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Webster 1913 Edition

Chaffinch

Chaf′finch

,

Noun.

[Cf.

.]

(Zool.)

A bird of Europe (

Fringilla cœlebs

), having a variety of very sweet songs, and highly valued as a cage bird; – called also

copper finch

.

Webster 1828 Edition

Chaffinch

CHAFFINCH

,

Noun.

A species of birds of the genus Fringilla, which are said to delight in chaff, and are admired for their song.

Definition 2024

chaffinch

chaffinch

English

Noun

chaffinch ‎(plural chaffinches)

A small passerine bird, Fringilla coelebs, of the finch family.

Translations

bird

Albanian: borës (sq) m
Bulgarian: сипка f ‎(sipka)
Catalan: pinsà m
Czech: pěnkava (cs) f
Danish: bogfinke (da)
Dutch: vink (nl), boekvink
Esperanto: fringo
Faroese: bókígða f
Finnish: peippo (fi)
French: pinson (fr) m, pinson des arbres (fr) m
Georgian: ნიბლია ‎(niblia), სკვინჩა ‎(sḳvinča), ნარჩიტა ‎(narčiṭa)
German: Buchfink (de) m
Hungarian: erdei pinty
Icelandic: bókfinka (is) f
Interlingue: pinson
Japanese: ズアオアトリ

Norman: rossîngno m
Latgalian: žubeite
Latvian: žubīte
Luxembourgish: Poufank m
Maori: pahirini
Northern Sami: beibboš
Norwegian: bokfink (no)
Polish: zięba (pl)
Portuguese: tentilhão (pt)
Romanian: cinteză (ro) f
Russian: зя́блик (ru) m ‎(zjáblik)
Scottish Gaelic: breacan-beithe m
Serbo-Croatian: zeba (sh) f
Slovak: pinka f
Spanish: pinzón vulgar m
Swedish: bofink (sv)
Welsh: asgell fraith f

See also

chaffinch on Wikipedia.Wikipedia