sparrow

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈspæɹəʊ/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /ˈspaɹəw/
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• US: /ˈspæɹoʊ/ without the Mary–marry–merry merger
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• /ˈspɛɹoʊ/ US, Mary–marry–merry merger
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• US: Mary-marry-merry Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• Scotland: /ˈspaɾo/
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• Wales: /ˈspaɾou/ without the toe–tow merger
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• rhymes with -æɹəʊ
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• CMU ARPABET: S P EH1 R OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English Sparow.

From Middle English sparewe, sparowe, sparu, sparwe, spearewe, sperrewe, from Old English spearwa, from Proto-West Germanic *sparwō, from Proto-Germanic *sparwô, from Proto-Indo-European *spḗr (“sparrow”). Cognates Cognate with Yola sparrowe (“sparrow”), North Frisian sparag, spåri (“sparrow”), Saterland Frisian Spräie (“sparrow”), Alemannic German and Luxembourgish Spatz (“sparrow”), Dutch spreeuw (“starling”), German Spatz, Sperling (“sparrow”), Vilamovian śpielik, śpjelik, śpjeliḱ (“sparrow”), Yiddish שפּערל (shperl, “sparrow”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål spurv (“sparrow”), Faroese spurvur (“sparrow”), Norwegian Nynorsk sporv (“sparrow”), Swedish sparv (“sparrow”), Gothic 𐍃𐍀𐌰𐍂𐍅𐌰 (sparwa, “sparrow”); also Latin parra (“bird of ill omen”), Ancient Greek ψάρ (psár), ψήρ (psḗr, “starling”).

177 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Aghwan: 𐕖𐕒𐔱𐔰𐔾 (čobal) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Dupaningan Agta: pipittot — bird of the family Passeridae
• Ainu: アマメチカッポ (amamecikappo) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Albanian: harabel — bird of the family Passeridae
• Albanian: trumcak — bird of the family Passeridae
• Amharic: ድንቢጥ (dənbiṭ) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Arabic: عَصْفُور (ʕaṣfūr) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Arabic: عُصْفُور (ʕuṣfūr) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Arabic: عصفور (ʕuṣfūr) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Armenian: ճնճղուկ (čnčġuk) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Armenian: ծիտ (cit) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Middle Armenian: չիտ (čʻit) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Old Armenian: ծիտ (cit) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Assamese: ঘৰচিৰিকা (ghorsirika) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Assamese: ঘনচিৰিকা (ghonsirika) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Assamese: ঘৰচৰাই (ghorsorai) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Azerbaijani: sərçə — bird of the family Passeridae
• Baluchi: جنجشک (jinjišk) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Bashkir: турғай (turğay) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Belarusian: верабе́й (vjerabjéj) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Belarusian: варо́бчык (varóbčyk) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Bengali: চড়ুই (coṛui) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Bengali: চড়াই (coṛai) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Bhojpuri: गौरइया (gauraiyā) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Bulgarian: врабче́ (vrabčé) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Burmese: စာ (ca) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Carpathian Rusyn: воробе́ль (vorobélʹ) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Catalan: pardal — bird of the family Passeridae
• Catalan: teuladí — bird of the family Passeridae
• Chinese Mandarin: 麻雀 (máquè) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Chuvash: ҫерҫи (śerś̬i) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Cornish: golvan — bird of the family Passeridae
• Crimean Tatar: torğay — bird of the family Passeridae
• Czech: vrabec — bird of the family Passeridae
• Danish: spurv — bird of the family Passeridae
• Dutch: mus — bird of the family Passeridae
• Dutch: huismus — bird of the family Passeridae
• Esperanto: pasero — bird of the family Passeridae
• Estonian: varblane — bird of the family Passeridae
• Faroese: spurvur — bird of the family Passeridae
• Faroese: spurv — bird of the family Passeridae
• Finnish: varpunen — bird of the family Passeridae
• French: moineau — bird of the family Passeridae
• Galician: pardal — bird of the family Passeridae
• Georgian: ბეღურა (beɣura) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Georgian: ჩიტი (čiṭi) — bird of the family Passeridae
• German: Sperling — bird of the family Passeridae
• German: Spatz — bird of the family Passeridae
• Gothic: 𐍃𐍀𐌰𐍂𐍅𐌰 (sparwa) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Greek: σπουργίτι (spourgíti) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Greek: σπουργίτης (spourgítis) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Ancient Greek: στρουθός (strouthós) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Gujarati: ચકલી (caklī) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Hebrew: דְּרוֹר (dror) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Hebrew: אַנְקוֹר (anqór) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Hindi: गौरैया (gauraiyā) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Hindi: गौरिया (gauriyā) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Hungarian: veréb — bird of the family Passeridae
• Icelandic: spörfugl — bird of the family Passeridae
• Indonesian: burung gereja — bird of the family Passeridae
• Ingrian: cirkkulain — bird of the family Passeridae
• Irish: gealbhan — bird of the family Passeridae
• Italian: passero — bird of the family Passeridae
• Japanese: 雀 (suzume) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Kaitag: чако (čako) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Kashmiri: کٲنٛتُر (kạ̄ntur) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Kashmiri: کانٛتُر (kāntur) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Kashmiri: ژٔر (ċạr) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Kashubian: warbel — bird of the family Passeridae
• Kazakh: торғай (torğai) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Khmer: ចាប (caap) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Korean: 참새 (chamsae) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Kyrgyz: таранчы (tarancı) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Kyrgyz: тараанчы (taraancı) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Lao: ກະຈອກ (ka chǭk) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Latin: passer — bird of the family Passeridae
• Latvian: zvirbulis — bird of the family Passeridae
• Lithuanian: žvirblis — bird of the family Passeridae
• Low German: Lüneng — bird of the family Passeridae
• Luxembourgish: Spatz — bird of the family Passeridae
• Macedonian: врабец (vrabec) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Macedonian: врапче (vrapče) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Malay: pipit — bird of the family Passeridae
• Malayalam: കുരുവി (kuruvi) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Māori: tiu — bird of the family Passeridae
• Marathi: चिमणी (cimṇī) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Marathi: चिमणा (cimṇā) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Mingrelian: ჩიტი (čiṭi) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Mingrelian: ბაღჷრე (baɣəre) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Mongolian: бор шувуу (bor šuvuu) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Mongolian: богширго (bogširgo) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Mongolian: болжмор (bolžmor) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Mongolian: бялзуухай (bjalzuuxaj) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Muong: khé — bird of the family Passeridae
• Navajo: tsídiiłbáhí — bird of the family Passeridae
• Nepali: भँगेरा (bhãgerā) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Norwegian Bokmål: spurv — bird of the family Passeridae
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sporv — bird of the family Passeridae
• Occitan: passerat — bird of the family Passeridae
• Occitan: passeron — bird of the family Passeridae
• Odia: ଚଟିଆ (caṭiā) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Church Slavic: врабии (vrabii) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Old East Slavic: воробии (vorobii) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Old English: spearwa — bird of the family Passeridae
• Old Norse: spǫrr — bird of the family Passeridae
• Pacoh: pleing — bird of the family Passeridae
• Persian: گنجشک (gonješk) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Persian: ملیچ (melič/malič) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Plautdietsch: Spauz — bird of the family Passeridae
• Polish: wróbel — bird of the family Passeridae
• Portuguese: pardal — bird of the family Passeridae
• Romanian: vrabie — bird of the family Passeridae
• Russian: воробе́й (vorobéj) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Russian: воро́бышек (voróbyšek) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Russian: воро́бушек (voróbušek) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Sanskrit: चटक (caṭaka) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Scottish Gaelic: gealbhonn — bird of the family Passeridae
• Serbo-Croatian: вра́бац — bird of the family Passeridae
• Serbo-Croatian: vrábac — bird of the family Passeridae
• Slovak: vrabec — bird of the family Passeridae
• Slovene: vrábəc — bird of the family Passeridae
• Lower Sorbian: wrobel — bird of the family Passeridae
• Upper Sorbian: wrobl — bird of the family Passeridae
• Upper Sorbian: wroblik — bird of the family Passeridae
• Spanish: pasérido — bird of the family Passeridae
• Spanish: gorrión — bird of the family Passeridae
• Spanish: pardal — bird of the family Passeridae
• Swahili: shomoro — bird of the family Passeridae
• Swedish: sparv — bird of the family Passeridae
• Swedish: sparvfink — bird of the family Passeridae
• Sylheti: ꠌꠠꠂ (soṛoi) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Tagalog: pipit — bird of the family Passeridae
• Tajik: гунҷишк (gunjišk) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Tajik: чумчук (čumčuk) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Tamil: சிட்டுக்குருவி (ciṭṭukkuruvi) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Tamil: குருவி (kuruvi) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Tatar: чыпчык (çıpçıq) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Telugu: పిచ్చుక (piccuka) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Thai: กระจอก (grà-jɔ̀ɔk) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Turkish: serçe — bird of the family Passeridae
• Ottoman Turkish: سرچه (serçe) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Turkmen: serçe — bird of the family Passeridae
• Ubykh: баӷыр (bağər) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Ukrainian: горобе́ць (horobécʹ) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Ukrainian: горо́бчик (horóbčyk) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Ukrainian: воробе́ць (vorobécʹ) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Ukrainian: воробе́ль (vorobélʹ) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Urdu: گورییا (gauraiyā) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Uyghur: قۇشقاچ (qushqach) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Uzbek: chumchuq — bird of the family Passeridae
• Venetan: seléga — bird of the family Passeridae
• Venetan: séłega — bird of the family Passeridae
• Vietnamese: sẻ — bird of the family Passeridae
• Waigali: girišig — bird of the family Passeridae
• Welsh: sbrocsyn — bird of the family Passeridae
• Yakut: барабыай (barabïay) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Yiddish: שפּערל (shperl) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Yiddish: וואָראָבייטשיק (vorobeytshik) — bird of the family Passeridae
• Armenian: դրախտապան (draxtapan) — bird of the family Emberizidae
• Dutch: gors — bird of the family Emberizidae
• Finnish: sirkku — bird of the family Emberizidae
• French: bruant — bird of the family Emberizidae
• Galician: escribenta — bird of the family Emberizidae
• Hungarian: sármány — bird of the family Emberizidae
• Polish: trznadel — bird of the family Emberizidae
• Portuguese: escrevedeira — bird of the family Emberizidae
• Swedish: fältsparv — bird of the family Emberizidae
• Arabic: عَصْفُور (ʕaṣfūr) — generically, any small, nondescript bird
• Armenian: ծիտ (cit) — generically, any small, nondescript bird
• Old Armenian: ծիտ (cit) — generically, any small, nondescript bird
• Catalan: pardal — generically, any small, nondescript bird
• Finnish: pikkulintu — generically, any small, nondescript bird
• French: piaf — generically, any small, nondescript bird
• Galician: paxariño — generically, any small, nondescript bird
• Portuguese: passarinho — generically, any small, nondescript bird
• Spanish: pájaro — generically, any small, nondescript bird
• Welsh: aderyn — generically, any small, nondescript bird