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song sparrow

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

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noun

Meaning 1

Melospiza melodia, a medium-sized American sparrow.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: silver-tongue, silver tongue

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

small songbird common in North America

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Melospiza melodia

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: New World sparrow

History

Etymology

From song + sparrow.

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: gorrión melódicu — Melospiza melodia
  • Basque: txonta kantari — Melospiza melodia
  • Breton: brean kaner — Melospiza melodia
  • Bulgarian: пойна овесарка (pojna ovesarka) — Melospiza melodia
  • Catalan: pardal melòdic — Melospiza melodia
  • Chinese Mandarin: 歌带鹀 — Melospiza melodia
  • Czech: strnadec zpěvný — Melospiza melodia
  • Danish: sangspurv — Melospiza melodia
  • Dutch: zanggors — Melospiza melodia
  • Esperanto: kantopasero — Melospiza melodia
  • Estonian: laulusidrik — Melospiza melodia
  • Finnish: laulusirkku — Melospiza melodia
  • French: bruant chanteur — Melospiza melodia
  • Galician: pardal da canción — Melospiza melodia
  • German: Singammer — Melospiza melodia
  • Haitian Creole: zwazo-kann chantè — Melospiza melodia
  • Hebrew: דרורן — Melospiza melodia
  • Hungarian: énekes verébsármány — Melospiza melodia
  • Icelandic: ómtittlingur — Melospiza melodia
  • Italian: passero cantore — Melospiza melodia
  • Japanese: ウタスズメ (utasuzume) — Melospiza melodia
  • Lithuanian: zonotrichija giesmininkė — Melospiza melodia
  • Norwegian: sangspurv — Melospiza melodia
  • Polish: szarobrewka śpiewna — Melospiza melodia
  • Portuguese: tico-tico-musical — Melospiza melodia
  • Russian: пвчая зонотрихия (pvčaja zonotrixija) — Melospiza melodia
  • Slovak: strnádlik spevavý — Melospiza melodia
  • Slovene: pojoči vrabonad — Melospiza melodia
  • Spanish: gorrión melódico — Melospiza melodia
  • Swedish: sångsparv — Melospiza melodia
  • Turkish: ötücü çinte — Melospiza melodia
  • Welsh: bras persain — Melospiza melodia