperate Asia, rarely alighting on the ground.

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31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: dejkë — Apus apus
  • Asturian: andarón — Apus apus
  • Asturian: cirriu — Apus apus
  • Bashkir: ҡара ҡарлуғасы (qara qarluğası) — Apus apus
  • Belarusian: чорны свіргуль (čórny svirhulʹ) — Apus apus
  • Bulgarian: бързолет (bǎrzolet) — Apus apus
  • Catalan: falciot negre — Apus apus
  • Czech: rorýs obecný — Apus apus
  • Dutch: gierzwaluw — Apus apus
  • Esperanto: apuso — Apus apus
  • Estonian: piiritaja — Apus apus
  • Finnish: tervapääsky — Apus apus
  • French: martinet noir — Apus apus
  • German: Mauersegler — Apus apus
  • Georgian: ნამგალა (namgala) — Apus apus
  • Greek: μαυροσταχτάρα (mavrostachtára) — Apus apus
  • Hungarian: sarlósfecske — Apus apus
  • Icelandic: múrsvölungur — Apus apus
  • Ingrian: tervapääskö — Apus apus
  • Japanese: ヨーロッパ雨燕 (yōroppa-amatsubame) — Apus apus
  • Kumyk: къайчыкъанат (qayçıqanat) — Apus apus
  • Mongolian: ᠬᠣᠷ᠎ᠠ ᠣᠷᠠᠴᠠᠢ (qor-a oračai) — Apus apus
  • Polish: jerzyk — Apus apus
  • Romanian: drepnea neagră — Apus apus
  • Russian: чёрный стриж (čórnyj striž) — Apus apus
  • Slovak: dážďovník obyčajný — Apus apus
  • Spanish: vencejo común — Apus apus
  • Swedish: tornseglare — Apus apus
  • Turkish: ebabil — Apus apus
  • Turkish: dağ kırlangıcı — Apus apus
  • Uyghur: ھەيران (heyran) — Apus apus