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lammergeier

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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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlæməɡaɪə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈlæmɚɡaɪɚ/

1

noun

Meaning 1

A long-winged vulture, Gypaetus barbatus, found in southern Europe, Africa and India.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bearded vulture, ossifrage

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the largest Eurasian bird of prey; having black feathers hanging around the bill

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bearded vulture, lammergeyer, Gypaetus barbatus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Old World vulture

History

Etymology

Borrowed from German Lämmergeier.

Across languages

Translations

62 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: baardaasvoël — Gypaetus barbatus
  • Afrikaans: lammergier — Gypaetus barbatus
  • Albanian: shkabë mjekroshe — Gypaetus barbatus
  • Arabic: نَسْر مِلَّتْحَيّ (nasr millatḥayy) — Gypaetus barbatus
  • Armenian: գառնանգղ (gaṙnangġ) — Gypaetus barbatus
  • Middle Armenian: բրդոռ (brdoṙ) — Gypaetus barbatus
  • Azerbaijani: toğlugötürən — Gypaetus barbatus
  • Basque: ugatz — Gypaetus barbatus
  • Breton: guperer — Gypaetus barbatus
  • Bulgarian: брадат лешояд (bradat lešojad) — Gypaetus barbatus
  • Catalan: trencalòs — Gypaetus barbatus
  • Chechen: маж йолу аьрзу (maž jolu ärzu) — Gypaetus barbatus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 胡兀鷲 /胡兀鹫 (hú wù jiù) — Gypaetus barbatus
  • Czech: orlosup — Gypaetus barbatus
  • Danish: lammegrib — Gypaetus barbatus
  • Dutch: lammergier — Gypaetus barbatus
  • Dutch: baardgier — Gypaetus barbatus
  • Esperanto: gipaeto — Gypaetus barbatus
  • Esperanto: ŝafgrifo — Gypaetus barbatus
  • Esperanto: liphara gipaeto — Gypaetus barbatus
  • Finnish: partakorppikotka — Gypaetus barbatus
  • French: gypaète — Gypaetus barbatus
  • Galician: quebraósos — Gypaetus barbatus
  • German: Bartgeier — Gypaetus barbatus
  • German: Lämmergeier — Gypaetus barbatus
  • Greek: γυπαετός (gypaetós) — Gypaetus barbatus
  • Ancient Greek: φήνη (phḗnē) — Gypaetus barbatus
  • Hebrew: פֶּרֶס (péres) — Gypaetus barbatus
  • Hungarian: szakállas saskeselyű — Gypaetus barbatus
  • Interlingua: vulture barbate — Gypaetus barbatus
  • Italian: gipeto — Gypaetus barbatus
  • Italian: avvoltoio degli agnelli — Gypaetus barbatus
  • Japanese: 髭鷲 (higewashi) — Gypaetus barbatus
  • Japanese: ヒゲワシ (higewashi) — Gypaetus barbatus
  • Korean: 수염수리 (suyeomsuri) — Gypaetus barbatus
  • Kumyk: уллу тююлген (ullu tüyulgen) — Gypaetus barbatus
  • Malay: hering berjanggut — Gypaetus barbatus
  • Manx: shirragh faasaagagh — Gypaetus barbatus
  • Mongolian: ёл (jol) — Gypaetus barbatus
  • Navajo: hashtłʼish jeeshóóʼ — Gypaetus barbatus
  • Nepali: हाडफोर (hāḍaphor) — Gypaetus barbatus
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lammegribb — Gypaetus barbatus
  • Persian: هما (homâ) — Gypaetus barbatus
  • Polish: orłosęp — Gypaetus barbatus
  • Portuguese: xofrango — Gypaetus barbatus
  • Portuguese: quebra-ossos — Gypaetus barbatus
  • Romanian: zăgan — Gypaetus barbatus
  • Romanian: vultur bărbos — Gypaetus barbatus
  • Romansh: tschess barbet — Gypaetus barbatus
  • Russian: борода́ч (borodáč) — Gypaetus barbatus
  • Russian: ягня́тник (jagnjátnik) — Gypaetus barbatus
  • Sanskrit: जटायु (jaṭāyu) — Gypaetus barbatus
  • Serbo-Croatian: жутоглави брадаш — Gypaetus barbatus
  • Serbo-Croatian: костоберина — Gypaetus barbatus
  • Serbo-Croatian: žutoglavi bradaš — Gypaetus barbatus
  • Serbo-Croatian: kostoberina — Gypaetus barbatus
  • Slovene: brkati ser — Gypaetus barbatus
  • Spanish: quebrantahuesos — Gypaetus barbatus
  • Swedish: lammgam — Gypaetus barbatus
  • Turkish: kara kuş — Gypaetus barbatus
  • Turkish: sakallı akbaba — Gypaetus barbatus
  • Volapük: jipülavultur — Gypaetus barbatus