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European robin

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A small passerine Old World bird; Erithacus rubecula.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

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34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: gushëkuq — Erithacus rubecula
  • Asturian: raitán — Erithacus rubecula
  • Basque: txantxangorri — Erithacus rubecula
  • Bulgarian: червеношийка (červenošijka) — Erithacus rubecula
  • Catalan: pit-roig — Erithacus rubecula
  • Danish: rødhals — Erithacus rubecula
  • Danish: rødkælk — Erithacus rubecula
  • Dutch: roodborstje — Erithacus rubecula
  • Finnish: punarinta — Erithacus rubecula
  • French: rouge-gorge familier — Erithacus rubecula
  • French: rouge-gorge européen — Erithacus rubecula
  • West-Frisian: readboarstke — Erithacus rubecula
  • Galician: paporrubio — Erithacus rubecula
  • Galician: paporroibo — Erithacus rubecula
  • Galician: pisco — Erithacus rubecula
  • German: Rotkehlchen — Erithacus rubecula
  • Greek: κοκκινολαίμης (kokkinolaímis) — Erithacus rubecula
  • Hungarian: vörösbegy — Erithacus rubecula
  • Irish: spideog — Erithacus rubecula
  • Korean: 꼬까울새 (kkokkaulsae) — Erithacus rubecula
  • Latin: rubēcūla — Erithacus rubecula
  • Polish: rudzik — Erithacus rubecula
  • Polish: raszka — Erithacus rubecula
  • Polish: rudzik zwyczajny — Erithacus rubecula
  • Romanian: măcăleandru — Erithacus rubecula
  • Russian: заря́нка (zarjánka) — Erithacus rubecula
  • Scottish Gaelic: brù-dhearg — Erithacus rubecula
  • Spanish: petirrojo europeo — Erithacus rubecula
  • Turkish: kızılgerdan — Erithacus rubecula
  • Welsh: robin — Erithacus rubecula
  • Welsh: cochgam — Erithacus rubecula
  • Welsh: brongoch — Erithacus rubecula
  • Welsh: bronrhuddyn — Erithacus rubecula
  • Welsh: rhuddog — Erithacus rubecula