rara avis

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɹɑːɹə ˈeɪvɪs/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɹɛː-/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /-ˈɑːvɪs/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /-ˈævɪs/
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• General-American: /ˌɹɑɹə ˈeɪvɪs/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɹɑːɹiː ˈeɪviːs/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɹɑːɹaɪ-/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɹɛːɹiː-/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɹɛːɹaɪ-/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /-ˈɑːviːs/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /-ˈæviːs/
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• General-American: /ˌɹɑɹi ˈeɪvis/
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Unadapted borrowing from Latin rāra avis (“rare bird”). The synonym rare bird is attested earlier. The term is a quotation from Satire VI (written late 1st century – early 2nd century C.E.) of the Roman poet Juvenal: “Rara avis in terris, nigroque simillima cygno [a bird as rare upon the earth as a black swan]!”. The plural form rarae aves is a learned borrowing from Latin rārae avēs.

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: harvinainen lintulaji — rare species or type of bird
• Polish: rzadki okaz ptaka — rare species or type of bird
• Serbo-Croatian: rijetka ptica — rare species or type of bird
• Serbo-Croatian: retka ptica — rare species or type of bird
• Afrikaans: feniks — rare or unique, and thus outstanding or unusual, person or thing
• Dutch: rare vogel — rare or unique, and thus outstanding or unusual, person or thing
• Dutch: vreemde vogel — rare or unique, and thus outstanding or unusual, person or thing
• Dutch: vreemde eend — rare or unique, and thus outstanding or unusual, person or thing
• Estonian: rara avis — rare or unique, and thus outstanding or unusual, person or thing
• Finnish: outo lintu — rare or unique, and thus outstanding or unusual, person or thing
• French: oiseau rare — rare or unique, and thus outstanding or unusual, person or thing
• French: merle blanc — rare or unique, and thus outstanding or unusual, person or thing
• German: seltener Vogel — rare or unique, and thus outstanding or unusual, person or thing
• German: Paradiesvogel — rare or unique, and thus outstanding or unusual, person or thing
• Hebrew: עוֹף מוּזָר ('of muzár) — rare or unique, and thus outstanding or unusual, person or thing
• Hungarian: ritkaság — rare or unique, and thus outstanding or unusual, person or thing
• Italian: rara avis — rare or unique, and thus outstanding or unusual, person or thing
• Italian: mosca bianca — rare or unique, and thus outstanding or unusual, person or thing
• Macedonian: ре́тка пти́ца (rétka ptíca) — rare or unique, and thus outstanding or unusual, person or thing
• Polish: biały kruk — rare or unique, and thus outstanding or unusual, person or thing
• Portuguese: ave rara — rare or unique, and thus outstanding or unusual, person or thing
• Portuguese: raridade — rare or unique, and thus outstanding or unusual, person or thing
• Spanish: bicho raro — rare or unique, and thus outstanding or unusual, person or thing
• Spanish: mirlo blanco — rare or unique, and thus outstanding or unusual, person or thing
• Swedish: främmande fågel — rare or unique, and thus outstanding or unusual, person or thing
• Turkish: bulunmaz Hint kumaşı — rare or unique, and thus outstanding or unusual, person or thing
• Welsh: aderyn prin — rare or unique, and thus outstanding or unusual, person or thing
• Welsh: peth prin — rare or unique, and thus outstanding or unusual, person or thing