Phrase guide

golden eagle

noun · 2 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.

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Pronunciation

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  • gōld'ən ē'gəl
  • /ˈɡəʊl.dən ˈiː.ɡəl/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A large bird of prey, Aquila chrysaetos, that hunts while soaring.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

large eagle of mountainous regions of the northern hemisphere having a golden-brown head and neck

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Aquila chrysaetos

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: eagle, bird of Jove

Narrower terms: ringtail

History

Etymology

From golden + eagle. Likely a calque of Ancient Greek χρῡσᾱ́ετος m (khrūsā́etos, “golden eagle”, a compound of Ancient Greek χρῡσός (khrūsós, “gold”) + Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ετός (āetós, “eagle”)).

Across languages

Translations

101 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: ахалза́ (axalzá) — large bird of prey
  • Ahtna: cʼeyaaneʼ — large bird of prey
  • Albanian: shqipe mali f shqiponjë e maleve — large bird of prey
  • Albanian: larash — large bird of prey
  • Southern Altai: мӱркӱт (mürküt) — large bird of prey
  • Arabic: عُقَاب ذَهَبِيّ (ʕuqāb ḏahabiyy) — large bird of prey
  • Avar: хъвекцӏум (qxwekcʼum) — large bird of prey
  • Azerbaijani: berqut — large bird of prey
  • Bashkir: бөркөт (börköt) — large bird of prey
  • Basque: arrano beltz — large bird of prey
  • Belarusian: бе́ркут (bjérkut) — large bird of prey
  • Breton: erer meur — large bird of prey
  • Bulgarian: ска́лен о́рел (skálen órel) — large bird of prey
  • Catalan: àguila daurada — large bird of prey
  • Catalan: àguila reial — large bird of prey
  • Chechen: цӏокъ-аьрзу (cʼoqʼ-ärzu) — large bird of prey
  • Chechen: дарта (darta) — large bird of prey
  • Chinese Mandarin: 金雕 (jīndiāo) — large bird of prey
  • Chinese Mandarin: 狗鷲 /狗鹫 (gǒujiù) — large bird of prey
  • East Circassian: бгъэ (bğɛ) — large bird of prey
  • Columbia-Wenatchi: məlqnúpš — large bird of prey
  • Czech: orel skalní — large bird of prey
  • Danish: kongeørn — large bird of prey
  • Dutch: steenarend — large bird of prey
  • Esperanto: reĝa aglo — large bird of prey
  • Estonian: kaljukotkas — large bird of prey
  • Faroese: kongaørn — large bird of prey
  • Finnish: maakotka — large bird of prey
  • French: aigle royal — large bird of prey
  • West-Frisian: keningsearn — large bird of prey
  • Galician: aguia real — large bird of prey
  • German: Steinadler — large bird of prey
  • Greek: χρυσαετός (chrysaetós) — large bird of prey
  • Ancient Greek: χρυσάετος (khrusáetos) — large bird of prey
  • Ancient Greek: χρυσαίετος (khrusaíetos) — large bird of prey
  • Hawaiian: 'aeko kula — large bird of prey
  • Hebrew: עיט זהוב — large bird of prey
  • Hungarian: szirti sas — large bird of prey
  • Icelandic: gullörn — large bird of prey
  • Irish: iolar fíréan — large bird of prey
  • Italian: aquila reale — large bird of prey
  • Japanese: イヌワシ (inuwashi) — large bird of prey
  • Japanese: 犬鷲 (inuwashi) — large bird of prey
  • Kalmyk: бүргд (bürgd) — large bird of prey
  • Kazakh: бүркіт (bürkıt) — large bird of prey
  • Klamath-Modoc: blaywaas — large bird of prey
  • Korean: 검독수리 (geomdoksuri) — large bird of prey
  • Kyrgyz: бүркүт (bürküt) — large bird of prey
  • Latvian: klinšu ērglis — large bird of prey
  • Lithuanian: kilnusis erelis — large bird of prey
  • Lower Tanana: yodi — large bird of prey
  • Macedonian: сури орел (suri orel) — large bird of prey
  • Macedonian: златен орел (zlaten orel) — large bird of prey
  • Malay: helang emas — large bird of prey
  • Maltese: ajkla rjali — large bird of prey
  • Manx: urley buigh — large bird of prey
  • Eastern Mari: куткыж (kutkyž) — large bird of prey
  • Mongolian: цармын бүргэд (carmyn bürged) — large bird of prey
  • Navajo: atsátsoh — large bird of prey
  • Negidal: гусиха̣̄н (gusixạ̄n) — large bird of prey
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kongeørn — large bird of prey
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kongeørn — large bird of prey
  • Ojibwe: giniw — large bird of prey
  • Okanagan: məlqənúps — large bird of prey
  • Persian: عقاب طلایی ('oqâb-e talâyi) — large bird of prey
  • Polish: orzeł przedni — large bird of prey
  • Portuguese: águia-real — large bird of prey
  • Portuguese: águia-dourada — large bird of prey
  • Romagnol: êquila reêla — large bird of prey
  • Romanian: iepurar — large bird of prey
  • Romanian: acvilă de munte — large bird of prey
  • Romansh: evla dela pizza — large bird of prey
  • Romansh: evla da la pizza — large bird of prey
  • Russian: бе́ркут (bérkut) — large bird of prey
  • Inari-Sami: kuáskim — large bird of prey
  • Lule-Sami: goasskem — large bird of prey
  • Northern Sami: goaskin — large bird of prey
  • Skolt-Sami: kuä ́cǩǩem — large bird of prey
  • Southern Sami: aarhtse — large bird of prey
  • Southern Sami: sååjte — large bird of prey
  • Scottish Gaelic: iolair-bhuidhe — large bird of prey
  • Serbo-Croatian: златаш — large bird of prey
  • Serbo-Croatian: црни орао — large bird of prey
  • Serbo-Croatian: zlataš — large bird of prey
  • Serbo-Croatian: crni orao — large bird of prey
  • Slovak: orol skalný — large bird of prey
  • Slovene: orel skalni — large bird of prey
  • Upper Sorbian: planinski orel — large bird of prey
  • Spanish: águila real — large bird of prey
  • Spanish: águila caudal — large bird of prey
  • Spanish: águila caudalosa — large bird of prey
  • Swahili: tai-mfalme — large bird of prey
  • Swahili: tai wa dhahabu — large bird of prey
  • Swedish: kungsörn — large bird of prey
  • Swedish: gullörn — large bird of prey
  • Tatar: бөркет (börket) — large bird of prey
  • Turkish: kaya kartalı — large bird of prey
  • Turkish: altın kartal — large bird of prey
  • Turkmen: bürgüt — large bird of prey
  • Ukrainian: берку́т (berkút) — large bird of prey
  • Welsh: eryr euraid — large bird of prey