vulture

Significado (Inglês)

Noun

1. Any of several carrion-eating birds of the families Accipitridae and Cathartidae.
2. (colloquial, figuratively) A person who profits from the suffering of others.

Verb

To circle around one's target as if one were a vulture.

Adj

ravenous; rapacious

Conceitos

abutre

urubu

butre

Sinônimos

condor

hawk

eagle

🦅

piranha

predator

marauder

rapacious person

jay walker

bird of prey

carrion kite

black vulture

buzzard

kingfisher

kite

🪁

sponger

Traduções

vautour

Geier

buitre

avvoltoio

voltor

gier

γύπας

vultur

akbaba

charognard

όρνιο

Aasgeier

grifone

aasgier

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈvʌltʃə/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de inglês médio: -

In summary

Borrowed into Middle English from Anglo-Norman vultur, from Old French voutoir, voutre, from Latin vultur, voltur.