Phrase guide

green woodpecker

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • US: /ɡɹinˈwʊdpɛkə(ɹ)/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of species Picus viridis of European woodpeckers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: green-peak, popinjay, yaffle, yarrow

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

woodpecker of Europe and western Asia

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Picus viridis

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: woodpecker, peckerwood, pecker

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

75 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: qukapiku i gjelbër — Picus viridis
  • Asturian: picatueru — Picus viridis
  • Asturian: picaniellu — Picus viridis
  • Asturian: piquetu — Picus viridis
  • Asturian: pirllón — Picus viridis
  • Basque: okil berde — Picus viridis
  • Belarusian: зялёны дзя́цел (zjaljóny dzjácjel) — Picus viridis
  • Belarusian: жаўна́ (žawná) — Picus viridis
  • Breton: kazeg-koad — Picus viridis
  • Bulgarian: зелен кълвач (zelen kǎlvač) — Picus viridis
  • Catalan: picot verd — Picus viridis
  • Catalan: fuster — Picus viridis
  • Chechen: баьццара хенакӏур (bäccara xenakʼur) — Picus viridis
  • Chinese Mandarin: 綠啄木鳥 /绿啄木鸟 (lǜ zhuómùniǎo) — Picus viridis
  • Czech: žluna zelená — Picus viridis
  • Danish: grønspætte — Picus viridis
  • Dutch: groene specht — Picus viridis
  • Esperanto: verda pego — Picus viridis
  • Estonian: roherähn meltsas — Picus viridis
  • Faroese: spónspæta — Picus viridis
  • Finnish: vihertikka — Picus viridis
  • French: pic vert — Picus viridis
  • French: pivert — Picus viridis
  • West-Frisian: griene spjocht — Picus viridis
  • Friulian: pic vert — Picus viridis
  • Galician: peto — Picus viridis
  • Galician: peto verde — Picus viridis
  • German: Grünspecht — Picus viridis
  • Greek: πρασινοτσικλιτάρα (prasinotsiklitára) — Picus viridis
  • Greek: πρασινοτσικλιτήρα (prasinotsiklitíra) — Picus viridis
  • Ancient Greek: κελεός (keleós) — Picus viridis
  • Hungarian: zöld küllő — Picus viridis
  • Icelandic: grænspæta — Picus viridis
  • Irish: cnagaire glas — Picus viridis
  • Italian: picchio verde — Picus viridis
  • Japanese: ヨーロッパアオゲラ (yōroppa aogera) — Picus viridis
  • Ladin: becalen vert — Picus viridis
  • Latvian: zaļā dzilna — Picus viridis
  • Lithuanian: žalioji meleta — Picus viridis
  • Macedonian: зелен клукајдрвец (zelen klukajdrvec) — Picus viridis
  • Eastern Mari: чӱҥшӧ (čüŋšö) — Picus viridis
  • Western Mari: чӹнгшӹ (čÿngšÿ) — Picus viridis
  • Norwegian: grønnspett — Picus viridis
  • Occitan: pic verd — Picus viridis
  • Polish: dzięcioł zielony — Picus viridis
  • Portuguese: peto verde — Picus viridis
  • Romani: charali-chuprtanka — Picus viridis
  • Romani: vunato-choportano — Picus viridis
  • Romanian: ghionoaie verde — Picus viridis
  • Romansh: pitgalain verd — Picus viridis
  • Russian: зелёный дя́тел (zeljónyj djátel) — Picus viridis
  • Russian: желна́ (želná) — Picus viridis
  • Akkala Sami: ruonáčáihni — Picus viridis
  • Scottish Gaelic: cnag ghlas — Picus viridis
  • Serbo-Croatian: зелена жуња — Picus viridis
  • Serbo-Croatian: зелена жуна — Picus viridis
  • Serbo-Croatian: zelena žunja — Picus viridis
  • Serbo-Croatian: zelena žuna — Picus viridis
  • Slovak: žlna zelená — Picus viridis
  • Slovene: zelena žolna — Picus viridis
  • Lower Sorbian: žołma — Picus viridis
  • Lower Sorbian: zeleny źiśelc — Picus viridis
  • Lower Sorbian: zelena žołma — Picus viridis
  • Upper Sorbian: žołma — Picus viridis
  • Upper Sorbian: zeleny dypornak — Picus viridis
  • Spanish: pito real — Picus viridis
  • Swedish: gröngöling — Picus viridis
  • Turkish: yeşil ağaçkakan — Picus viridis
  • Udmurt: вожкыр (vožkyr) — Picus viridis
  • Ukrainian: зеле́ний дя́тел (zelényj djátel) — Picus viridis
  • Ukrainian: жовна́ (žovná) — Picus viridis
  • Volapük: grünapikit — Picus viridis
  • Volapük: pikit grünik — Picus viridis
  • Welsh: cnocell werdd — Picus viridis
  • Welsh: caseg wanwyn — Picus viridis