Phrase guide

little owl

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

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  • /ˈlɪtəl ˌaʊl/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A species of small European owl, Athene noctua.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

small European owl

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Athene noctua

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: owl, bird of Minerva, bird of night, hooter

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

82 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: kukuvajkë — species of owl
  • Arabic: بُومَة صَغِيرَة — species of owl
  • Asturian: miagón — species of owl
  • Asturian: miagona — species of owl
  • Asturian: beca — species of owl
  • Asturian: rasa — species of owl
  • Basque: mozolo — species of owl
  • Bats: ჭოტტ (č̣oṭṭ) — species of owl
  • Belarusian: дамавы́ сыч (damavý syč) — species of owl
  • Bhojpuri: कुचकुचवा (kucəkucəvā) — species of owl
  • Breton: kaouenn vihan — species of owl
  • Bulgarian: обикновена кукумявка (obiknovena kukumjavka) — species of owl
  • Catalan: mussol — species of owl
  • Chechen: жима бухӏа (žima buha) — species of owl
  • Chinese Mandarin: 梟 /枭 (xiāo) — species of owl
  • Chinese Mandarin: 小鴞 /小鸮 (xiǎoxiāo) — species of owl
  • Cornish: kowan vyghan — species of owl
  • Czech: sýček — species of owl
  • Danish: kirkeugle — species of owl
  • Dutch: steenuil — species of owl
  • Esperanto: noktuo — species of owl
  • Estonian: kivikakk — species of owl
  • Finnish: minervanpöllö — species of owl
  • French: chevêche — species of owl
  • West-Frisian: stienûltsje — species of owl
  • Friulian: civuite — species of owl
  • Galician: moucho — species of owl
  • Georgian: ჭოტი (č̣oṭi) — species of owl
  • German: Steinkauz — species of owl
  • Greek: κουκουβάγια (koukouvágia) — species of owl
  • Hebrew: כּוֹס (kos) — species of owl
  • Hungarian: kuvik — species of owl
  • Icelandic: kattugla — species of owl
  • Ido: huo — species of owl
  • Ido: noktuo — species of owl
  • Irish: ulchabhán beag — species of owl
  • Italian: civetta — species of owl
  • Japanese: 小金目梟 (kokinmefukurō) — species of owl
  • Kazakh: байғыз (baiğyz) — species of owl
  • Korean: 금눈쇠올빼미 (geumnunsoe'olppaemi) — species of owl
  • Ladin: ciuita — species of owl
  • Latin: Athene noctua — species of owl
  • Latvian: mājas apogs — species of owl
  • Lithuanian: pelėdikė — species of owl
  • Macedonian: куку́мјавка (kukúmjavka) — species of owl
  • Maltese: kokka tat-tikki — species of owl
  • Manx: hullad veg — species of owl
  • Mingrelian: წომი (c̣omi) — species of owl
  • Mingrelian: ღუზანდარა (ɣuzandara) — species of owl
  • Norwegian: kirkeugle — species of owl
  • Occitan: cavèca — species of owl
  • Polish: pójdźka — species of owl
  • Polish: pójdźka zwyczajna — species of owl
  • Portuguese: mocho galego — species of owl
  • Punjabi: ਛੋਟਾ ਉੱਲੂ (choṭā ullū) — species of owl
  • Romanian: cucuvea — species of owl
  • Romansh: tschuetta da la mort — species of owl
  • Russian: домо́вый сыч (domóvyj syč) — species of owl
  • Russian: сыч (syč) — species of owl
  • Russian: фи́лин (fílin) — species of owl
  • Sardinian: stria — species of owl
  • Sardinian: istria — species of owl
  • Sardinian: puzone de s’istria — species of owl
  • Sardinian: tirulia — species of owl
  • Sardinian: cuccumeu — species of owl
  • Scottish Gaelic: comhachag-bheag — species of owl
  • Serbo-Croatian: кукумавка — species of owl
  • Serbo-Croatian: kukumavka — species of owl
  • Serbo-Croatian: sivi čuk — species of owl
  • Sicilian: cucca — species of owl
  • Slovak: kuvik plačlivý — species of owl
  • Slovene: čuk — species of owl
  • Lower Sorbian: sowka — species of owl
  • Upper Sorbian: kulišk — species of owl
  • Upper Sorbian: sowka — species of owl
  • Spanish: mochuelo europeo — species of owl
  • Spanish: mochuelo común — species of owl
  • Swedish: minervauggla — species of owl
  • Turkish: kukumav — species of owl
  • Ottoman Turkish: قوقوماو (kukumav) — species of owl
  • Ukrainian: сич ха́тній (syč xátnij) — species of owl
  • Welsh: tylluan fach — species of owl