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redstart

noun · 4 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

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  • General-American: /ˈɹɛdstɑɹt/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of various insectivorous ground-feeding birds, mainly of the genus Phoenicurus. Many of the species have a red tail.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A species of warbler native to the Americas, Setophaga ruticilla, only distantly related to Phoenicurus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada, US

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

European songbird with a reddish breast and tail; related to Old World robins

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: redtail

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: thrush

4

noun

Meaning 4

flycatching warbler of eastern North America the male having bright orange on sides and wings and tail

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: American redstart, Setophaga ruticilla

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: flycatching warbler

History

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English *redstert; equivalent to red + start (“tail”). Compare Dutch roodstaart, Danish rødstjert.

Across languages

Translations

56 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: rooistert — ground-feeding bird
  • Arabic: حَمِيرَاء (ḥamīrāʔ) — ground-feeding bird
  • Armenian: կարմրատուտ (karmratut) — ground-feeding bird
  • Asturian: tiemblarrabu — ground-feeding bird
  • Asturian: rabucoloráu — ground-feeding bird
  • Basque: buztangorri — ground-feeding bird
  • Breton: rulosteg — ground-feeding bird
  • Bulgarian: градинска червеноопашка (gradinska červenoopaška) — ground-feeding bird
  • Catalan: cotxa — ground-feeding bird
  • Czech: rehek — ground-feeding bird
  • Danish: rødstjert — ground-feeding bird
  • Dutch: roodstaart — ground-feeding bird
  • Esperanto: ruĝvostulo — ground-feeding bird
  • Estonian: lepalind — ground-feeding bird
  • Finnish: leppälintu — ground-feeding bird
  • French: rougequeue — ground-feeding bird
  • North Frisian: ruadstört — ground-feeding bird
  • West-Frisian: readsturtsje — ground-feeding bird
  • Georgian: ბოლოცეცხლა (bolocecxla) — ground-feeding bird
  • German: Rotschwanz — ground-feeding bird
  • Greek: κοκκινούρης (kokkinoúris) — ground-feeding bird
  • Ancient Greek: φοινίκουρος (phoiníkouros) — ground-feeding bird
  • Hebrew: חַכְלִילִית (kakhlilit) — ground-feeding bird
  • Hungarian: rozsdafarkú — ground-feeding bird
  • Ido: redakaudo — ground-feeding bird
  • Ingrian: leppälintu — ground-feeding bird
  • Ingrian: leppolintu — ground-feeding bird
  • Irish: earrdheargán — ground-feeding bird
  • Italian: codirosso — ground-feeding bird
  • Kazakh: қызылқұйрық (qyzylqūiryq) — ground-feeding bird
  • Kyrgyz: кышкуйрук (kışkuyruk) — ground-feeding bird
  • Latin: phoenicurus — ground-feeding bird
  • Latvian: erickiņš — ground-feeding bird
  • Lithuanian: raudonuodegė — ground-feeding bird
  • Luxembourgish: Routschwanz — ground-feeding bird
  • Malayalam: റെഡ്സ്റ്റാർട്ട് (ṟeḍsṟṟāṟṭṭŭ) — ground-feeding bird
  • Manx: thoyn-yiarg — ground-feeding bird
  • Norwegian Bokmål: raudstjert — ground-feeding bird
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: raudstjert — ground-feeding bird
  • Picard: rouche-tcheue — ground-feeding bird
  • Polish: pleszka — ground-feeding bird
  • Portuguese: rabirruivo — ground-feeding bird
  • Romanian: codroș — ground-feeding bird
  • Russian: горихво́стка (gorixvóstka) — ground-feeding bird
  • Scottish Gaelic: eàrr-dearg — ground-feeding bird
  • Serbo-Croatian: црвѐнрепка — ground-feeding bird
  • Serbo-Croatian: crvènrepka — ground-feeding bird
  • Slovak: žltochvost — ground-feeding bird
  • Spanish: colirrojo — ground-feeding bird
  • Spanish: abanico — ground-feeding bird
  • Swedish: rödstjärt — ground-feeding bird
  • Turkish: kızılkuyruk — ground-feeding bird
  • Ukrainian: горихвістка (horyxvistka) — ground-feeding bird
  • Vietnamese: chim đỏ đuôi — ground-feeding bird
  • Welsh: tingoch — ground-feeding bird
  • Welsh: coch y berllan — ground-feeding bird