birdsong

See also: Birdsong and bird song

English

Alternative forms

• bird song

Etymology

From bird +‎ song.

Pronunciation

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Noun

birdsong (countable and uncountable, plural birdsongs)

1. (ornithology) A vocalisation made by a bird for the purposes of courtship.
2. Vocalisations made by birds, considered collectively.

Translations

musical sound made by a bird

• Albanian: ëzë f,
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鳥鳴／鸟鸣 (zh) (niǎomíng)

• Czech: ptačí zpěv m, píseň (cs) f, cvrlikání n
• Danish: fuglesang (da) c, sang (da) c
• Dutch: vogelzang (nl) m
• Esperanto: birdkanto
• Finnish: linnunlaulu (fi)
• French: chant (fr) m, chant d’oiseau
• German: Vogelsang m, Vogelgesang (de) m
• Greek: κελάηδισμα (el) n (keláidisma), κελάηδημα (el) n (keláidima), κελάδημα (el) n (keládima)
• Hungarian: madárdal (hu), madárfütty (hu)
• Icelandic: fuglasöngur (is) m
• Japanese: さえずり (saezuri)
• Malay: please add this translation if you can
• Maori: waraki (in the mornings), korihitanga, korihi, kōrihirihi, te waha o Tāne (metaphorical)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fuglesang m

  Nynorsk: fuglesong m

• Polish: trel (pl) m
• Portuguese: canto (pt) m
• Russian: пе́ние (ru) n (pénije) (птиц), трель (ru) f (trelʹ), пти́чий ще́бет m (ptíčij ščébet)
• Scottish Gaelic: ceilearadh m, ceilearadh nan eun m
• Slovak: pieseň f
• Spanish: reclamo (es) m
• Swedish: fågelsång (sv) c, sång (sv) c, fåglalåt c
• Telugu: కూత (te) (kūta)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: ötüş (tr)
• Walloon: xhuflaedje (wa) m, tchant (wa) m

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