goldfinch

English

Etymology

From Middle English goldfinch, goldfynch, goldefynch, from Old English goldfinċ, equivalent to gold +‎ finch. Compare West Frisian goudfink (“goldfinch”), Dutch goudvink (“bullfinch”), German Goldfink (“goldfinch”), Danish guldfink (“goldfinch”), Icelandic gullfinka (“goldfinch”).

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Noun

goldfinch (plural goldfinches)

A goldfinch

Any of several small passerine birds of the finch family
1. The European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
2. The American goldfinch (Spinus tristis, syn. Carduelis tristis)
3. Lawrence's goldfinch (Spinus lawrencei, syn. Carduelis lawrencei)
4. The lesser goldfinch (Spinus psaltria, syn. Carduelis psaltria).

Translations

any of several passerine birds

Armenian: կարմրակատար (hy) (karmrakatar)
Azerbaijani: payızbülbülü
Belarusian: шчыго́л m (ščyhól)
Catalan: cadernera (ca) f
Cherokee: ᏩᏓᎬ (wadagv)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 金翅雀 (zh) (jīnchìquè)
Czech: stehlík (cs) m
Danish: stillids c, stillits c
Estonian: ohakalind (et)
Finnish: tikli (fi) (European), amerikantikli (fi) (American)
French: chardonneret (fr) m
Galician: xílgaro (gl) m
German: Stieglitz (de) m
Greek: ακανθίς f (akanthís), ακανθυλίς f (akanthylís), καρδερίνα (el) f (karderína), γαρδέλι (el) n (gardéli)
Ancient: ἀκανθίς f (akanthís)
Hungarian: tengelic (hu)
Irish: coinnleoir Muire m
Italian: cardellino (it)
Japanese: ゴシキヒワ (goshikihiwa)
Kumyk: сарипай (saripay), сарипай жымчыкъ (saripay jımçıq), ала торгъай (ala torğay)
Latgalian: dadziļs m
Latin: carduelis f
Latvian: dadzītis m
Lithuanian: dagilis (lt) m
Navajo: tsídiiłtsooí bitʼaʼ łizhinígíí
Norman: cardrinnette f, mîngnonne dé cardrinnette f
Pennsylvania German: Dischdelfink f
Polish: szczygieł (pl) m
Portuguese: pintassilgo (pt) m
Romanian: sticlete (ro) m
Russian: щего́л (ru) m (ščegól)
Scottish Gaelic: deargan-fraoich m, lasair-choille f
Slovak: stehlík m
Spanish: jilguero (es) m, cardelino m
Swedish: steglits (sv) c
Tagalog: kardelina
Turkish: saka (tr)
Ukrainian: щи́глик m (ščýhlyk), щиго́ль m (ščyhólʹ)
Venetian: gardełìn m
Welsh: nico f