starling

Senso (Inglese)

1. A family, Sturnidae, of passerine birds.
2. A family, Sturnidae, of passerine birds.
3. An enclosure like a coffer-dam, formed of piles driven closely together, before any work or structure as a protection against the wash of the waves, commonly used to protects the piers of a bridge.
4. One of the piles used in forming such a breakwater.
5. A fish, rock trout (Hexagrammos spp.), of the North Pacific, especially, Hexagrammos decagrammus, found in US waters.

Concetti

storno

stornello

palafitta

palificazione

vedette

⭐

sinonimi

common starling

breakwater

star

⭐

stare

European starling

European Starling

Traduzioni

Star

étourneau

spreeuw

estornino

estornell

ψαρόνι

estorninho

estornèl

sturnus

sığırcık

Sturnus

blanche-raie

sığyrcık

Sturnidae

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈstɑɹ.lɪŋ/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: starling

Ereditato da inglese antico: stærling

Affine olandese medio: sterlinck

In summary

From Middle English starling, sterling, sterlinge, from Old English stærling, from stær (“starling”) + -ling (diminutive suffix). Cognate with Middle Dutch sterlinck (“starling”).