Phrase guide

white wagtail

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

a small passerine bird in the wagtail family Motacillidae (Motacilla alba).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

Translations

63 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: marigarcía — bird in the wagtail family
  • Asturian: llavandera — bird in the wagtail family
  • Asturian: xingalráu — bird in the wagtail family
  • Asturian: mariquina — bird in the wagtail family
  • Asturian: mariquita — bird in the wagtail family
  • Asturian: aguanieves — bird in the wagtail family
  • Asturian: bruxa — bird in the wagtail family
  • Asturian: llendadora — bird in the wagtail family
  • Asturian: llenderín — bird in the wagtail family
  • Asturian: llenderina — bird in the wagtail family
  • Asturian: marica — bird in the wagtail family
  • Asturian: monxa — bird in the wagtail family
  • Asturian: panaderina — bird in the wagtail family
  • Asturian: pastora — bird in the wagtail family
  • Asturian: páxara pinta — bird in the wagtail family
  • Asturian: páxara vaquera — bird in the wagtail family
  • Asturian: paxarín del ganáu — bird in the wagtail family
  • Asturian: pisadora — bird in the wagtail family
  • Asturian: pisalamera — bird in the wagtail family
  • Asturian: pisandera — bird in the wagtail family
  • Asturian: vaquera — bird in the wagtail family
  • Asturian: vaquerina — bird in the wagtail family
  • Asturian: volandera — bird in the wagtail family
  • Asturian: xingalráu — bird in the wagtail family
  • Catalan: cuereta blanca — bird in the wagtail family
  • Chechen: кӏайн хӏуьрцӏалдиг (kʼajn hürcʼaldig) — bird in the wagtail family
  • Czech: konipas bílý — bird in the wagtail family
  • Danish: vipstjert — bird in the wagtail family
  • Danish: hvid vipstjert — bird in the wagtail family
  • Dutch: witte kwikstaart — bird in the wagtail family
  • Faroese: erla kongsdóttir — bird in the wagtail family
  • Finnish: västäräkki — bird in the wagtail family
  • French: bergeronnette grise — bird in the wagtail family
  • Galician: lavandeira branca — bird in the wagtail family
  • German: Bachstelze — bird in the wagtail family
  • Greenlandic: eqqoqqortooq — bird in the wagtail family
  • Hebrew: נחליאלי לבן (Naẖli'eli lavan) — bird in the wagtail family
  • Hungarian: barázdabillegető — bird in the wagtail family
  • Ingrian: västö — bird in the wagtail family
  • Irish: glasóg sráide — bird in the wagtail family
  • Japanese: 白鶺鴒 (hakusekirei) — bird in the wagtail family
  • Korean: 알락할미새 (allakhalmisae) — bird in the wagtail family
  • Luxembourgish: Panewippchen — bird in the wagtail family
  • Norwegian: linerle — bird in the wagtail family
  • Polish: pliszka siwa — bird in the wagtail family
  • Portuguese: alvéola-branca — bird in the wagtail family
  • Punjabi: ਚਿੱਟਾ ਮਮੋਲਾ (ciṭṭā mamolā) — bird in the wagtail family
  • Romanian: codobatură albă — bird in the wagtail family
  • Russian: бе́лая трясогу́зка (bélaja trjasogúzka) — bird in the wagtail family
  • Inari-Sami: peštrihhááš — bird in the wagtail family
  • Lule-Sami: sjvatjik — bird in the wagtail family
  • Northern Sami: beštor — bird in the wagtail family
  • Skolt-Sami: jiõŋŋpuäk ́knjaž — bird in the wagtail family
  • Slovak: trasochvost biely — bird in the wagtail family
  • Spanish: lavandera blanca — bird in the wagtail family
  • Spanish: aguzanieves — bird in the wagtail family
  • Spanish: pajarita de las nieves — bird in the wagtail family
  • Spanish: pitita — bird in the wagtail family
  • Spanish: pipita — bird in the wagtail family
  • Spanish: pezpita — bird in the wagtail family
  • Swedish: sädesärla — bird in the wagtail family
  • Turkish: ak kuyruksallayan — bird in the wagtail family
  • Welsh: siglen fraith — bird in the wagtail family