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house sparrow

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A bird of the species Passer domesticus, native to much of Eurasia, introduced in many other temperate environments.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

small hardy brown-and-grey bird native to Europe

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: English sparrow, Passer domesticus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sparrow, true sparrow

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Across languages

Translations

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  • Aghwan: 𐕖𐕒𐔱𐔰𐔾 (čobal) — Passer domesticus
  • Albanian: harabel — Passer domesticus
  • Albanian: trumcak — Passer domesticus
  • Albanian: spurdhjak — Passer domesticus
  • Albanian: murrak — Passer domesticus
  • Albanian: murrash — Passer domesticus
  • Albanian: xhixhimës — Passer domesticus
  • Arabic: عُصْفُور (ʕuṣfūr) — Passer domesticus
  • Arabic: دُورِيّ (dūriyy) — Passer domesticus
  • Arabic: عصفورة (ʕaṣfūra) — Passer domesticus
  • Arabic: عصفور (ʕaṣfūr) — Passer domesticus
  • Armenian: ճնճղուկ տնային (čnčġuk tnayin) — Passer domesticus
  • Armenian: ճնճղուկ (čnčġuk) — Passer domesticus
  • Assamese: ঘৰচিৰিকা (ghorsirika) — Passer domesticus
  • Assamese: ঘনচিৰিকা (ghonsirika) — Passer domesticus
  • Assamese: ঘৰচৰাই (ghorsorai) — Passer domesticus
  • Asturian: pardal — Passer domesticus
  • Asturian: gurrión — Passer domesticus
  • Asturian: gurriapu — Passer domesticus
  • Basque: etxe-txolarre — Passer domesticus
  • Belarusian: верабе́й (vjerabjéj) — Passer domesticus
  • Bhojpuri: गौरइया (gauraiyā) — Passer domesticus
  • Breton: golvan-tiez — Passer domesticus
  • Carpathian Rusyn: воробе́ль (vorobélʹ) — Passer domesticus
  • Carpathian Rusyn: воробе́ць (vorobécʹ) — Passer domesticus
  • Catalan: pardal comú — Passer domesticus
  • Catalan: teuladí — Passer domesticus
  • Catalan: pardal — Passer domesticus
  • Chinese Cantonese: 麻雀 — Passer domesticus
  • Hakka Chinese: 屋檐鳥 /屋檐鸟 (vuk-yàm-tiâu) — Passer domesticus
  • Hakka Chinese: 屋角鳥 /屋角鸟 (vuk-kok-tiâu) — Passer domesticus
  • Hakka Chinese: 禾鷝仔 /禾𲍴仔 (vò-pit-é, lò-pit-é) — Passer domesticus
  • Chinese: 粟鳥仔 /粟鸟仔 (zh-min-nan) — Passer domesticus
  • Chinese: 厝角鳥仔 /厝角鸟仔 (zh-min-nan) — Passer domesticus
  • Chinese: 粟鳥 /粟鸟 (chhek-chiáu) — Passer domesticus
  • Chinese: 厝角鳥 /厝角鸟 (chhù-kak-chiáu) — Passer domesticus
  • Chinese: 杙鳥仔 /杙鸟仔 (khit-chiáu--á) — Passer domesticus
  • Chinese: 厝鳥仔 /厝鸟仔 (zh-min-nan) — Passer domesticus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 家麻雀 (jiāmáquè) — Passer domesticus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 家雀 (jiāquè) — Passer domesticus
  • Czech: vrabec — Passer domesticus
  • Dalmatian: čelka — Passer domesticus
  • Danish: gråspurv — Passer domesticus
  • Dutch: huismus — Passer domesticus
  • Esperanto: dompasero — Passer domesticus
  • Estonian: varblane — Passer domesticus
  • Estonian: koduvarblane — Passer domesticus
  • Evenki: чипича (çipiça) — Passer domesticus
  • Faroese: gráspurvur — Passer domesticus
  • Finnish: varpunen — Passer domesticus
  • French: moineau domestique — Passer domesticus
  • French: moineau franc — Passer domesticus
  • French: piaf — Passer domesticus
  • North Frisian: hüssparag — Passer domesticus
  • North Frisian: hüsspåri — Passer domesticus
  • North Frisian: grae spåri — Passer domesticus
  • West-Frisian: mosk — Passer domesticus
  • Friulian: passare — Passer domesticus
  • Galician: pardal — Passer domesticus
  • Georgian: ბეღურა (beɣura) — Passer domesticus
  • German: Spatz — Passer domesticus
  • German: Sperling — Passer domesticus
  • German: Haussperling — Passer domesticus
  • German: Spatz — Passer domesticus
  • Greek: σπιτοσπουργίτι (spitospourgíti) — Passer domesticus
  • Ancient Greek: στρουθός (strouthós) — Passer domesticus
  • Ancient Greek: στρουθίον (strouthíon) — Passer domesticus
  • Gujarati: ચકલી (caklī) — Passer domesticus
  • Hebrew: דרור הבית (dror ha-báyt) — Passer domesticus
  • Hindi: गौरैया (gauraiyā) — Passer domesticus
  • Hindi: घरेलू गौरैया (gharelū gauraiyā) — Passer domesticus
  • Hindi: गौरिया (gauriyā) — Passer domesticus
  • Hungarian: házi veréb — Passer domesticus
  • Hungarian: veréb — Passer domesticus
  • Indonesian: burung gereja — Passer domesticus
  • Interlingua: passere — Passer domesticus
  • Irish: gealbhan binne — Passer domesticus
  • Italian: passero — Passer domesticus
  • Japanese: 家雀 (ie-suzume) — Passer domesticus
  • Kazakh: үй торғайы (üi torğaiy) — Passer domesticus
  • Korean: 집참새 (jipchamsae) — Passer domesticus
  • Kumyk: жымчыкъ (jımçıq) — Passer domesticus
  • Kumyk: къарапай жымчыкъ (qarapay jımçıq) — Passer domesticus
  • Kumyk: къаражымчыкъ (qarajımçıq) — Passer domesticus
  • Latgalian: zvierbuļs — Passer domesticus
  • Latgalian: žeigurs — Passer domesticus
  • Latin: passer — Passer domesticus
  • Latvian: zvirbulis — Passer domesticus
  • Macedonian: врапче (vrapče) — Passer domesticus
  • Malay: burung pipit — Passer domesticus
  • Malayalam: അങ്ങാടിക്കുരുവി (aṅṅāṭikkuruvi) — Passer domesticus
  • Maltese: għasfur tal-bejt — Passer domesticus
  • Mam: pitz — Passer domesticus
  • Māori: tiu — Passer domesticus
  • Marathi: चिमणी (cimṇī) — Passer domesticus
  • Mazanderani: میچکا (mičkâ) — Passer domesticus
  • Mongolian: оронгийн бор шувуу (orongiin bor šuvuu) — Passer domesticus
  • Mongolian: болжмор (bolžmor) — Passer domesticus
  • Mongolian: бялзуухай (bjalzuuxaj) — Passer domesticus
  • Navajo: tsídiiłbáhí — Passer domesticus
  • Nepali: घर भँगेरा (ghar bhãgerā) — Passer domesticus
  • Nepali: भँगेरा (bhãgerā) — Passer domesticus
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gråspurv — Passer domesticus
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gråsporv — Passer domesticus
  • Occitan: passerat — Passer domesticus
  • Odia: ଚଟିଆ (caṭiā) — Passer domesticus
  • Odia: ଘରଚଟିଆ (gharacaṭiā) — Passer domesticus
  • Old Church Slavonic: врабии (vrabii) — Passer domesticus
  • Old English: spearwa — Passer domesticus
  • Persian: گنجشک (gonješk) — Passer domesticus
  • Persian: ملیچ (malič) — Passer domesticus
  • Polish: wróbel — Passer domesticus
  • Portuguese: pardal-doméstico — Passer domesticus
  • Punjabi: ਘਰੇਲੂ ਚਿੜੀ (gharelū ciṛī) — Passer domesticus
  • Punjabi: ਚਿੜੀ (ciṛī) — Passer domesticus
  • Romanian: vrabie — Passer domesticus
  • Romanian: vrabie de casă — Passer domesticus
  • Romansh: pasler — Passer domesticus
  • Romansh: pasler da chasa — Passer domesticus
  • Romansh: ghirschùn — Passer domesticus
  • Russian: воробе́й (vorobéj) — Passer domesticus
  • Russian: воробе́й обыкнове́нный (vorobéj obyknovénnyj) — Passer domesticus
  • Scots: spug — Passer domesticus
  • Scots: spuggy — Passer domesticus
  • Scots: spur — Passer domesticus
  • Scots: sprig — Passer domesticus
  • Scottish Gaelic: gealbhonn — Passer domesticus
  • Slovak: vrabec — Passer domesticus
  • Slovene: vrabec — Passer domesticus
  • Lower Sorbian: wrobel — Passer domesticus
  • Upper Sorbian: wrobl — Passer domesticus
  • Upper Sorbian: wroblik — Passer domesticus
  • Spanish: gorrión común — Passer domesticus
  • Swedish: gråsparv — Passer domesticus
  • Sylheti: ꠌꠠꠂ (soṛoi) — Passer domesticus
  • Tagalog: bahay maya — Passer domesticus
  • Tamil: சிட்டுக்குருவி (ciṭṭukkuruvi) — Passer domesticus
  • Telugu: పిచ్చుక (piccuka) — Passer domesticus
  • Telugu: ఊరబిచ్చుక (ūrabiccuka) — Passer domesticus
  • Thai: นกกระจอก (grà-jɔ̀ɔk) — Passer domesticus
  • Turkish: serçe — Passer domesticus
  • Ottoman Turkish: سرچه (serçe) — Passer domesticus
  • Udi: човал (čoval) — Passer domesticus
  • Udi: чобал (čobal) — Passer domesticus
  • Ukrainian: горобе́ць (horobécʹ) — Passer domesticus
  • Urdu: گورییا (gauraiyā) — Passer domesticus
  • Urdu: چڑیا (ciṛiyā) — Passer domesticus
  • Venetan: seléga — Passer domesticus
  • Vietnamese: chim sẻ — Passer domesticus
  • Volapük: spär — Passer domesticus
  • Walloon: soverdea — Passer domesticus
  • Walloon: moxhon d' toet — Passer domesticus
  • Walloon: pierot — Passer domesticus
  • Welsh: adar y to — Passer domesticus
  • Welsh: llwyd y to — Passer domesticus
  • Welsh: golfan — Passer domesticus
  • Zhuang: roeglaej — Passer domesticus