wren

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Originally a nickname, from Middle English wrenne (“wren”).

From Middle English wrenne, wranne, from Old English wrenna, wrænna, werna, wærna, wrenne (“wren”), from Proto-West Germanic *wrandijō, from Proto-Germanic *wrandijô (“wren”). Cognate with Old Saxon wrendilo (“wren”), Old High German rento, rentilo (“wren”), Danish rindel (“wren”), Icelandic rindill (“wren”).

From WRNS, short for Women's Royal Naval Service. Influenced by the ornithonym wren.

77 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: cinxami — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Albanian: çerr — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Albanian: ferrak — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Arabic: صَعْو (ṣaʕw) — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Arabic: وَصْع (waṣʕ) — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Asturian: cenrica — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Asturian: abangavigues — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Basque: txepetx — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Breton: dreolan — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Bulgarian: орехче (orehče) — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Bulgarian: мушитрънче (mušitrǎnče) — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Catalan: cargolet — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Cherokee: ᏥᏥ (tsitsi) — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Chinese Mandarin: 鷦鷯 /鹪鹩 (jiāoliáo) — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Chinese Mandarin: 䳦 (xuān) — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Chinese Mandarin: 䲾 (qiǎo) — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Chinese Mandarin: 鴱 /𱉪 (ài) — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Cornish: gwrannen — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Czech: střízlík — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Danish: gærdesmutte — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Dutch: winterkoninkje — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Esperanto: birdreĝo — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Esperanto: troglodito — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Estonian: käblik — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Faroese: mortítlingur — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Faroese: músabróðir — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Finnish: peukaloinen — bird of family Troglodytidae
• French: roitelet — bird of family Troglodytidae
• French: roitelet huppé — bird of family Troglodytidae
• French: troglodyte — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Galician: carrizo — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Georgian: ჭინჭრაქა (č̣inč̣raka) — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Georgian: ღობემძვრალა (ɣobemʒvrala) — bird of family Troglodytidae
• German: Zaunkönig — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Greek: τρυποφράχτης (trypofráchtis) — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Greek: τρωγλοδύτης (troglodýtis) — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Ancient Greek: κόρθιλος (kórthilos) — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Hungarian: ökörszem — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Icelandic: músarindill — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Irish: dreoilín — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Old Irish: dreän — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Italian: scricciolo — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Japanese: ミソサザイ (misosazai) — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Latin: rēgulus — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Latvian: paceplītis — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Ligurian: rætìn — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Lombard: caruspi — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Luxembourgish: Zwirkinnek — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Central Sierra Miwok: šawánṭi·ṭi- — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Navajo: jádídlǫ́ʼii — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Norman: raîté — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Norwegian: gjerdesmett — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Old English: wrenna — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Polish: strzyżyk — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Portuguese: carriça — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Portuguese: uirapuru — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Romanian: pitulice — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Romanian: ochiul-boului — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Russian: крапи́вник (krapívnik) — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Northern Sami: bealgeloddi — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Scottish Gaelic: dreathan donn — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Serbo-Croatian: strež — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Serbo-Croatian: carić — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Seri: acáam ccaa — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Slovak: striežik — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Slovene: stržek — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Spanish: chochín — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Spanish: cucarachero — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Spanish: ratona — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Svan: გუ̂ანც (gûanc) — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Swedish: gärdsmyg — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Turkish: çalıkuşu — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Ukrainian: кропи́в'янка (kropývʺjanka) — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Ukrainian: воло́ве о́чко (volóve óčko) — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Unami: hinutët — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Volapük: troglodüt — bird of family Troglodytidae
• Welsh: dryw — bird of family Troglodytidae