Etymology
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From Middle English goldfinch, goldfynch, goldefynch, from Old English goldfinċ, equivalent to gold + finch. Compare West Frisian goudfink (“goldfinch”), Dutch goudvink (“bullfinch”), German Goldfink (“goldfinch”), Danish guldfink (“goldfinch”), Icelandic gullfinka (“goldfinch”).
Pronunciation
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goldfinch (plural goldfinches)
- Any of several small passerine birds of the finch family
- A European goldfinch, Eurasian goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
- An American goldfinch (Spinus tristis, syn. Carduelis tristis)
- A Lawrence's goldfinch (Spinus lawrencei, syn. Carduelis lawrencei)
- A lesser goldfinch (Spinus psaltria, syn. Carduelis psaltria).
- (UK, slang, obsolete) A sovereign (the coin).
Derived terms
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Translations
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any of several passerine birds
- Armenian: կարմրակատար (hy) (karmrakatar)
- Azerbaijani: payızbülbülü
- Belarusian: шчыго́л m (ščyhól)
- Bulgarian: кадънка f (kadǎnka), щиглец (bg) m (štiglec)
- Catalan: cadernera (ca) f
- Cherokee: ᏩᏓᎬ (wadagv)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 金翅雀 (zh) (jīnchìquè)
- Czech: stehlík (cs) m
- Danish: stillids c, stillits c
- Estonian: ohakalind (et)
- Finnish: tikli (fi) (European), amerikantikli (fi) (American)
- French: chardonneret (fr) m
- Galician: xílgaro (gl) m
- German: Stieglitz (de) m
- Greek: ακανθίς f (akanthís), ακανθυλίς f (akanthylís), καρδερίνα (el) f (karderína), γαρδέλι (el) n (gardéli)
- Ancient: ἀκανθίς f (akanthís)
- Hungarian: tengelic (hu)
- Irish: coinnleoir Muire m
- Italian: cardellino (it)
- Japanese: ゴシキヒワ (ja) (goshikihiwa)
- Kumyk: сарипай (saripay), сарипай жымчыкъ (saripay jımçıq), ала торгъай (ala torğay)
- Latgalian: dadziļs m
- Latin: carduelis f
- Latvian: dadzītis m
- Lithuanian: dagilis (lt) m
- Navajo: tsídiiłtsooí bitʼaʼ łizhinígíí
- Norman: cardrinnette f, mîngnonne dé cardrinnette f
- Ottoman Turkish: سقا قوشی (saka kuşu)
- Pennsylvania German: Dischdelfink f
- Polish: szczygieł (pl) m
- Portuguese: pintassilgo (pt) m
- Romanian: sticlete (ro) m
- Russian: щего́л (ru) m (ščegól)
- Scottish Gaelic: deargan-fraoich m, lasair-choille f
- Slovak: stehlík m
- Spanish: jilguero (es) m, cardelino m
- Swedish: steglits (sv) c
- Tagalog: kardelina
- Turkish: saka (tr)
- Ukrainian: щи́глик m (ščýhlyk), щиго́ль m (ščyhólʹ)
- Venetian: gardełìn m
- Welsh: nico f
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References
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- (sovereign): John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
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