moorhen

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmʊəɹˌhɛn/
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• General-American: /ˈmʊɹˌhɛn/
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From Middle English morhen, perhaps from Old English *mōrhenn, an alteration of Old English worhenn (compare coordinate masculine term mōrhana, a possible corruption of worhana (“pheasant”)), equivalent to moor + hen.

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: zogë — water birds of the genus Gallinula
• Asturian: gallineta — water birds of the genus Gallinula
• Asturian: andarríos — water birds of the genus Gallinula
• Breton: douryar — water birds of the genus Gallinula
• Bulgarian: водна кокошка (vodna kokoška) — water birds of the genus Gallinula
• Catalan: polla d'aigua — water birds of the genus Gallinula
• Chinese Mandarin: 黑水雞 /黑水鸡 (hēishuǐjī) — water birds of the genus Gallinula
• Czech: slípka — water birds of the genus Gallinula
• Dhivehi: އޮޅުވަލު ކަނބިލި (oḷuvalu kambili) — water birds of the genus Gallinula
• Dutch: waterhoen — water birds of the genus Gallinula
• Esperanto: galinolo — water birds of the genus Gallinula
• Finnish: liejukana — water birds of the genus Gallinula
• French: poule d'eau — water birds of the genus Gallinula
• Galician: pita cega — water birds of the genus Gallinula
• Galician: arcea — water birds of the genus Gallinula
• Galician: galiñola — water birds of the genus Gallinula
• German: Teichralle — water birds of the genus Gallinula
• Greek: νερόκοτα (nerókota) — water birds of the genus Gallinula
• Hungarian: vízityúk — water birds of the genus Gallinula
• Irish: cearc uisce — water birds of the genus Gallinula
• Italian: gallinella d'acqua — water birds of the genus Gallinula
• Kapampangan: patirik-tirik — water birds of the genus Gallinula
• Norman: poule dg'ieau — water birds of the genus Gallinula
• Polish: kokoszka — water birds of the genus Gallinula
• Portuguese: frango-d'água — water birds of the genus Gallinula
• Portuguese: galinha-d'água — water birds of the genus Gallinula
• Romanian: găinușă — water birds of the genus Gallinula
• Romanian: găinușă de baltă — water birds of the genus Gallinula
• Russian: камы́шница (kamýšnica) — water birds of the genus Gallinula
• Scottish Gaelic: cearc-uisge — water birds of the genus Gallinula
• Scottish Gaelic: cearc-fhraoich — water birds of the genus Gallinula
• Serbo-Croatian: mlakuša — water birds of the genus Gallinula
• Serbo-Croatian: zelenonoga guša — water birds of the genus Gallinula
• Spanish: gallineta de agua — water birds of the genus Gallinula
• Swedish: rörhöna — water birds of the genus Gallinula
• Venetan: sfoio — water birds of the genus Gallinula
• Venetan: viatàra — water birds of the genus Gallinula
• Welsh: iâr ddŵr — water birds of the genus Gallinula