hoopoe

English

A Eurasian hoopoe (Upupa epops)

Etymology

Alteration of obsolete hoopoop, from earlier hoop, from Middle French and Old French huppe, from Latin upupa, ultimately onomatopoeic; Compare Ancient Greek ἔποψ (épops), Persian پوپو (popo).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhupu/, /ˈhupoʊ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhuːpuː/, /ˈhupəʊ/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: hoo‧poe

Noun

hoopoe (plural hoopoes)

1. Any Old World bird of genus Upupa, especially Upupa epops (Eurasian hoopoe), known for its distinctive plumage, fanlike crest, and slender bill.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:hoopoe.

Derived terms

• African hoopoe (Upupa africana)
• Eurasian hoopoe (Upupa epops)
• hoopoe-lark
• Madagascar hoopoe (Upupa marginata)
• wood hoopoe (Phoeniculidae spp.)

Translations

bird Upupa epops

• Abkhaz: ашамыхьажь (aŝaməxʲaž)
• Afrikaans: hoephoep
• Albanian: upëza f
• Amharic: እንድርማሚት (ʾəndərmamit)
• Arabic: هُدْهُد m (hudhud)

  Egyptian Arabic: هدهد m (hudhud)

• Aragonese: upupida f, porput m
• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܒܐܘܐ m (baʾwāʾ), ܝܕܝܕܐ m (yaḏyāḏā), ܬܪܢܘܓܠ ܒܪܐ

• Armenian: հոպոպ (hy) (hopop)
• Assamese: কাকৈশিৰা (kakoixira)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܗܕܗܕ (hadhad)
• Asturian: bubiella (ast) f, pupa (ast) f
• Avar: гьудгьуд (hudhud), эпъэп (epʔep)
• Azerbaijani: şanapipik (az)
• Bashkir: һөҙһөт
• Basque: argi-oilar
• Bavarian: Wutwut, Witwit
• Belarusian: удо́д m (udód)
• Bengali: মোহনচূড়া (mōhoncuṛa)
• Breton: houperig m, kogenan f
• Bulgarian: папуняк (bg) m (papunjak)
• Carpathian Rusyn: удод m (udod), дудок m (dudok)
• Catalan: puput (ca) f, (Valencia) palput (ca) f
• Cebuano: abubilya
• Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵉⴱⵉⴱⴸ (ibibḏ)
• Chechen: хӏуттут (huttut)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 戴勝／戴胜 (daai³ sing³); 鵀／𬸊 (jam⁴)

  Mandarin: 戴勝／戴胜 (zh) (dàishèng); 鵀／𬸊 (zh) (rèn)

• Corsican: puppusgiula f
• Czech: dudek (cs) m
• Danish: hærfugl c
• Dutch: hop (nl) m
• Emilian: bóbla f
• Erzya: пичекивге (pičekivge)
• Esperanto: upupo
• Extremaduran: poipa f
• Faroese: herfuglur m
• Finnish: harjalintu (fi)
• French: huppe (fr) f
• Galician: poupa (gl) f, bubela (gl) f
• Georgian: ოფოფი (opopi)

  Old Georgian: ოფოფი (opopi)

• German: Wiedehopf (de) m

  Alemannic German: Widhapf m

• Greek: τσαλαπετεινός (el) m (tsalapeteinós)

  Ancient: ἔποψ m (épops)

• Gujarati: ઘંટી-ટાંકણો (ghaṇṭī-ṭā̃kṇo), હુદહુદ (hudhud)
• Hausa: kahuhu, alhudahuda
• Hebrew: דּוּכִיפַת (he) f (dukhifat)
• Hindi: हूपू m (hūpū), हुदहुद (hi) m (hudhud)
• Hungarian: búbos banka (hu)
• Icelandic: herfugl (is) m
• Ido: upupo (io)
• Indonesian: hudhud (id)
• Ingush: тушолкотам (tušolkotam)
• Irish: húpú m
• Italian: upupa (it) f
• Japanese: ヤツガシラ (ja) (yatsugashira)
• Kabardian: хьэрхьуп (kbd) (ḥɛrḥup)
• Kalmyk: цоклур (tsoklur)
• Kannada: ಚಂದ್ರಮುಕುಟ (candramukuṭa)
• Kashmiri: سَتُت (satut), سَتہٕ تُت (sathụ tut)
• Kazakh: бәбісек (bäbısek)
• Khmer: បាគូ (km) (baakuu)
• Koyraboro Senni: zunbu
• Kumyk: гюкюк (gükük)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: پەپوو (pepû)

  Northern Kurdish: dîksilêman (ku), hudhud (ku)

• Kyrgyz: үпүп (ky) (üpüp)
• Latin: upupa f
• Latvian: pupuķis (lv) m
• Ligurian: galettu de marçu m
• Limburgish: hóp m
• Lithuanian: kukutis (lt) m
• Livonian: tijātūt
• Livvi: harjulindu
• Lorrain: hoppe f
• Luxembourgish: Mitock m
• Macedonian: пупунец m (pupunec)
• Malagasy: takadalana
• Malay: hud-hud
• Malayalam: ഉപ്പൂപ്പൻ (ml) m (uppūppaṉ)
• Maltese: daqquqa tat-toppu f
• Mandaic: ࡄࡅࡃࡄࡅࡃ (hudhud)
• Manx: ushag ny thorran f
• Maori: hupoe
• Marathi: हुदहुद m (hudhud)
• Middle Dutch: hoepe f
• Moksha: пакшун (pakšun)
• Mongolian: өвөөлж (mn) (övöölž)
• Navajo: ǫǫbǫʼii
• Nogai: поьпеп (pöpep)
• North Frisian: wiiduu
• Northwestern Dinka: adil
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hærfugl m

  Nynorsk: hærfugl m

• Occitan: upa f, puput m
• Old Prussian: pārpāls
• Ossetian: дыгоппон (dygoppon), сайтангарк (sajtangark)
• Persian: پوپک (fa) (pupak), هدهد (fa) (hod hod), شانه‌بسر (fa) (šâne-besar)
• Picard: bout-bout m
• Piedmontese: pupù
• Polish: dudek (pl) m
• Portuguese: poupa (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਚੱਕੀ ਰਾਹਾ (pa) (cakkī rāhā)
• Romagnol: popla f
• Romanian: pupăză (ro) f
• Romansch: cot da matg m
• Russian: удо́д (ru) m (udód)
• Samogitian: tūtlīs m
• Sardinian: pubùsa f, pupùsa f
• Scottish Gaelic: calman-cathaidh m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: пу̏павац m

  Roman: pȕpavac (sh) m

• Sicilian: pipituni (scn) m
• Slovak: dudok m
• Slovene: smrdokavra (sl) f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: hupac m

  Upper Sorbian: hupak m

• Spanish: abubilla (es) f
• Swahili: hudihudi
• Swedish: härfågel (sv) c
• Tachawit: tebbib (shy)
• Tajik: ҳудҳуд (hudhud)
• Tamil: கொண்டலாத்தி (ta) (koṇṭalātti)
• Tatar: һөдһөд (tt) (hödhöd)
• Thai: นกกะรางหัวขวาน (nók gà raang hŭa kwăan)
• Tibetan: པུ་ཤུད། (pu shud)
• Turkish: çavuş kuşu (tr), ibibik (tr), hüthüt (tr)
• Turkmen: hüýpüpik
• Ukrainian: о́дуд m (ódud)
• Urdu: ہد ہد m (hud hud)
• Uyghur: ھۆپۆپ (höpöp)
• Uzbek:

  Cyrillic: попишак (popishak)

  Roman: popishak (uz)

• Vietnamese: đầu rìu
• Walloon: boute-boute f
• Welsh: copog m
• West Flemish: hoepentoep
• Zazaki: hophopık (diq), diksılêman

References

• hoopoe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Upupa epops on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Upupa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons