owl

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. Any of various birds of prey of the order Strigiformes, families Strigidae and Tytonidae, that are primarily nocturnal and have forward-looking, binocular vision, limited eye movement, and good hearing.
2. (broadly) A person seen as having owl-like characteristics, especially appearing wise or serious, or being nocturnally active.
3. An owl pigeon.
4. (uncommon) A politician with moderate views that are neither hawkish nor dovish.
5. Any of various nymphalid butterflies, especially in the genus Caligo, having large eyespots on the wings.

Verb

To smuggle contraband goods.

Conceptos

lechuza

🦉

búho

🦉

buho

mochuelo

tecolote

🦉

cárabo

autillo

sijú cotunto

tucúquere

chuncho

caburé

strigiformes

bruja

cuco

mochuelo europeo

agujero

🕳️

buho real

mochuelo común

búho pequeño y agorero

chusqui

anteojo

Opuesto a

lark

Sinónimos

barn owl

kite

🪁

bird of night

bird of Minerva

chicken

🐔

hooter

screech owl

fool

hawk

bird of pray

breathalyser

night owl

rail

soar

tawny owl

night-bird

a bird

burrowing owl

horned owl

nocturnal animal

batty

boobook

Powerful Owl

breathalyzer

bird

🐦

eagle owl

Traducciones

hibou

🦉

Eule

🦉

gufo

🦉

uil

🦉

chouette

🦉

coruja

🦉

mocho

🦉

baykuş

🦉

civetta

🦉

κουκουβάγια

òliba

bufo

kund

🦉

corujão

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/aʊ(ə)l/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: oule

Heredado de inglés antiguo: ūle

Cognado con frisón occidental: ûle

Cognado con neerlandés: uil

Cognado con danés: -

Cognado con noruego: ugle

Cognado con alemán: Eule

Cognado con alemán: Uhu

Cognado con inglés antiguo: ūf

Cognado con sueco: uv

Cognado con Bavarian: Auf

Cognado con letón: ũpis

Cognado con checo: úpět

Cognado con avéstico: 𐬎𐬟𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬨𐬌

In summary

From Middle English oule, owle, from Old English ūle, from Proto-West Germanic *uwwilā, from Proto-Germanic *uwwalǭ (compare West Frisian ûle, Dutch uil, Danish and Norwegian ugle, German Eule), diminutive of *uwwǭ (“eagle-owl”) (compare German Uhu), of imitative origin or a variant of *ūfaz, *ūfǭ (compare Old English ūf or hūf, Swedish uv (“horned owl”), Bavarian Auf), from Proto-Indo-European *up- (compare Latvian ũpis (“eagle-owl”), Czech úpět (“to wail, howl”), Avestan 𐬎𐬟𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬨𐬌 (ufiieimi, “to call out”). A Germanic variant *uwwilǭ was the source of Old High German ūwila (German Eule).