Phrase guide

white stork

noun · 2 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /waɪt stɔɹk/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /waɪt stɔːk/
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A large wading bird, of species Ciconia ciconia, that winters in Africa and breeds in Europe; in European folklore, it delivers babies.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the common stork of Europe; white with black wing feathers and a red bill

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Ciconia ciconia

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: stork

History

Etymology

From white and stork.

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: lejleku i bardhë — large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia
  • Arabic: لَقْلَق أَبْيَض (laqlaq ʔabyaḍ) — large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia
  • Asturian: cigüeña — large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia
  • Asturian: cigüeña cande — large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia
  • Chechen: чӏерийдохург (čʼeriı̇doxurg) — large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia
  • Chichewa: chiswankhono — large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia
  • Chinese Mandarin: 白鸛 /白鹳 (báiguàn) — large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia
  • Danish: hvid stork — large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia
  • Dutch: ooievaar — large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia
  • Esperanto: blanka cikonio — large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia
  • Faroese: storkur — large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia
  • Finnish: kattohaikara — large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia
  • French: cigogne blanche — large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia
  • German: Weißstorch — large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia
  • Greek: λευκοπελαργός (lefkopelargós) — large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia
  • Hungarian: fehér gólya — large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia
  • Icelandic: hvítstorkur — large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia
  • Japanese: 朱嘴鸛 (shubashikō) — large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia
  • Kashubian: biôłi bòcón — large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia
  • Kazakh: ақ дегелек (aq degelek) — large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia
  • Latin: ciconia — large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia
  • Maltese: ċikonja bajda — large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia
  • Polish: bocian biały — large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia
  • Portuguese: cegonha-branca — large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia
  • Romanian: barză-albă — large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia
  • Russian: бе́лый а́ист (bélyj áist) — large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia
  • Spanish: cigüeña blanca — large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia
  • Swedish: vit stork — large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia
  • Tagalog: puting tagak — large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia
  • Turkish: leylek — large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia
  • Tyap: a̱ba̱lee — large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia
  • Ukrainian: леле́ка бі́лий (leléka bílyj) — large wading bird, Ciconia ciconia