Phrase guide

purple heron

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • UK: /ˈpɜː(ɹ)pəl ˈhɛɹən/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈpɝpəl ˈhɛɹən/

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noun

Meaning 1

A wading bird, Ardea purpurea, having reddish-brown plumage and found throughout southern Europe and Asia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From purple and heron.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 紫鷺 /紫鹭 (zǐlù) — Ardea purpurea
  • Danish: purpurhejre — Ardea purpurea
  • Dutch: purperreiger — Ardea purpurea
  • Esperanto: purpura ardeo — Ardea purpurea
  • Faroese: korkahegri — Ardea purpurea
  • Finnish: ruskohaikara — Ardea purpurea
  • French: héron pourpré — Ardea purpurea
  • German: Purpurreiher — Ardea purpurea
  • Hungarian: vörös gém — Ardea purpurea
  • Italian: airone rosso — Ardea purpurea
  • Japanese: 紫鷺 (murasaki sagi) — Ardea purpurea
  • Korean: 붉은왜가리 (bulgeunwaegari) — Ardea purpurea
  • Malagasy: dangoro — Ardea purpurea
  • Maltese: russett aħmar — Ardea purpurea
  • Polish: czapla purpurowa — Ardea purpurea
  • Portuguese: garça-vermelha — Ardea purpurea
  • Romanian: stârc roșu — Ardea purpurea
  • Russian: ры́жая ца́пля (rýžaja cáplja) — Ardea purpurea
  • Spanish: garza imperial — Ardea purpurea
  • Swedish: purpurhäger — Ardea purpurea
  • Tagalog: kandangaok — Ardea purpurea
  • Tagalog: dangkanghawok — Ardea purpurea
  • Welsh: crëyr porffor — Ardea purpurea