goshawk

English

Etymology

A northern goshawk.

From Middle English goshauk, from Old English gōshafoc (“goose hawk”), from gōs (“goose”) and hafoc (“hawk”). Compare also Old Norse gáshaukr and Late Middle English gosling. The bird gets its name from the fact that the birds of the species are hawks that were alleged to prey on geese.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɒshɔːk/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
(Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑshɑk/
Rhymes: -ɒshɔːk, -ɑshɑk
Hyphenation: gos‧hawk

Noun

goshawk (plural goshawks)

Any of several birds of prey, principally in the genus Accipiter.
- 1820, [Walter Scott], chapter II, in The Abbot. […], volume II, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and John Ballantyne, […], OCLC 963570130, page 43:
  But you heed me no more than a goss-hawk minds a yellow yoldring.

Derived terms

African goshawk (Accipiter tachiro)
black goshawk (Accipiter melanoleucus)
black-mantled goshawk (Accipiter melanochlamys)
brown goshawk (Accipiter fasciatus)
chestnut-shouldered goshawk (Erythrotriorchis buergersi)
Chinese goshawk (Accipiter soloensis)
crested goshawk (Accipiter trivirgatus)
dark chanting goshawk (Melierax metabates)
eastern chanting goshawk (Melierax poliopterus)
Fiji goshawk
Frances' goshawk
Gabar goshawk
grey-bellied goshawk (Accipiter poliogaster)
grey goshawk (Accipiter novaehollandiae)
grey-headed goshawk (Accipiter poliocephalus)
Henst's goshawk
Meyer's goshawk
Moluccan goshawk
New Britain goshawk
northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)
pale chanting goshawk (Melierax canorus)
pied goshawk (Accipiter albogularis)
red-chested goshawk (Accipiter toussenelii)
red goshawk (Erythrotriorchis radiatus)
spot-tailed goshawk (Accipiter trinotatus)
Sulawesi goshawk
white-bellied goshawk (Accipiter haplochrous)
white goshawk (Accipiter novaehollandiae)

Translations

bird of prey principally in the genus Accipiter

Albanian: petrit (sq) m, gjeraqinë (sq) f, sokol (sq) m
Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Asturian: ferre m, taforru m
Azerbaijani: tetraçalan
Belarusian: цецяру́к m (cjecjarúk)
Breton: gwazsparfell
Bulgarian: я́стреб кокошкар m (jástreb kokoškar)
Catalan: astor (ca) m
Chechen: куьйра (küjra)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 蒼鷹／苍鹰 (zh) (cāngyīng)
Czech: jestřáb (cs)
Danish: duehøg (da)
Dutch: havik (nl) m
Esperanto: akcipitro (eo)
Estonian: kanakull (et)
Faroese: høsnaheykur
Finnish: kanahaukka (fi)
French: autour (fr) m
Friulian: cagnŕs
Galician: azor (gl) m
German: Habicht (de) m
Greek: διπλοσάινο (diplosáino)
Hungarian: héja (hu)
Icelandic: gáshaukur
Indonesian: elang-alap
Irish: spioróg mhór f
Italian: astore (it) m
Japanese: オオタカ (ja) (ōtaka)
Kumyk: къарчыгъа (qarçığa)
Ladin: sparvel gran
Latin: Accipiter gentilis
Latvian: vistu vanags
Lithuanian: vištvanagis (lt)
Macedonian: јастреб кокошкар (jastreb kokoškar)
Maltese: sparvier tal-ħamiem
Manx: shawk ny sperriu m
Navajo: giníłbáhí
Norwegian: hønsehauk
Occitan: astor (oc)
Old Portuguese: açor
Polish: jastrząb (pl) m
Portuguese: açor (pt) m
Romani: hulyo m, hulyaika f
Romanian: uliu (ro) m
Romansch: sprer, sprer gond, sprer da giaglinas
Russian: тетеревя́тник (ru) m (teterevjátnik), я́стреб-тетеревя́тник (ru) m (jástreb-teterevjátnik), большо́й я́стреб m (bolʹšój jástreb)
Sami: goahppilfálli
Sardinian: stori columbinu, istore lepperajolu
Scottish Gaelic: glas-sheabhag f, seabhag-riabhach f, seabhag-mhór f, gos-sheabhag f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: jастреб кокошар
Roman: jastreb kokošar (sh)
Slovak: jastrab lesný (sk)
Slovene: kragulj
Spanish: azor (es) m
Swedish: duvhök (sv) c
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: çakır (tr)
Ukrainian: я́струб вели́кий m (jástrub velýkyj), тетерев’я́тник m (teterevʺjátnyk)
Upper Sorbian: jatřob
Volapük: gokahauk
Welsh: gwalch marth m
West Frisian: hauk
Yiddish: please add this translation if you can