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hawfinch

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A large Eurasian finch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes), with a thick bill.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a common large finch of Eurasia

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Coccothraustes coccothraustes

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: grosbeak, grossbeak

History

Etymology

haw (“berry of the common hawthorn, Crataegus monogyna”) + finch. Named by English ornithologist Francis Willughby in 1676.

Across languages

Translations

63 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: kryemadh — finch
  • Albanian: sqeptrashë — finch
  • Albanian: kobec — finch
  • Arabic: بلبل زيتوني — finch
  • Armenian: հատբեկիչ (hatbekičʻ) — finch
  • Asturian: picogordo — finch
  • Bashkir: балғабаш (balğabaş) — finch
  • Basque: mokolodi — finch
  • Breton: beg-tev — finch
  • Breton: tarveg an hogin — finch
  • Bulgarian: черешарка (čerešarka) — finch
  • Catalan: durbec — finch
  • Chinese Mandarin: 锡嘴雀 — finch
  • East Circassian: дубэкъ (dubɛq) — finch
  • Czech: dlask tlustozobý — finch
  • Danish: kernebider — finch
  • Dutch: appelvink — finch
  • Esperanto: kernrompulo — finch
  • Esperanto: kernorompulo — finch
  • Estonian: suurnokk — finch
  • Faroese: kjarnbítur — finch
  • Finnish: nokkavarpunen — finch
  • French: gros-bec — finch
  • West-Frisian: kersebiter — finch
  • Galician: bicogroso — finch
  • Georgian: კულუმბურები (ḳulumburebi) — finch
  • German: Kernbeißer — finch
  • Ancient Greek: κοκκοθραύστης (kokkothraústēs) — finch
  • Hindi: हाउफिंच (hāuphiñc) — finch
  • Hungarian: meggyvágó — finch
  • Icelandic: kjarnbítur — finch
  • Irish: glasán gobmhór — finch
  • Italian: frosone — finch
  • Japanese: 鴲 (shime) — finch
  • Kashubian: klãskôcz — finch
  • Korean: 콩새 (kongsae) — finch
  • Northern Kurdish: keskankiroj — finch
  • Latvian: dižknābis — finch
  • Latvian: svirpis — finch
  • Lithuanian: svilikas — finch
  • Macedonian: дебелоклун црешар (debeloklun crešar) — finch
  • Eastern Mari: пурсагайык (pursagajyk) — finch
  • Mongolian: банхар булжуухай (banxar bulžuuxaj) — finch
  • Neapolitan: fresulone — finch
  • Norwegian: kjernebiter — finch
  • Persian: سهره نوکبزرگ — finch
  • Polish: grubodziób — finch
  • Portuguese: bico-grossudo — finch
  • Romanian: botgros — finch
  • Romanian: cireșar — finch
  • Russian: дубоно́с (dubonós) — finch
  • Slovene: dlesk — finch
  • Spanish: picogordo — finch
  • Swedish: stenknäck — finch
  • Tatar: гади имәнборын (ğädi imänborın) — finch
  • Turkish: kocabaş — finch
  • Turkish: flurcun — finch
  • Ukrainian: костогриз (kostohryz) — finch
  • Uzbek: boltatumshuq — finch
  • Volapük: kerafrin — finch
  • Welsh: gylfinbraff — finch
  • Welsh: pendew — finch
  • Yakut: суон тумус (suon tumus) — finch