yellowhammer

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈjɛl.əʊˌhæm.ə(ɹ)/
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• General-American: /ˈjɛl.oʊˌhæm.ɚ/
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An alteration (influenced by hammer) of the earlier yelambre, yelamber, from Middle English *yelwambre, from yelwe (“yellow”) + *ambre (“yellowhammer”), from Old English amore, related to Old High German amaro (“yellowhammer”) (see modern German Ammer).

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Asturian: mederizu — a passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella
• Asturian: pardomostu — a passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella
• Belarusian: стрынатка (strynatka) — a passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella
• Belarusian: аўсянка звычайна (awsjanka zvyčajna) — a passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella
• Bulgarian: жълтурка (žǎlturka) — a passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella
• Bulgarian: овесарка (ovesarka) — a passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella
• Carpathian Rusyn: жовтурка (žovturka) — a passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella
• Catalan: verderola — a passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella
• Catalan: hortolà groc — a passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella
• Czech: strnad obecný — a passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella
• Danish: gulspurv — a passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella
• Dutch: geelgors — a passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella
• Esperanto: flava emberizo — a passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella
• Estonian: talvike — a passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella
• Faroese: gulspurvur — a passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella
• Finnish: keltasirkku — a passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella
• French: bruant jaune — a passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella
• Galician: pimpís — a passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella
• Galician: escribenta amarela — a passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella
• Galician: escribán — a passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella
• Galician: escribenta — a passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella
• German: Goldammer — a passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella
• German: Geelamere — a passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella
• German: Goldamere — a passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella
• Greek: χρυσοτσίχλονο (chrysotsíchlono) — a passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella
• Hungarian: citromsármány — a passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella
• Ingrian: keltacirkkulain — a passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella
• Italian: zigolo giallo — a passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella
• Japanese: 黄青鵐 (kiaoji) — a passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella
• Kashubian: zwëczajny żółtobrzuszk — a passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella
• Korean: 노랑멧새 (norangmetsae) — a passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella
• Latvian: dzeltenā stērste — a passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella
• Lithuanian: geltonoji starta — a passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella
• Macedonian: жолтогрлата стрнарка (žoltogrlata strnarka) — a passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella
• Maltese: durrajsa safra — a passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella
• Māori: hurukōwhai — a passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella
• Norwegian Bokmål: gulspurv — a passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gulsporv — a passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella
• Polish: trznadel — a passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella
• Portuguese: verdelha — a passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella
• Portuguese: escrevedeira-amarela — a passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella
• Romanian: presură galbenă — a passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella
• Russian: овся́нка обыкновенная (ovsjánka obyknovennaja) — a passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella
• Inari-Sami: fiskiscissááš — a passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella
• Lule-Sami: visskátsihtse — a passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella
• Northern Sami: fiskescihci — a passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella
• Scottish Gaelic: buidheag-bhealaidh — a passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella
• Serbo-Croatian: стрнадица жутовољка — a passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella
• Serbo-Croatian: strnadica žutovoljka — a passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella
• Slovak: strnádka obyčajná — a passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella
• Slovak: strnádka žltá — a passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella
• Slovene: rumeni strnad — a passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella
• Spanish: escribano cerillo — a passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella
• Swedish: gulsparv — a passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella
• Turkish: sarı kiraz kuşu — a passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella
• Ukrainian: вівсянка звичайна (vivsjanka zvyčajna) — a passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella
• Welsh: bras melyn — a passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella
• Dutch: gouden grondspecht — a native or resident of the American state of Alabama
• Russian: штат золотистого дятла (štat zolotistovo djatla) — a native or resident of the American state of Alabama