birdwatching

birdwatching

See also: bird watching

English

Alternative forms

• bird watching

Etymology

bird +‎ watching

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɜː(ɹ)dˌwɒtʃ.ɪŋ/

Noun

birdwatching (uncountable)

1. Observing or identifying wild birds in their natural environment.

   Synonym: birding

2. (slang) The hobby of watching rocket launches.
   • 1957, Skyline (volumes 15-18, page 7)

     In fact, on this night, the birdwatching is over for everyone, for the firing is cancelled. Nobody notifies birdwatchers officially, of course, so the exodus is scattered and gradual.

Related terms

• birdwatch
• birdwatcher

Translations

observing wild birds

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Catalan: observació d'aus f, albirament d'aus m Chinese: Mandarin: 觀鳥／观鸟 (guānniǎo), 賞鳥／赏鸟 (shǎngniǎo) Dutch: vogelspotten, vogelen (nl) Esperanto: birdumo Finnish: lintujen tarkkailu French: observation des oiseaux f German: Vogelbeobachtung f Irish: éanbhreathnú m Japanese: 野鳥観察 (やちょうかんさつ, yachō kansatsu), バードウォッチング (bādowotchingu) Korean: 탐조 (tamjo) Polish: obserwacja ptaków f Portuguese: observação de aves f, passarinhar (pt) (informal) Russian: наблюде́ние за пти́цами n (nabljudénije za ptícami), бёрдвотчинг (ru) m (bjórdvotčing), бёрдво́тчинг (ru) m (bjordvótčing) Spanish: observación de aves f Swedish: fågelskådning (sv) c Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can Welsh: gwylio adar m

See also

• ornithology

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Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English birdwatching.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /berˈdwɔt.t͡ʃinɡ/
• Rhymes: -ɔttʃinɡ

Noun

birdwatching m

1. birdwatching