snip

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (feminine) a snipe or woodcock, thin-beaked bird of the genera Gallinago, Scolopax, Lymnocryptes, Limnodromus and Coenocorypha
2. (Netherlands, feminine, informal) a 100 guilders banknote

Synoniemen

watersnip

houtsnip

Vertalingen

Schnepfe

bécassine

snipe

bécasse

agachadiza

becadell

beccaccia

beccaccino

Bekassine

becacina

chocha

frullino

woodcock

croccolone

canardage

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/snɪp/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelnederlands: snippe

In summary

From Middle Dutch snippe, ultimately from the root of snavel (“beak”).