Phrase guide

great northern diver

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A large member of the diver family, Gavia immer, commonly breeding in North America, where it is known as the as common loon.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Ireland, UK

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History

Etymology

From the fact that the species is a diver, the largest or greatest of those regularly found off the British Isles, which has a very northerly range (no further south than the British Isles).

Across languages

Translations

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Ahtna: dadzeni — large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
  • Albanian: nori i madh — large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
  • Bulgarian: черноклюн гмуркач (černokljun gmurkač) — large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
  • Catalan: calàbria grossa — large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
  • Catalan: agullat gros — large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
  • Chinese Mandarin: 普通潛鳥 /普通潜鸟 (pǔtōng qiánniǎo) — large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
  • Danish: islom — large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
  • Dutch: ijsduiker — large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
  • Faroese: havgás — large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
  • Faroese: imbrimil — large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
  • Finnish: amerikanjääkuikka — large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
  • French: plongeon huard — large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
  • French: huard — large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
  • French: plongeon imbrin — large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
  • French: huart à collier — large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
  • French: richepaume — large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
  • French: imbrim — large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
  • West-Frisian: iisdûker — large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
  • German: Eistaucher — large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
  • Greenlandic: tuullik — large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
  • Hungarian: jeges búvár — large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
  • Icelandic: himbrimi — large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
  • Irish: lóma mór — large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
  • Italian: strolaga maggiore — large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
  • Japanese: ハシグロアビ (hashiguroabi) — large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
  • Korean: 검은부리아비 (geomeunburiabi) — large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
  • Lithuanian: ledinis naras — large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
  • Norwegian: islom — large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
  • Polish: nur lodowiec — large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
  • Portuguese: mobelha-grande — large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
  • Romanian: cufundar mare — large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
  • Russian: черноклю́вая гага́ра (černokljúvaja gagára) — large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
  • Scottish Gaelic: buna-bhuachaille — large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
  • Slovak: potáplica veľká — large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
  • Spanish: colimbo grande — large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
  • Swedish: svartnäbbad islom — large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
  • Turkish: buz dalgıcı — large member of the diver family, Gavia immer
  • Welsh: trochydd mawr — large member of the diver family, Gavia immer