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whinchat

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A small Old World songbird, Saxicola rubetra, that feeds on insects.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tick, furzechat, grasschat

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

brown-and-buff European songbird of grassy meadows

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Saxicola rubetra

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Old World chat, chat

History

Etymology

From whin + chat (“type of songbird”).

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: çeku vetullbardhë — Saxicola ruberta
  • Bulgarian: ръждивогушо ливадарче (rǎždivogušo livadarče) — Saxicola ruberta
  • Catalan: bitxac rogenc — Saxicola ruberta
  • Czech: bramborníček — Saxicola ruberta
  • Danish: bynkefugl — Saxicola ruberta
  • Dutch: paapje — Saxicola ruberta
  • Finnish: pensastasku — Saxicola ruberta
  • French: tarier des prés — Saxicola ruberta
  • Galician: chasca colipinta — Saxicola ruberta
  • German: Braunkehlchen — Saxicola ruberta
  • Greek: καστανολαίμης (kastanolaímis) — Saxicola ruberta
  • Hungarian: rozsdás csuk — Saxicola ruberta
  • Irish: caislín aitinn — Saxicola ruberta
  • Japanese: 眉白野鶲 (mamijiro nohitaki) — Saxicola ruberta
  • Korean: 가시검은딱새 (gasigeomeunttaksae) — Saxicola ruberta
  • Latvian: lukstu čakstīte — Saxicola ruberta
  • Luxembourgish: Brongbrëschtchen — Saxicola ruberta
  • Polish: pokląskwa — Saxicola ruberta
  • Portuguese: cartaxo-nortenho — Saxicola ruberta
  • Romanian: mărăcinar mare — Saxicola ruberta
  • Russian: лугово́й чека́н (lugovój čekán) — Saxicola ruberta
  • Scottish Gaelic: clacharan an fhraoich — Saxicola ruberta
  • Spanish: tarabilla — Saxicola ruberta
  • Swedish: buskskvätta — Saxicola ruberta
  • Turkish: çayır taşçalanı — Saxicola ruberta
  • Ukrainian: трав'янка лучна (travʺjanka lučna) — Saxicola ruberta
  • Ukrainian: чекан лучний (čekan lučnyj) — Saxicola ruberta
  • Volapük: saxikol — Saxicola ruberta
  • Welsh: crec yr eithin — Saxicola ruberta