egret

Significado (Inglés)

1. Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea that includes herons, many of which are white or buff, and several of which develop fine plumes during the breeding season.
2. A plume or tuft of feathers worn as a part of a headdress, or anything imitating such an ornament.
3. The flying feathery or hairy crown of seeds or achenes, such as the down of the thistle.
4. (obsolete) The crab-eating macaque (Macaca fascicularis)

Sinónimos

heron

crane

white crane

bittern

White

aigret

American egret

great white heron

aigrette

great white

bird

🐦

stork

hern

Traducións

aigrette

reiger

garza

τσικνιάς

garça

garzetta

agró

airone

χουλιάρι

Reiher

héron

ψαροφάγος

ερωδιός

balıkçıl

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/ˈi.ɡɹɪt/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de Middle English: -

Relativo a Old High German: heigaro

Relativo a Old English: hrāgra

In summary

From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman egret, aigrette (“egret”), from Old Occitan aigreta, diminutive of aigron (“heron”), from Medieval Latin hairo, from Frankish *haigro (“heron”). Cognate with Old High German heigaro (“heron”), Old English hrāgra (“heron”). Doublet of aigrette. More at heron.