robin

See also: Robin

English

A European robin, Erithacus rubecula

An American robin, Turdus migratorius

Etymology

Short for robin redbreast. Also from Middle English robynet, robynett (“robin (bird)”), from the Middle English name Robynett, a diminutive of the Middle English name Robyn (“Robin”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɒb.ɪn/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɑː.bɪn/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ɒbɪn
Hyphenation: rob‧in

Noun

robin (plural robins)

Any of various passerine birds (about 100 species) of the families Muscicapidae, Turdidae and Petroicidae (formerly Eopsaltriidae), typically with a red breast.
1. A European robin, Erithacus rubecula.
  - 1922, Michael Arlen, “Ep./4/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days:
    As they turned into Hertford Street they startled a robin from the poet's head on a barren fountain, and he fled away with a cameo note.
2. An American robin, Turdus migratorius.
(historical) A trimming in front of a dress.

Usage notes

The American robin is larger and quite different from the European one: English settlers in America named it from its red breast.

Synonyms

(all senses): redbreast, robin redbreast
(the European robin): ruddock

Derived terms

eastern yellow robin

Related terms

robin redbreast

Translations

any bird called robin in English

Cherokee: ᏥᏍᏉᏉ (tsisquoquo)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 知更鳥／知更鸟 (zh) (zhīgēngniǎo)
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: rastas (fi), punarinta (fi), satakieli (fi), rintatasku, metsätasku, sinipyrstö (fi), punatasku (fi), rusorinta (fi), ruostepyrstö (fi), harakkatasku (fi), intiantasku (fi), leppälintu (fi), pensassieppo, sieppo (fi)
French: grive (fr) f
Hungarian: ,vörösbegy (hu)
Irish: spideog (ga) f
Maori: pītoitoi
Portuguese: tordo (pt) m

Erithacus rubecula

Albanian: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: արշալուսիկ (aršalusik)
Asturian: raitán m
Azerbaijani: şəfəq bülbülü
Basque: txantxangorri
Belarusian: малінаўка (malinaŭka)
Breton: boc'hruz (br)
Bulgarian: червеношийка (bg) f (červenošijka)
Catalan: pit-roig (ca) m
Cherokee: ᏥᏍᏉᏉ (tsisquoquo)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 知更鳥／知更鸟 (zh) (zhīgēngniǎo), 歐亞鴝／欧亚鸲 (ōuyàqú)
Cornish: rudhek
Czech: červenka (cs) f
Danish: rødhals (da)
Dutch: roodborstje (nl) n
Esperanto: ruĝgorĝulo, rubekolo
Estonian: punarind (et)
Faroese: bringureyði m
Finnish: punarinta (fi)
French: rouge-gorge (fr) m, rouge-gorge familier (fr) m
Galician: paporrubio (gl), paporroibo (gl), pisco (gl), paifoco (gl) m
Georgian: გულწითელა (gulc̣itela)
German: Rotkehlchen (de) n
Greek: κοκκινολαίμης (el) m (kokkinolaímis)
Ancient: ἐρίθακος m (eríthakos)
Hebrew: אֲדֹם-הֶחָזֶה‎ (adom-hekhazé)
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: vörösbegy (hu)
Icelandic: glóbrystingur (is) m
Irish: spideog (ga) f
Italian: pettirosso (it) m
Japanese: ヨーロッパコマドリ (Yōroppa komadori)
Latvian: sarkanrīklīte
Lithuanian: liepsnelė (lt)
Maltese: pitirross
Norman: rouoge-gorge m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: rødstrupe (no)
Nynorsk: raudstrupe
Occitan: papach-rós (oc), barbarós (oc), rigal (oc)
Old English: rudduc m
Polish: rudzik (pl) m
Portuguese: pisco-de-peito-ruivo (pt) m
Romanian: gușă-roșie (ro) f, măcăleandru (ro) m
Romansch: (Rumantsch Grischun) puppen cotschen m, (Sursilvan) puppen tgietschen m, (Sutsilvan) pupencotschen m, (Surmiran) poppen cotschen m, (Puter, Vallader) gulacotschen m
Russian: заря́нка (ru) f (zarjánka), мали́новка (ru) f (malínovka)
Sami: guovssoloddi
Scottish Gaelic: brù-dhearg
Serbo-Croatian: crvendać
Slovak: červienka f
Slovene: taščica (sl) f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: sprjosk m
Upper Sorbian: ročk m
Spanish: petirrojo (es) m
Swedish: rödhake (sv)
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: kızılgerdan (tr)
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
Volapük: redablötareitak, (Erithacus) reitak (vo)
Walloon: rodje-goidje (wa) m or f, loudene (wa) f
Welsh: robin goch
West Frisian: readboarstke (fy)

Turdus migratorius

Atikamekw: pitciw
Cherokee: ᏴᏩᏁᎬ ᏥᏉᏉ (yvwanegv tsiquoquo)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 知更鳥／知更鸟 (zh) (zhīgēngniǎo)
Cree: peepee tsoo (peepee tsoo)
Czech: drozd stěhovavý m
Dakota: šišoka
Danish: vandredrossel c
Dutch: roodborstlijster (nl) f
Faroese: stroktrøstur m
Finnish: punarintarastas (fi)
French: merle d'Amérique (fr) m
German: Wanderdrossel f
Hungarian: vándorrigó
Icelandic: farþröstur (is) m
Irish: smólach imirce m
Japanese: コマツグミ (komatsugumi)
Malayalam: അമേരിക്കന് റോബിന് (amērikkanŭ ṟōbinŭ)
Mi'kmaq: gapjagwej anim
Navajo: téél halchíʼí
Ojibwe: opichi
Polish: drozd wędrowny
Portuguese: tordo americano m
Russian: стра́нствующий дрозд m (stránstvujuščij drozd)
Swedish: vandringstrast (sv)
Taos: cìbikína
Turkish: Amerika nar bülbülü

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Albanian: ^{(please verify)} gushëkuqi
Belarusian: ^{(please verify)} заранка (zaranka)
French: ^{(please verify)} merle (fr) m, ^{(please verify)} rubiette (fr) f (rare)
Friulian: ^{(please verify)} petarňs, ^{(please verify)} scriç
Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} glóbrystingur (is)
Ladin: ^{(please verify)} pietcuecen
Low German: ^{(please verify)} Rootbost m, ^{(please verify)} Rootböstje n
Macedonian: ^{(please verify)} црвеногушка (crvenoguška)
Maltese: ^{(please verify)} pitirross
Occitan: ^{(please verify)} papach rós, ^{(please verify)} papachrós
Romani: ^{(please verify)} lolo-kolinako m, ^{(please verify)} loli-kolinaki f
Romanian: ^{(please verify)} gușă-roșie (ro)
Sardinian: ^{(please verify)} scraxarrùbiu, ^{(please verify)} pitturrarrùbiu, ^{(please verify)} brabarrùbia
Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} црвендаћ, ^{(please verify)} crvendać
Slovak: ^{(please verify)} červienka
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} mirlo (es) m
Ukrainian: ^{(please verify)} вільшанка f (vilʹšanka)

References

European robin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Erithacus rubecula on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Erithacus rubecula on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
American robin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Turdus migratorius on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Turdus migratorius on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

Biron, Brion, inorb

Catalan

Verb

robin

third-person plural present subjunctive form of robar
third-person plural imperative form of robar

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʁɔ.bɛ̃/

Etymology 1

Familiar form of Robert.

Noun

robin m (plural robins)

(obsolete) sheep, calf

Derived terms

robinet

Etymology 2

Derivative of robe, in the phrase homme de robe (“man of the gown”). robe +‎ -in.

Noun

robin m (plural robins)

(archaic, derogatory) lawyer

robin

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Usage notes

Synonyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

References

Anagrams

Catalan

Verb

French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

Further reading