name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
grebe
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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/ɡɹiːb/
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noun
Meaning 2
Any of several waterbirds in the family Podicipedidae of the order Podicipediformes. They have strong, sharp bills, and lobate toes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
small compact-bodied almost completely aquatic bird that builds floating nests; similar to loons but smaller and with lobate rather than webbed feet
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
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Broader terms: podicipitiform seabird
Narrower terms: great crested grebe, Podiceps cristatus, red-necked grebe, Podiceps grisegena, black-necked grebe, eared grebe, Podiceps nigricollis, dabchick, little grebe, Podiceps ruficollis, pied-billed grebe, Podilymbus podiceps
History
Etymology
From French grèbe.
Across languages
Translations
46 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Asturian: somorguyu — any of several waterbirds in the family Podicipedidae
- Bulgarian: гмурец (gmurec) — any of several waterbirds in the family Podicipedidae
- Catalan: cabussó — any of several waterbirds in the family Podicipedidae
- Chinese Mandarin: 鸊鷉 /䴙䴘 (pìtī) — any of several waterbirds in the family Podicipedidae
- Czech: potápka — any of several waterbirds in the family Podicipedidae
- Danish: lappedykker — any of several waterbirds in the family Podicipedidae
- Dutch: fuut — any of several waterbirds in the family Podicipedidae
- Esperanto: grebo — any of several waterbirds in the family Podicipedidae
- Faroese: gjør — any of several waterbirds in the family Podicipedidae
- Finnish: uikku — any of several waterbirds in the family Podicipedidae
- French: grèbe — any of several waterbirds in the family Podicipedidae
- Galician: mergullón — any of several waterbirds in the family Podicipedidae
- Galician: somorgullo — any of several waterbirds in the family Podicipedidae
- German: Lappentaucher — any of several waterbirds in the family Podicipedidae
- Greek: βουτηχτάρα (voutichtára) — any of several waterbirds in the family Podicipedidae
- Ancient Greek: κολυμβίς (kolumbís) — any of several waterbirds in the family Podicipedidae
- Hungarian: vöcsök — any of several waterbirds in the family Podicipedidae
- Irish: foitheach — any of several waterbirds in the family Podicipedidae
- Italian: tuffetto — any of several waterbirds in the family Podicipedidae
- Italian: svasso — any of several waterbirds in the family Podicipedidae
- Japanese: 鸊鷉 — any of several waterbirds in the family Podicipedidae
- Japanese: 鳰 — any of several waterbirds in the family Podicipedidae
- Japanese: 鳰鳥 (niodori) — any of several waterbirds in the family Podicipedidae
- Japanese: 浮巣鳥 (ukisudori) — any of several waterbirds in the family Podicipedidae
- Japanese: 息長鳥 (shinagadori) — any of several waterbirds in the family Podicipedidae
- Japanese: 潜り (muguri) — any of several waterbirds in the family Podicipedidae
- Korean: 논병아리 (nonbyeong'ari) — any of several waterbirds in the family Podicipedidae
- Manchu: ᠴᡠᠩᡤᡠᡵ ᠨᡳᠶᡝᡥᡝ (cunggur niyehe) — any of several waterbirds in the family Podicipedidae
- Manchu: ᠯᡠᡥᡠ (luhu) — any of several waterbirds in the family Podicipedidae
- Navajo: naalʼeełii keelóól — any of several waterbirds in the family Podicipedidae
- Persian: کشیم (kašim) — any of several waterbirds in the family Podicipedidae
- Polish: perkoz — any of several waterbirds in the family Podicipedidae
- Portuguese: mergulhão — any of several waterbirds in the family Podicipedidae
- Romanian: cufundar — any of several waterbirds in the family Podicipedidae
- Romanian: corcodel — any of several waterbirds in the family Podicipedidae
- Russian: пога́нка (pogánka) — any of several waterbirds in the family Podicipedidae
- Slovene: ponirek — any of several waterbirds in the family Podicipedidae
- Spanish: zambullidor — any of several waterbirds in the family Podicipedidae
- Spanish: somormujo — any of several waterbirds in the family Podicipedidae
- Spanish: acacalote — any of several waterbirds in the family Podicipedidae
- Swedish: dopping — any of several waterbirds in the family Podicipedidae
- Thai: นกเป็ดผี (nók-bpèt-pǐi) — any of several waterbirds in the family Podicipedidae
- Turkish: batağan — any of several waterbirds in the family Podicipedidae
- Turkish: bahri — any of several waterbirds in the family Podicipedidae
- Ukrainian: пірникоза (pirnykoza) — any of several waterbirds in the family Podicipedidae
- Welsh: gwyach — any of several waterbirds in the family Podicipedidae