sparrow

Senso (Inglese)

1. The house sparrow, Passer domesticus; a small bird with a short bill, and brown, white and gray feathers.
2. A member of the family Passeridae, comprising small Old World songbirds.
3. A member of the family Passerellidae (or Emberizidae, under classification systems that subsume the New World sparrows under Emberizidae), comprising small New World songbirds.
4. Generically, any small, nondescript bird.
5. (London, UK) A quick-witted, lively person.

Concetti

passero

passerotto

passera

rondine

astore

pàssero

Prunella modularis

passero domestico

passeridi

pene

uccello

🐦

passera scopaiola

uccellino

zigolo

sinonimi

bird

🐦

dunnock

true sparrow

hedge sparrow

bunting

house sparrow

swallow

Prunella modularis

Passer

small person

genus Passer

English sparrow

mossie

common sparrow

accentor

spuggy

canary

finch

house-sparrow

little bird

nuthatch

penis

wild goose

Traduzioni

moineau

gorrión

Sperling

Spatz

mus

pardal

pardal

serçe

σπουργίτης

passer

Passer

passereau

passerat

piaf

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈspæɹəʊ/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: sparwe

Ereditato da inglese antico: spearwa

Affine olandese: spreeuw

Affine tedesco svizzero: Spar

Affine tedesco: Sperling

Affine danese: -

Affine norvegese bokmål: spurv

Affine norvegese nynorsk: sporv

Affine svedese: sparv

Affine bretone: frao

Affine Tokharian A: spārāñ

Affine greco antico: ψάρ

In summary

From Middle English sparwe, sparowe, from Old English spearwa, from Proto-West Germanic *sparwō, from Proto-Germanic *sparwô, from Proto-Indo-European *spḗr (“sparrow”).
Cognate with Dutch spreeuw (“starling”), Alemannic German Spar (“sparrow”), German Sperling (“sparrow”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål spurv (“sparrow”), Norwegian Nynorsk sporv (“sparrow”), Swedish sparv (“sparrow”), Breton frao (“crow”), Tocharian A ṣpārāñ, Ancient Greek ψάρ (psár, “starling”).