fieldfare

English

A fieldfare

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English feldefare, from Old English feldefare, from feld (“field”) + ġefara (“traveller”); equivalent to field +‎ fare.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfiːldfɛː/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfiːldfɛɹ/

Noun

fieldfare (plural fieldfares)

A large thrush, Turdus pilaris, a bird of Eurasia.
Synonyms: (UK regional) felty, (UK regional) feltyfare
- 2007, Diana Athill, “Somewhere Towards the End”, in Granta, 98, p. 20:
  Paul seemed relaxed, scanning the fields on either side of the muddy lane for fieldfares

Translations

Turdus pilaris

Albanian: baribojë (sq) f, tushë (sq) f
Asturian: malvís (ast), malvís carrascal (ast)
Bulgarian: хвойнов дрозд m (hvojnov drozd)
Catalan: griva cerdana f
Czech: kvíčala (cs) f
Danish: sjagger (da)
Dutch: kramsvogel (nl) m
Erzya: пизёлкай (piźolkaj)
Finnish: räkätti, räkättirastas (fi), rätkä
French: litorne (fr) f
German: Wacholderdrossel (de) f
Greek: κεδρότσιχλα f (kedrótsichla)
Greenlandic: orpimmiutarsuaq
Hungarian: fenyőrigó (hu)
Italian: cesena (it)
Japanese: ノハラツグミ (noharatsugumi)
Middle English: feldefare
Polish: kwiczoł (pl) m
Portuguese: tordo-zornal m
Romanian: cocoșar (ro) m, sturz de iarnă m
Romansch: tursch giagl m
Russian: дрозд-рябинник (drozd-rjabinnik)
Slovak: drozd čvíkotavý
Spanish: zorzal real m
Swedish: björktrast (sv) c
Turkish: tarla ardıç kuşu (tr)
Welsh: socan eira

Further reading

fieldfare on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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