Phrase guide

griffon vulture

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

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  • /ˈɡɹɪfən ˈvʌlt͡ʃəɹ/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A large Old World vulture, Gyps fulvus, native to mountainous areas from Iberia to Burma.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

large vulture of southern Europe and northern Africa having pale plumage with black wings

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: griffon, Gyps fulvus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Old World vulture

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

71 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: shkabë — Gyps fulvus
  • Albanian: gjyp — Gyps fulvus
  • Albanian: shqiponjë gjype — Gyps fulvus
  • Albanian: shqiponjë me kurriz — Gyps fulvus
  • Arabic: نسر أسمر — Gyps fulvus
  • Armenian: սպիտակագլուխ անգղ (spitakaglux angġ) — Gyps fulvus
  • Asturian: utre — Gyps fulvus
  • Basque: sai arre — Gyps fulvus
  • Belarusian: белагало́вы сіп (bjelahalóvy sip) — Gyps fulvus
  • Breton: gup gell — Gyps fulvus
  • Breton: grifon — Gyps fulvus
  • Bulgarian: белоглав лешояд (beloglav lešojad) — Gyps fulvus
  • Catalan: voltor comú — Gyps fulvus
  • Chechen: кӏайн корта болу аьрзу (kʼajn korta bolu ärzu) — Gyps fulvus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 兀鷲 /兀鹫 (wùjiù) — Gyps fulvus
  • Czech: sup bělohlavý — Gyps fulvus
  • Danish: gåsegrib — Gyps fulvus
  • Dutch: vale gier — Gyps fulvus
  • Esperanto: ansergrifo — Gyps fulvus
  • Estonian: kaeluskotkas — Gyps fulvus
  • Faroese: gammur — Gyps fulvus
  • Finnish: hanhikorppikotka — Gyps fulvus
  • French: vautour fauve — Gyps fulvus
  • French: vautour griffon — Gyps fulvus
  • West-Frisian: feale gier — Gyps fulvus
  • Friulian: variűl — Gyps fulvus
  • Galician: grifo cinzento — Gyps fulvus
  • Galician: abutre cinzento — Gyps fulvus
  • German: Gänsegeier — Gyps fulvus
  • Greek: όρνιο (órnio) — Gyps fulvus
  • Hebrew: נֶשֶׁר (nésher) — Gyps fulvus
  • Hungarian: fakó keselyű — Gyps fulvus
  • Icelandic: gæsagammur — Gyps fulvus
  • Interlingua: grypho — Gyps fulvus
  • Irish: badhbh ghríofa — Gyps fulvus
  • Italian: griffone — Gyps fulvus
  • Japanese: 白襟禿鷲 (shiroerihagewashi) — Gyps fulvus
  • Ladin: valtoi — Gyps fulvus
  • Latin: Gyps fulvus — Gyps fulvus
  • Latvian: baltgalvas grifs — Gyps fulvus
  • Lithuanian: grifas — Gyps fulvus
  • Macedonian: белоглав мршојадец (beloglav mršojadec) — Gyps fulvus
  • Maltese: avultun prim — Gyps fulvus
  • Navajo: tsétah jeeshóóʼ łibáhí — Gyps fulvus
  • Norwegian: gåsegribb — Gyps fulvus
  • Occitan: voltor — Gyps fulvus
  • Pannonian Rusyn: билоглави суп (bilohlavi sup) — Gyps fulvus
  • Persian: دال (dâl) — Gyps fulvus
  • Polish: sęp płowy — Gyps fulvus
  • Portuguese: grifo — Gyps fulvus
  • Romanian: vultur pleșuv sur — Gyps fulvus
  • Romanian: grifon — Gyps fulvus
  • Romanian: vultur sur — Gyps fulvus
  • Romansh: tschess cularin — Gyps fulvus
  • Russian: белоголо́вый сип (belogolóvyj sip) — Gyps fulvus
  • Sardinian: bentruxiu — Gyps fulvus
  • Sardinian: untruxu — Gyps fulvus
  • Sardinian: murru — Gyps fulvus
  • Serbo-Croatian: белоглави суп — Gyps fulvus
  • Serbo-Croatian: јелоглави суп — Gyps fulvus
  • Serbo-Croatian: bjeloglavi sup — Gyps fulvus
  • Serbo-Croatian: jeloglavi sup — Gyps fulvus
  • Slovak: sup bielohlavý — Gyps fulvus
  • Slovene: beloglavi jastreb — Gyps fulvus
  • Lower Sorbian: sup — Gyps fulvus
  • Upper Sorbian: sup — Gyps fulvus
  • Spanish: buitre leonado — Gyps fulvus
  • Swedish: gåsgam — Gyps fulvus
  • Turkish: kızıl akbaba — Gyps fulvus
  • Ottoman Turkish: كركنس — Gyps fulvus
  • Ukrainian: білоголо́вий сип (biloholóvyj syp) — Gyps fulvus