noun
Meaning 1
The nest of a bird of prey.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
eyrie
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
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɪə.ɹi/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈaɪ.ɹi/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɛː.ɹi/
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Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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General-American: /ˈɪ.ɹi/
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General-American: /ˈaɪ.ɹi/
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General-American: /ˈɛ.ɹi/
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homophone: airy
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homophone: eerie
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homophone: Erie
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rhymes with -ɪəɹi
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rhymes with -ɛəɹi
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rhymes with -aɪəɹi
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CMU ARPABET: EH1 R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Any high and remote but commanding place.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
any habitation at a high altitude
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: aerie, aery, eyry
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: habitation
noun
Meaning 4
the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: aerie, aery, eyry
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bird's nest, bird nest, birdnest
History
Etymology
From Middle English eire, aire, from Old French aire or Medieval Latin aeria. Old French aire, in the sense of an eagle's nest, may have derived from Latin ager, or may less likely be related to the other senses, ultimately from Latin ārea.
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: գիշատիչ թռչնի բույն (gišatičʻ tʻṙčʻni buyn) — bird of prey's nest
- Armenian: արծվաբույն (arcvabuyn) — bird of prey's nest
- Bulgarian: орло́во гнездо́ (orlóvo gnezdó) — bird of prey's nest
- Chinese Mandarin: 鷹巢 /鹰巢 (yīng cháo) — bird of prey's nest
- Czech: orlí hnízdo — bird of prey's nest
- Czech: hnízdo dravce — bird of prey's nest
- Danish: rovfuglerede — bird of prey's nest
- Danish: ørnerede — bird of prey's nest
- Dutch: horst — bird of prey's nest
- Dutch: roofvogelnest — bird of prey's nest
- Finnish: petolinnun pesä — bird of prey's nest
- Finnish: kotkanpesä — bird of prey's nest
- French: nid d'aigle — bird of prey's nest
- French: aire — bird of prey's nest
- German: Horst — bird of prey's nest
- Irish: nead iolair — bird of prey's nest
- Irish: soipín iolair — bird of prey's nest
- Macedonian: орловско гнездо (orlovsko gnezdo) — bird of prey's nest
- Polish: orle gniazdo — bird of prey's nest
- Russian: орли́ное гнездо́ (orlínoje gnezdó) — bird of prey's nest
- Russian: гнездо́ хи́щной пти́цы (gnezdó xíščnoj ptícy) — bird of prey's nest
- Serbo-Croatian: orlovo gnijezdo — bird of prey's nest
- Serbo-Croatian: orlovo gnezdo — bird of prey's nest
- Swedish: rovfågelsnäste — bird of prey's nest
- Ukrainian: гніздо хижого птаха (hnizdo xyžoho ptaxa) — bird of prey's nest
- Danish: ørnerede — any high and remote but commanding place
- Finnish: kotkanpesä — any high and remote but commanding place
- German: Adlerhorst — any high and remote but commanding place
- German: Adlernest — any high and remote but commanding place
- Irish: crannóg — any high and remote but commanding place
- Japanese: 高所にある家 (kōsho ni aru ie) — any high and remote but commanding place
- Swedish: örnnäste — any high and remote but commanding place