serin

Meaning

bird of the genus Serinus, canary

Concepts

canary

serin

siskin

Synonyms

canari

Translations

canarino

kanarie

kanarya

Kanarienvogel

Zeisig

Carduelis spinus

Serinus

canari

serilh

canário

canario

serín

iskete kuşu

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sə.ʁɛ̃/

Etymology

Cognate with Old Provençal: cerena

In summary

From Old Italian serino (“a kind of small yellow bird”), from New Latin Serinus, the genus name (introduced in 1816 by Carl Ludwig Koch), from Latin serinus (“canary-like bird, yellow finch”). This Latin term is considered to be derived from Latin Latin citrinus (“lemon-colored, citron-like”) by a common Romance sound shift of initial /k/ to /s/ before front vowels, reflecting the bird's yellow plumage.