Phrase guide

northern lapwing

noun · 1 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

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A crested plover, Vanellus vanellus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: cinjë — Vanellus vanellus
  • Asturian: cigoreya — Vanellus vanellus
  • Asturian: chova — Vanellus vanellus
  • Asturian: neverina — Vanellus vanellus
  • Asturian: pegueta — Vanellus vanellus
  • Asturian: peguiella — Vanellus vanellus
  • Belarusian: кні́гаўка (kníhawka) — Vanellus vanellus
  • Bulgarian: калугерица (kalugerica) — Vanellus vanellus
  • Catalan: fredeluca — Vanellus vanellus
  • Catalan: fredeluga europea — Vanellus vanellus
  • Chechen: кӏуж болу хьоза (kʼuž bolu ḥroza) — Vanellus vanellus
  • Danish: vibe — Vanellus vanellus
  • Dutch: kievit — Vanellus vanellus
  • Esperanto: Eŭrazia vanelo — Vanellus vanellus
  • Estonian: kiivitaja — Vanellus vanellus
  • Faroese: vípa — Vanellus vanellus
  • Finnish: töyhtöhyyppä — Vanellus vanellus
  • French: vanneau huppé — Vanellus vanellus
  • Galician: avefría — Vanellus vanellus
  • German: Kiebitz — Vanellus vanellus
  • Greek: ευρωπαϊκή καλημάνα (evropaïkí kalimána) — Vanellus vanellus
  • Hungarian: bíbic — Vanellus vanellus
  • Italian: pavoncella — Vanellus vanellus
  • Japanese: 田鳧 (tageri) — Vanellus vanellus
  • Korean: 댕기물떼새 (daenggimulttesae) — Vanellus vanellus
  • Kumyk: чибис (çibis) — Vanellus vanellus
  • Latgalian: čīviste — Vanellus vanellus
  • Latvian: ķīvīte — Vanellus vanellus
  • Lithuanian: pempė — Vanellus vanellus
  • Lithuanian: knyvė — Vanellus vanellus
  • Maltese: venewwa — Vanellus vanellus
  • Ossetian: чибис (ḱibis) — Vanellus vanellus
  • Persian: خروسکولی (xorus-koli) — Vanellus vanellus
  • Polish: czajka — Vanellus vanellus
  • Portuguese: abibe — Vanellus vanellus
  • Portuguese: ave-fria — Vanellus vanellus
  • Portuguese: abecoinha — Vanellus vanellus
  • Romanian: nagâț — Vanellus vanellus
  • Russian: чи́бис (číbis) — Vanellus vanellus
  • Russian: пи́галица (pígalica) — Vanellus vanellus
  • Scots: teuchat — Vanellus vanellus
  • Spanish: avefría — Vanellus vanellus
  • Swedish: tofsvipa — Vanellus vanellus
  • Turkish: kız kuşu — Vanellus vanellus
  • Venetan: paonsina — Vanellus vanellus
  • Welsh: cornchwiglen — Vanellus vanellus