fieldfare

English

A fieldfare

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English feldefare, from Old English feldefare, from feld (“field”) + ġefara (“traveller”); equivalent to field +‎ fare.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfiːldfɛː/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfiːldfɛɹ/

Noun

fieldfare (plural fieldfares)

1. A large thrush, Turdus pilaris, a bird of Eurasia.

   Synonyms: (UK regional) felty, (UK regional) feltyfare

   • 2007, Diana Athill, “Somewhere Towards the End”, in Granta, 98, p. 20:

     Paul seemed relaxed, scanning the fields on either side of the muddy lane for fieldfares

Translations

Turdus pilaris

• Albanian: baribojë (sq) f, tushë (sq) f
• Asturian: malvís (ast), malvís carrascal (ast)
• Bulgarian: хвойнов дрозд m (hvojnov drozd)
• Catalan: griva cerdana f
• Czech: kvíčala (cs) f
• Danish: sjagger (da)
• Dutch: kramsvogel (nl) m
• Erzya: пизёлкай (piźolkaj)
• Finnish: räkätti, räkättirastas (fi), rätkä
• French: litorne (fr) f
• German: Wacholderdrossel (de) f
• Greek: κεδρότσιχλα f (kedrótsichla)
• Greenlandic: orpimmiutarsuaq
• Hungarian: fenyőrigó (hu)
• Italian: cesena (it)
• Japanese: ノハラツグミ (noharatsugumi)
• Middle English: feldefare
• Polish: kwiczoł (pl) m
• Portuguese: tordo-zornal m
• Romanian: cocoșar (ro) m, sturz de iarnă m
• Romansch: tursch giagl m
• Russian: дрозд-рябинник (drozd-rjabinnik)
• Slovak: drozd čvíkotavý
• Spanish: zorzal real m
• Swedish: björktrast (sv) c
• Turkish: tarla ardıç kuşu (tr)
• Welsh: socan eira

Further reading

• fieldfare on Wikipedia.Wikipedia