birdwatching

See also: bird watching

English

Alternative forms

• bird watching

Etymology

bird +‎ watching

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɜː(ɹ)dˌwɒtʃ.ɪŋ/

Noun

birdwatching (uncountable)

1. Observing or identifying wild birds in their natural environment.

   Synonym: birding

2. (slang) The hobby of watching rocket launches.
   • 1957, Skyline, volumes 15-18, page 7:

     In fact, on this night, the birdwatching is over for everyone, for the firing is cancelled. Nobody notifies birdwatchers officially, of course, so the exodus is scattered and gradual.

3. (slang) Girlwatching
   • 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 225:

     By the spring of 1968, they were the secular-singing O'Kaysion, and they had recorded a leering lyric about ogling babes for the peewee Northstate label. Local DJs, appreciating that bird-watching was a popular pastime for their listeners, rode the number as if it had a satin saddle.

Related terms

• birdwatch
• birdwatcher

Translations

observing wild birds

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: observació d'aus f, albirament d'aus m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 觀鳥／观鸟 (guānniǎo), 賞鳥／赏鸟 (shǎngniǎo)

• Dutch: vogelspotten (nl), vogelen (nl)
• Esperanto: birdumo
• Finnish: lintujen tarkkailu
• French: observation des oiseaux f
• German: Vogelbeobachtung f
• Irish: éanbhreathnú m
• Japanese: 野鳥観察 (やちょうかんさつ, yachō kansatsu), バードウォッチング (bādowotchingu)
• Korean: 탐조 (tamjo)
• Polish: obserwacja ptaków f
• Portuguese: observação de aves f, passarinhar (pt) (informal)
• Russian: наблюде́ние за пти́цами n (nabljudénije za ptícami), бёрдвотчинг (ru) m (bjórdvotčing), бёрдво́тчинг (ru) m (bjordvótčing)
• Spanish: observación de aves f
• Swedish: fågelskådning (sv) c
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: gwylio adar m

See also

• ornithology

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English birdwatching.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /berˈdwɔt.t͡ʃinɡ/
• Rhymes: -ɔttʃinɡ

Noun

birdwatching m

1. birdwatching