rara avis

Significado (Inglés)

1. A rare species or type of bird.
2. (figuratively) A rare or unique, and thus outstanding or unusual, person or thing; a rare bird.

Conceptos

pájaro raro

Sinónimos

rare bird

rarity

Traducciones

oiseau rare

fenice

weißer Rabe

vreemde eend

vreemde vogel

rara avis

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˌɹɑːɹə ˈeɪvɪs/

Etimología (Inglés)

Unadapted borrowing from Latin rāra avis (“rare bird”). The synonym rare bird is attested earlier. The term is a quotation from Satire VI (written late 1st century – early 2nd century B.C.E.) of the Roman poet Juvenal: “Rara avis in terris, nigroque simillima cygno [a bird as rare upon the earth as a black swan]!”.
The plural form rarae aves is a learned borrowing from Latin rārae avēs.