Phrase guide

grey heron

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

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  • /ɡɹeɪ ˈhɛɹ.ən/
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noun

Meaning 1

Ardea cinerea, an Old World wading bird of the heron family.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

Translations

77 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: bloureier — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Albanian: çapka e përhime — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Asturian: garza — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Belarusian: шэрая чапля (šeraja čaplja) — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Breton: kerc'heiz louet — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Bulgarian: сива чапла (siva čapla) — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Catalan: bernat pescaire — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蒼鷺 /苍鹭 (cānglù) — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Czech: volavka popelavá — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Danish: fiskehejre — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Dutch: blauwe reiger — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Esperanto: griza ardeo — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Estonian: hallhaigur — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Faroese: hegri — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Finnish: harmaahaikara — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • French: héron cendré — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • West-Frisian: ielreager — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Friulian: airon — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Galician: garza real — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • German: Graureiher — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • German: Fischreiher — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Greek: σταχτοτσικνιάς (stachtotsikniás) — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Hungarian: szürke gém — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Icelandic: gráhegri — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Irish: corr réisc — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Italian: airone cenerino — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Italian: ardea cinerea — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Japanese: アオサギ (aosagi) — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Korean: 왜가리 (waegari) — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Korean: 푸른해오라기 (pureunhae'oragi) — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Kumyk: кюлсипат чил (külsipat çil) — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Ladin: airon — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Latin: ardea cinerea — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Latvian: zivju gārnis — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Latvian: dzēse — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Lithuanian: pilkasis garnys — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Macedonian: гушар (gušar) — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Macedonian: сива чапја (siva čapja) — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Malay: burung seriap — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Maltese: russett griż — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Navajo: tó wónaanídę́ę́ʼ toohjįʼ noołnahii — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gråhegre — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Occitan: bernat pescaire — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Polish: czapla siwa — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Portuguese: garça-real — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Portuguese: garça-cinzenta — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Romani: kokosturko — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Romani: kokosturka — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Romanian: stârc cenușiu — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Romansh: irun grisch — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Russian: се́рая ца́пля (séraja cáplja) — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Northern Sami: ránesháigir — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Northern Sami: háigir — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Sardinian: perdigiorronadas — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Sardinian: mengoni — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Sardinian: menga — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Sardinian: garza — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Scottish Gaelic: corra-ghritheach — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Serbo-Croatian: сива чапља — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Serbo-Croatian: siva čaplja — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Slovak: volavka popolavá — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Slovene: siva čaplja — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Lower Sorbian: rybarnik — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Lower Sorbian: karpaŕ — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Lower Sorbian: šedawa — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Lower Sorbian: šytawa — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Upper Sorbian: čapla — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Upper Sorbian: rybornik — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Spanish: garza real — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Swedish: gråhäger — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Turkish: külrengi balıkçıl — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Ukrainian: сіра чапля (sira čaplja) — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Venetan: zgarzo — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Vietnamese: diệc xám — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Volapük: härod blövik — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Welsh: crëyr glas — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family
  • Welsh: crychydd glas — the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family