kingfisher

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• UK: /ˈkɪŋˌfɪʃə/
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• CMU ARPABET: K IH1 NG F IH2 SH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Either after a person named King Fisher, or a combination of the surnames King and Fisher.

Originally king's fisher, from Middle English kyngys fyschare; equivalent to king + fisher. So named for obscure reasons.

118 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abinomn: wokin — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Acehnese: cakeuëk — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Western Apache: taba̜a̜zhide — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Arabic: سَلْدَج (saldaj) — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Arabic: قِرِلَّى (qirillā) — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Armenian: ալկիոն (alkion) — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Assamese: মাছৰোকা (masrüka) — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Early Assamese: মাছৰঙ্কা (machoroṅka) — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Asturian: martín de ríu — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Asturian: martinete — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Asturian: martín pescador — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Asturian: samartín — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Asturian: verderríos — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Azerbaijani: zərricələr — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Basque: martin arrantzale — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Belarusian: зімародак (zimaródak) — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Bengali: মাছরাঙা (machraṅa) — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Breton: diredig — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Bulgarian: синьо рибарче (sinjo ribarče) — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Catalan: blauet — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Catalan: arner — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Catalan: alció — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Catalan: botiguer — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Cherokee: ᏧᎷ (tsulu) — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Chinese Mandarin: 翠鳥 /翠鸟 (cuìniǎo) — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Chinese Mandarin: 魚狗 /鱼狗 (yúgǒu) — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Chinese Mandarin: 翡翠 (fěicuì) — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Chinese Mandarin: 翡 (fěi) — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Czech: ledňáček — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Danish: isfugl — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Dutch: ijsvogel — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Esperanto: alcedo — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Esperanto: alciono — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Faroese: kyrrfuglur — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Finnish: kuningaskalastaja — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• French: martin-pêcheur — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Galician: gardarríos — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Galician: picapeixe — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Georgian: ჭარლი (č̣arli) — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Georgian: ალკუნი (alḳuni) — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• German: Eisvogel — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Greek: αλκυόνη (alkyóni) — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Ancient Greek: ἀλκυών (alkuṓn) — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Gujarati: કલકલિયો (kalakliyo) — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Hawaiian: pakūkaʻā — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Hebrew: שַׁלְדָּג (shaldág) — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Hungarian: jégmadár — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Icelandic: bláþyrill — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Ido: martin-peskero — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Indonesian: raja-udang — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Irish: cruidín — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Italian: martin pescatore — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Japanese: カワセミ (kawasemi) — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Japanese: 翡翠 (kawasemi) — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Japanese: 魚狗 (kawasemi) — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Japanese: 川蝉 (kawasemi) — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Japanese: ヒスイ (hisui) — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Japanese: 翡翠 (hisui) — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Japanese: ショウビン (shōbin) — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Japanese: 翡翠 (shōbin) — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Kapampangan: batala — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Kashmiri: کۄلہٕ ٹوٗنٛچ (kọlhụ ṭūnc) — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Latin: alcēdō — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Latin: halcēdō — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Latin: alcyōn — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Latin: halcyōn — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Latvian: zivju dzenītis — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Luxembourgish: Äisvull — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Macedonian: рибарче (ribarče) — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Malagasy: vintsy — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Malay: raja udang — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Malayalam: മീൻകൊത്തി (mīṉkotti) — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Malayalam: പൊന്മാൻ (ponmāṉ) — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Māori: kōtare — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Nanai: судуй (suduj) — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Norman: pêtcheux — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Southern Ohlone: carsaywa — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Old English: īsearn — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Old English: fisċere — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Persian: ماهیخورک (mâhi-xwark) — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Plautdietsch: Iesvoagel — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Polish: zimorodek — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Portuguese: martim-pescador — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Portuguese: guarda-rios — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Portuguese: pica-peixe — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Punjabi: ਮਛੇਰਾ (macherā) — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Romanian: pescăruș albastru — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Russian: зиморо́док (zimoródok) — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Scottish Gaelic: biorra-crùidein — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Serbo-Croatian: водомар — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Serbo-Croatian: vodomar — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Slovak: rybárik — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Slovene: vodómec — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Spanish: martín pescador — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Swahili: kurea — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Swedish: kungsfiskare — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Tagalog: susulbot — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Tamil: சிரல் (ciral) — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Tamil: மீன்கொத்தி (mīṉkotti) — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Thai: กระเต็น (grà-dten) — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Tongan: sikotā — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Turkish: yalıçapkını — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Turkish: emircik — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Turkish: iskele kuşu — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Ukrainian: зимородок (zymorodok) — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Ukrainian: рибалочка (rybaločka) — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Ukrainian: водомороз (vodomoroz) — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Ukrainian: іванок (ivanok) — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Unami: chëlìlhwès — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Venetan: pionbìn — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Vietnamese: bói cá — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Volapük: laseod — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Volapük: gladaböd — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Walloon: rwè-pexheu — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Walloon: mårtén-pexheu — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Welsh: glas y dorlan — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Welsh: pioden y dŵr — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines
• Welsh: pysgotwr — any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines