kingfisher

See also: Kingfisher

English

kingfisher (1.1)

Alternative forms

king's fisher (obsolete)

Etymology

king +‎ fisher

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪŋˌfɪʃə/
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Noun

kingfisher (plural kingfishers)

Any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines (or the family Alcedinidae sensu lato), having a large head, short tail and brilliant colouration; they feed mostly on fish.
1. common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)

Derived terms

banded kingfisher (Lacedo pulchella)
beach kingfisher (Todiramphus saurophagus)
belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)
blue-banded kingfisher (Alcedo euryzona)
blue-eared kingfisher (Alcedo meninting)
common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
dwarf kingfisher (Ispidina lecontei)
Eurasian kingfisher/European kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
kingfisher daisy (Felicia bergeriana)
paradise kingfisher (Tanysiptera spp.)
pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis)
river kingfisher (Alcedinidae, esp., Alcedo atthis)
tree kingfisher (Halcyoninae)
water kingfisher (Cerylinae)
white-throated kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)

Translations

any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines

Abinomn: wokin
Acehnese: cakeuëk
Apache:
Western Apache: taba̜a̜zhide
Armenian: ալկիոն (hy) (alkion)
Assamese: মাছৰোকা (masrüka)
Azerbaijani: zərricələr
Basque: martin arrantzale
Belarusian: зімародак m (zimaródak)
Breton: diredig
Bulgarian: синьо рибарче n (sinjo ribarče)
Catalan: blauet (ca) m, arner m, alció (ca) m, botiguer (ca) m
Cherokee: ᏧᎷ (tsulu)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 翠鳥／翠鸟 (zh) (cuìniǎo), 魚狗／鱼狗 (zh) (yúgǒu), 翡翠 (zh) (fěicuì), 翡 (zh) (fěi)
Czech: ledňáček (cs) m
Danish: isfugl c
Dutch: ijsvogel (nl) m
Early Assamese: মাছৰঙ্কা (machoroṅka)
Esperanto: alciono
Faroese: kyrrfuglur m
Finnish: kuningaskalastaja (fi)
French: martin-pêcheur (fr) m
Galician: gardarríos m, picapeixe (gl) m
Georgian: ჭარლი (č̣arli), ალკუნი (alḳuni)
German: Eisvogel (de) m
Greek: αλκυόνη (el) f (alkyóni)
Ancient: ἀλκυών f (alkuṓn)
Gujarati: કલકલિયો (kalakliyo)
Hawaiian: pakūkaʻā
Hebrew: שַׁלְדָּג‎ (he) m (shaldág)
Hungarian: jégmadár (hu)
Icelandic: bláþyrill (is) m
Ido: martin-peskero (io)
Indonesian: raja-udang
Irish: cruidín
Italian: martin pescatore (it) m
Japanese: カワセミ (かわせみ, kawasemi), 翡翠 (かわせみ, kawasemi), 魚狗 (かわせみ, kawasemi), 川蝉 (かわせみ, kawasemi), ヒスイ (ひすい, hisui), 翡翠 (ひすい, hisui), ショウビン (しょうびん, shōbin), 翡翠 (しょうびん, shōbin) (larger species)
Kashmiri: کۄلہٕ ٹوٗنٛچ‎ (kọlhụ ṭūnc)
Latin: alcēdō
Latvian: zivju dzenītis m
Luxembourgish: Äisvull m
Macedonian: рибарче n (ribarče)
Malagasy: vintsy (mg)
Malay: raja udang m
Malayalam: മീൻകൊത്തി (ml) (mīṉkotti), പൊന്മാൻ (ponmāṉ)
Maori: kōtare
Nanai: судуй
Navajo: tábąąh naalzheehii
Norman: pêtcheux m
Old English: īsearn m, fisċere m
Persian: ماهی‌خورک‎ (māhīxwark)
Plautdietsch: Iesvoagel n
Polish: zimorodek (pl) m
Portuguese: martim-pescador (pt) m, guarda-rios m, pica-peixe (pt) m
Romanian: pescăruș albastru m
Russian: зиморо́док (ru) m (zimoródok)
Scottish Gaelic: biorra-crùidein m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: водомар m
Roman: vodomar (sh) m
Slovene: vodómec (sl) m
Southern Ohlone: carsaywa
Spanish: martín pescador m
Swedish: kungsfiskare (sv) c
Tagalog: susulbot
Tamil: சிரல் (ta) (ciral), மீன்கொத்தி (ta) (mīṉkotti)
Tongan: sikotā
Thai: กระเต็น (th) (grà-dten)
Turkish: yalıçapkını (tr)
Ukrainian: зимородок m (zymorodok), рибалочка f (rybaločka), водомороз m (vodomoroz), іванок m (ivanok)
Venetian: pionbìn m
Vietnamese: bói cá (vi)
Volapük: gladaböd (♂♀)
Walloon: rwè-pexheu (wa) m, mårtén-pexheu (wa) m
Welsh: glas y dorlan m

References

kingfisher on Wikipedia.Wikipedia