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hoopoe

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

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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈhupu/
  • General-American: /ˈhupoʊ/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhuːpuː/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhupəʊ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: HH UW1 P UW2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Any Old World bird of genus Upupa, especially Upupa epops (Eurasian hoopoe), known for its distinctive plumage, fanlike crest, and slender bill.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:hoopoe.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

any of several crested Old World birds with a slender downward-curved bill

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hoopoo

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: coraciiform bird

Narrower terms: Euopean hoopoe, Upupa epops

History

Etymology

Alteration of obsolete hoopoop, from earlier hoop, from Middle French and Old French huppe, from Latin upupa, ultimately onomatopoeic; Compare Ancient Greek ἔποψ (épops), Persian پوپو (popo).

Across languages

Translations

171 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: ашамыхьажь (aŝaməxjaž) — bird Upupa epops
  • Afrikaans: hoephoep — bird Upupa epops
  • Albanian: upëza — bird Upupa epops
  • Amharic: እንድርማሚት (ʾəndərmamit) — bird Upupa epops
  • Arabic: هُدْهُد (hudhud) — bird Upupa epops
  • Arabic: هدهد (hudhud) — bird Upupa epops
  • Arabic: هدهود (hadhūd) — bird Upupa epops
  • Aragonese: upupida — bird Upupa epops
  • Aragonese: porput — bird Upupa epops
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܗܕܗܕ (hadhad) — bird Upupa epops
  • Aramaic: ܒܐܘܐ (baʾwāʾ) — bird Upupa epops
  • Aramaic: ܝܕܝܕܐ (yaḏyāḏā) — bird Upupa epops
  • Aramaic: ܬܪܢܘܓܠ ܒܪܐ — bird Upupa epops
  • Mandaic: ࡄࡅࡃࡄࡅࡃ (hudhud) — bird Upupa epops
  • Armenian: հոպոպ (hopop) — bird Upupa epops
  • Assamese: কাকৈশিৰা (kakoixira) — bird Upupa epops
  • Asturian: bubiella — bird Upupa epops
  • Asturian: pupa — bird Upupa epops
  • Avar: гьудгьуд (hudhud) — bird Upupa epops
  • Avar: эпъэп (epʔep) — bird Upupa epops
  • Azerbaijani: şanapipik — bird Upupa epops
  • Bashkir: һөҙһөт (höźhöt) — bird Upupa epops
  • Basque: argi-oilar — bird Upupa epops
  • Belarusian: удо́д (udód) — bird Upupa epops
  • Bengali: মোহনচূড়া (mōhoncuṛa) — bird Upupa epops
  • Breton: houperig — bird Upupa epops
  • Breton: kogenan — bird Upupa epops
  • Bulgarian: папуняк (papunjak) — bird Upupa epops
  • Carpathian Rusyn: удод (udod) — bird Upupa epops
  • Carpathian Rusyn: дудок (dudok) — bird Upupa epops
  • Catalan: puput — bird Upupa epops
  • Catalan: palput — bird Upupa epops
  • Cebuano: abubilya — bird Upupa epops
  • Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵉⴱⵉⴱⴸ (ibibḏ) — bird Upupa epops
  • Chechen: хӏуттут (huttut) — bird Upupa epops
  • Chinese Cantonese: 戴勝 /戴胜 — bird Upupa epops
  • Chinese Cantonese: 鵀 /𬸊 (jam4) — bird Upupa epops
  • Chinese Mandarin: 戴勝 /戴胜 (dàishèng) — bird Upupa epops
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鵀 /𬸊 (rèn) — bird Upupa epops
  • East Circassian: хьэрхьуп (ḥɛrḥup) — bird Upupa epops
  • Corsican: puppusgiula — bird Upupa epops
  • Czech: dudek — bird Upupa epops
  • Danish: hærfugl — bird Upupa epops
  • Northwestern Dinka: adil — bird Upupa epops
  • Dutch: hop — bird Upupa epops
  • Middle Dutch: hoepe — bird Upupa epops
  • Emilian: bóbla — bird Upupa epops
  • Erzya: пичекивге (pičekivge) — bird Upupa epops
  • Esperanto: upupo — bird Upupa epops
  • Extremaduran: poipa — bird Upupa epops
  • Faroese: herfuglur — bird Upupa epops
  • Finnish: harjalintu — bird Upupa epops
  • French: huppe — bird Upupa epops
  • North Frisian: wiiduu — bird Upupa epops
  • Galician: poupa — bird Upupa epops
  • Galician: bubela — bird Upupa epops
  • Georgian: ოფოფი (opopi) — bird Upupa epops
  • Old Georgian: ოფოფი (opopi) — bird Upupa epops
  • German: Wiedehopf — bird Upupa epops
  • German: Widhapf — bird Upupa epops
  • Bavarian German: Wutwut — bird Upupa epops
  • Bavarian German: Witwit — bird Upupa epops
  • Greek: τσαλαπετεινός (tsalapeteinós) — bird Upupa epops
  • Ancient Greek: ἔποψ (épops) — bird Upupa epops
  • Gujarati: ઘંટી-ટાંકણો (ghaṇṭī-ṭā̃kṇo) — bird Upupa epops
  • Gujarati: હુદહુદ (hudhud) — bird Upupa epops
  • Hausa: kahuhu — bird Upupa epops
  • Hausa: alhudahuda — bird Upupa epops
  • Hebrew: דּוּכִיפַת (dukhifat) — bird Upupa epops
  • Hindi: हूपू (hūpū) — bird Upupa epops
  • Hindi: हुदहुद (hudhud) — bird Upupa epops
  • Hungarian: búbos banka — bird Upupa epops
  • Icelandic: herfugl — bird Upupa epops
  • Ido: upupo — bird Upupa epops
  • Indonesian: hudhud — bird Upupa epops
  • Ingush: тушолкотам (tušolkotam) — bird Upupa epops
  • Irish: húpú — bird Upupa epops
  • Italian: upupa — bird Upupa epops
  • Japanese: 戴勝 (yatsugashira) — bird Upupa epops
  • Kaitag: гьургьури (hurhuri) — bird Upupa epops
  • Kalmyk: цоклур (tsoklur) — bird Upupa epops
  • Kannada: ಚಂದ್ರಮುಕುಟ (candramukuṭa) — bird Upupa epops
  • Kashmiri: سَتُت (satut) — bird Upupa epops
  • Kashmiri: سَتہٕ تُت (sathụ tut) — bird Upupa epops
  • Kazakh: бәбісек (bäbısek) — bird Upupa epops
  • Khmer: បាគូ (baakuu) — bird Upupa epops
  • Kumyk: гюкюк (gükük) — bird Upupa epops
  • Central Kurdish: پەپوو (pepû) — bird Upupa epops
  • Northern Kurdish: dîksilêman — bird Upupa epops
  • Northern Kurdish: hudhud — bird Upupa epops
  • Kyrgyz: үпүп (üpüp) — bird Upupa epops
  • Latin: upupa — bird Upupa epops
  • Latvian: pupuķis — bird Upupa epops
  • Ligurian: galettu de marçu — bird Upupa epops
  • Limburgish: hóp — bird Upupa epops
  • Lithuanian: kukutis — bird Upupa epops
  • Livonian: tijātūt — bird Upupa epops
  • Livvi: harjulindu — bird Upupa epops
  • Lorrain: hoppe — bird Upupa epops
  • Luxembourgish: Mitock — bird Upupa epops
  • Macedonian: пупунец (pupunec) — bird Upupa epops
  • Malagasy: takadalana — bird Upupa epops
  • Malay: hud-hud — bird Upupa epops
  • Malayalam: ഉപ്പൂപ്പൻ (uppūppaṉ) — bird Upupa epops
  • Maltese: daqquqa tat-toppu — bird Upupa epops
  • Maltese: daqquqa tal-pinnaċċ — bird Upupa epops
  • Manx: ushag ny thorran — bird Upupa epops
  • Māori: hupoe — bird Upupa epops
  • Marathi: हुदहुद (hudhud) — bird Upupa epops
  • Moksha: пакшун (pakšun) — bird Upupa epops
  • Mongolian: өвөөлж (övöölž) — bird Upupa epops
  • Navajo: ǫǫbǫʼii — bird Upupa epops
  • Nogai: поьпеп (pöpep) — bird Upupa epops
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hærfugl — bird Upupa epops
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hærfugl — bird Upupa epops
  • Nǀuu: huphup — bird Upupa epops
  • Occitan: upa — bird Upupa epops
  • Occitan: puput — bird Upupa epops
  • Old Prussian: pārpāls — bird Upupa epops
  • Oromo: deebeeqottuu — bird Upupa epops
  • Ossetian: дыгоппон (dygoppon) — bird Upupa epops
  • Ossetian: сайтангарк (sajtangark) — bird Upupa epops
  • Persian: پوپک (pupak) — bird Upupa epops
  • Persian: هدهد (hod hod) — bird Upupa epops
  • Persian: شانهبسر (šâne-besar) — bird Upupa epops
  • Picard: bout-bout — bird Upupa epops
  • Piedmontese: pupù — bird Upupa epops
  • Polish: dudek — bird Upupa epops
  • Portuguese: poupa — bird Upupa epops
  • Punjabi: ਚੱਕੀ ਰਾਹਾ (cakkī rāhā) — bird Upupa epops
  • Romagnol: popla — bird Upupa epops
  • Romanian: pupăză — bird Upupa epops
  • Romansh: cot da matg — bird Upupa epops
  • Russian: удо́д (udód) — bird Upupa epops
  • Samogitian: tūtlīs — bird Upupa epops
  • Sardinian: pubùsa — bird Upupa epops
  • Sardinian: pupùsa — bird Upupa epops
  • Scottish Gaelic: calman-cathaidh — bird Upupa epops
  • Koyraboro-Senni: zunbu — bird Upupa epops
  • Serbo-Croatian: пу̏павац — bird Upupa epops
  • Serbo-Croatian: pȕpavac — bird Upupa epops
  • Sicilian: pipituni — bird Upupa epops
  • Slovak: dudok — bird Upupa epops
  • Slovene: smrdokavra — bird Upupa epops
  • Lower Sorbian: hupac — bird Upupa epops
  • Upper Sorbian: hupak — bird Upupa epops
  • Spanish: abubilla — bird Upupa epops
  • Swahili: hudihudi — bird Upupa epops
  • Swedish: härfågel — bird Upupa epops
  • Tachawit: tebbib — bird Upupa epops
  • Tajik: ҳудҳуд (hudhud) — bird Upupa epops
  • Tamil: கொண்டலாத்தி (koṇṭalātti) — bird Upupa epops
  • Tatar: һөдһөд (hödhöd) — bird Upupa epops
  • Thai: นกกะรางหัวขวาน (nók gà raang hŭa kwăan) — bird Upupa epops
  • Tibetan: པུ་ཤུད། (pu shud) — bird Upupa epops
  • Turkish: çavuş kuşu — bird Upupa epops
  • Turkish: ibibik — bird Upupa epops
  • Turkish: hüthüt — bird Upupa epops
  • Turkish: dağ horozu — bird Upupa epops
  • Turkmen: hüýpüpik — bird Upupa epops
  • Ukrainian: о́дуд (ódud) — bird Upupa epops
  • Urdu: ہد ہد (hud hud) — bird Upupa epops
  • Uyghur: ھۆپۆپ (höpöp) — bird Upupa epops
  • Uzbek: попишак (popishak) — bird Upupa epops
  • Uzbek: popishak — bird Upupa epops
  • Vietnamese: đầu rìu — bird Upupa epops
  • Walloon: boute-boute — bird Upupa epops
  • Welsh: copog — bird Upupa epops
  • West Flemish: hoepentoep — bird Upupa epops
  • Zazaki: hophopık (diq) — bird Upupa epops
  • Zazaki: diksılêman (diq) — bird Upupa epops