Phrase guide

great egret

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A large, white egret, Ardea alba, found around the world.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: common egret, great white heron, great white egret, large egret

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: grootwitreier — bird, Ardea alba
  • Armenian: սպիտակ մեծ տառեղ (spitak mec taṙeġ) — bird, Ardea alba
  • Azerbaijani: iri ağ vağ — bird, Ardea alba
  • Bashkir: ҙур аҡ селән (źur aq selən) — bird, Ardea alba
  • Bengali: বড় বগা (boṛ boga) — bird, Ardea alba
  • Bulgarian: голяма бяла чапла (goljama bjala čapla) — bird, Ardea alba
  • Bulgarian: кракал (krakal) — bird, Ardea alba
  • Catalan: agró blanc — bird, Ardea alba
  • Chuvash: шур чарлан (šur č̬arlan) — bird, Ardea alba
  • East Circassian: псыхэуэхужь (psəxɛwɛxwuź) — bird, Ardea alba
  • Czech: volavka bílá — bird, Ardea alba
  • Danish: sølvhejre — bird, Ardea alba
  • Dutch: zilverreiger — bird, Ardea alba
  • Esperanto: lertxuntxo handia — bird, Ardea alba
  • Estonian: hõbehaigur — bird, Ardea alba
  • Faroese: silvurhegri — bird, Ardea alba
  • Finnish: jalohaikara — bird, Ardea alba
  • Friulian: airon blanc — bird, Ardea alba
  • Galician: garzota grande — bird, Ardea alba
  • Georgian: დიდი ოყარი (didi oq̇ari) — bird, Ardea alba
  • German: Silberreiher — bird, Ardea alba
  • Greek: αργυροτσικνιάς (argyrotsikniás) — bird, Ardea alba
  • Hungarian: nagy kócsag — bird, Ardea alba
  • Icelandic: mjallhegri — bird, Ardea alba
  • Indonesian: kuntul besar — bird, Ardea alba
  • Irish: éigrit mhór — bird, Ardea alba
  • Italian: airone bianco maggiore — bird, Ardea alba
  • Japanese: ダイサギ — bird, Ardea alba
  • Kapampangan: tagak — bird, Ardea alba
  • Kazakh: үлкен аққұтан (ülken aqqūtan) — bird, Ardea alba
  • Korean: 대백로 (daebaengno) — bird, Ardea alba
  • Maltese: russett abjad — bird, Ardea alba
  • Māori: kōtuku — bird, Ardea alba
  • Mapudungun: trula — bird, Ardea alba
  • Navajo: toohjįʼ ndiigaiitsoh — bird, Ardea alba
  • Persian: اگرت بزرگ — bird, Ardea alba
  • Romanian: egretă mare — bird, Ardea alba
  • Russian: больша́я бе́лая ца́пля (bolʹšája bélaja cáplja) — bird, Ardea alba
  • Spanish: garza blanca — bird, Ardea alba
  • Spanish: garceta grande — bird, Ardea alba
  • Swedish: ägretthäger — bird, Ardea alba
  • Turkish: büyük ak balıkçıl — bird, Ardea alba
  • Welsh: crëyr mawr gwyn — bird, Ardea alba
  • Ye'kwana: ajisha — bird, Ardea alba
  • Ye'kwana: ajissa — bird, Ardea alba