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reed warbler

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A warbler, of species of Acrocephalus scirpaceus in family Acrocephalidae, native to Eurasia and Africa.

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noun

Meaning 2

Any of various similar Old World birds of the same genus, especially great reed warbler (A. arundinaceus) and clamorous reed warbler (A. stentoreus).

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28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: Chinese karekiet — Acrocephalus orientalis
  • Japanese: 大葦切 (dai-yoshikiri) — Acrocephalus orientalis
  • Kapampangan: tarat — Acrocephalus orientalis
  • Korean: 개개비 (gaegaebi) — Acrocephalus orientalis
  • Asturian: carricera — Acrocephalus scirpaceus
  • Bulgarian: блатно шаварче (blatno šavarče) — Acrocephalus scirpaceus
  • Catalan: boscarla de canyar — Acrocephalus scirpaceus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 芦苇莺 (lú wěi yīng) — Acrocephalus scirpaceus
  • Czech: rákosník obecný — Acrocephalus scirpaceus
  • Dutch: kleine karekiet — Acrocephalus scirpaceus
  • Finnish: rytikerttunen — Acrocephalus scirpaceus
  • French: rousserolle effarvatte — Acrocephalus scirpaceus
  • German: Teichrohrsänger — Acrocephalus scirpaceus
  • Hungarian: cserregő nádiposzáta — Acrocephalus scirpaceus
  • Italian: cannaiola — Acrocephalus scirpaceus
  • Japanese: ヨーロッパ葦切 (yōroppa yoshikiri) — Acrocephalus scirpaceus
  • Polish: trzcinniczek — Acrocephalus scirpaceus
  • Portuguese: rouxinol-pequeno-dos-caniços — Acrocephalus scirpaceus
  • Romanian: lăcar de stuf — Acrocephalus scirpaceus
  • Russian: тростниковая камышевка (trostnikovaja kamyševka) — Acrocephalus scirpaceus
  • Spanish: carricero común — Acrocephalus scirpaceus
  • Swedish: rörsångare — Acrocephalus scirpaceus
  • Welsh: telor y cyrs — Acrocephalus scirpaceus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 葦鶯 /苇莺 (wěiyīng) — bird of the genus Acrocephalus
  • Dutch: karekiet — bird of the genus Acrocephalus
  • Finnish: ruokokerttunen — bird of the genus Acrocephalus
  • German: Rohrsänger — bird of the genus Acrocephalus
  • Korean: 개개비 (gaegaebi) — bird of the genus Acrocephalus