Phrase guide

Eurasian bittern

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

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

No pronunciation record was provided for this word.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A bittern found in Europe, Asia, and Africa (Botaurus stellaris).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: common bittern, great bittern

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: gakth — Botaurus stellaris
  • Catalan: bitó comú — Botaurus stellaris
  • Finnish: kaulushaikara — Botaurus stellaris
  • French: butor étoilé — Botaurus stellaris
  • Galician: abetouro — Botaurus stellaris
  • Icelandic: sefþvari — Botaurus stellaris
  • Japanese: 山家五位 (sanka no goi) — Botaurus stellaris
  • Korean: 알락해오라기 (allakhae'oragi) — Botaurus stellaris
  • Maltese: kappun — Botaurus stellaris
  • Polish: bąk zwyczajny — Botaurus stellaris
  • Romanian: bou-de-baltă — Botaurus stellaris
  • Romanian: buhai de baltă — Botaurus stellaris
  • Russian: больша́я выпь (bolʹšája vypʹ) — Botaurus stellaris
  • Swedish: rördrom — Botaurus stellaris
  • Welsh: adar y bwn m pl bwm y gors — Botaurus stellaris