grebe

See also: Grebe, grèbe, and grebé

English

Etymology

From French grèbe.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡɹiːb/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Rhymes: -iːb

Noun

A grebe.

grebe (plural grebes)

Any of several waterbirds in the cosmopolitan family Podicipedidae. They have strong, sharp bills, and lobate toes.

Synonyms

(any of several waterbirds): dabchick

Derived terms

Translations

any of several waterbirds in the family Podicipedidae

Asturian: somorguyu (ast)
Bulgarian: гмурец (bg) m (gmurec)
Catalan: cabussó (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鸊鷉／䴙䴘 (zh) (pìtī)
Czech: potápka f
Danish: lappedykker (da) c
Dutch: fuut (nl) m
Esperanto: grebo
Faroese: gjør f
Finnish: uikku (fi)
French: grèbe (fr) m
Galician: mergullón m, somorgullo m
German: Lappentaucher (de) m
Greek: βουτηχτάρα (el) f (voutichtára)
Ancient: κολυμβίς f (kolumbís)
Hungarian: vöcsök (hu)
Irish: foitheach m
Italian: tuffetto (it), svasso (it)
Japanese: 鸊鷉 (かいつぶり, kaitsuburi, かいつむり, kaitsumuri), 鳰 (ja) (にお, nio, かいつぶり, kaitsuburi, かいつむり, kaitsumuri), 鳰鳥 (におどり, niodori), 浮巣鳥 (うきすどり, ukisudori), 息長鳥 (しながどり, shinagadori), 潜り (ja) (むぐり, muguri)
Korean: 논병아리 (nonbyeong'ari)
Manchu: ᠴᡠᠩᡤᡠᡵ
ᠨᡳᠶᡝᡥᡝ (cunggur niyehe), ᠯᡠᡥᡠ (luhu)
Navajo: naalʼeełii keelóól
Polish: perkoz (pl)
Portuguese: mergulhão m
Romanian: cufundar (ro) m, corcodel (ro) m
Russian: пога́нка (ru) f (pogánka)
Slovene: ponirek (sl) m
Spanish: zambullidor (es) m, somormujo (es) m, acacalote
Swedish: dopping (sv) c
Thai: นกเป็ดผี (nók-bpèt-pǐi)
Turkish: batağan (tr), bahri (tr)
Ukrainian: пірникоза f (pirnykoza)
Welsh: gwyach f

Anagrams

Gebre, gerbe

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

grebe (Cyrillic spelling гребе)

third-person singular present of grebati

Verb

grebe (Cyrillic spelling гребе)

third-person singular present of grepsti

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