nidify

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• UK, US: /ˈnɪd.əˌfaɪ/
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First attested in 1656; borrowed from Latin nīdificō (“to build a nest”), from nīdus (“nest”) + -ficō (“to make, build”). Doublet of nidificate and cognate with French nidifier.

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: гнездя (gnezdja) — to make a nest
• Finnish: pesiä — to make a nest
• Finnish: rakentaa pesä — to make a nest
• French: nidifier — to make a nest
• Galician: nidificar — to make a nest
• Italian: nidificare — to make a nest
• Latin: nīdificō — to make a nest
• Polish: gniazdować — to make a nest
• Polish: wić gniazdo — to make a nest
• Portuguese: nidificar — to make a nest
• Romanian: cuiba — to make a nest
• Russian: вить гнездо́ (vitʹ) — to make a nest
• Serbo-Croatian: gnezditi — to make a nest
• Spanish: nidificar — to make a nest
• Turkish: yuvalamak — to make a nest
• Turkish: yuva yapmak — to make a nest