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siskin

noun · 3 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.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈsɪskɪn/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪskɪn
  • CMU ARPABET: S IH1 S K IH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A small green and yellow European finch, Carduelis spinus spinus or Carduelis spinus, now Spinus spinus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any of various similar birds in subfamily Carduelinae, principally in the genus Spinus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

small yellow-and-black Eurasian finch with a sharp beak

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Carduelis spinus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: finch

History

Etymology

From dialectal German Sisschen, Zeischen, diminutive form of Middle High German zīsec, apparently ultimately from Proto-Slavic *čižь (compare e.g. Polish czyżyk).