heron

From Middle English heron, heroun, heiron, from Anglo-Norman heiron, from Old Dutch *heigero (compare Middle Dutch heiger), from Proto-Germanic *haigrô (compare Swedish häger), dissimilation of *hraigrô (compare Old English hrāgra, Dutch reiger, German Reiher), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreik-, *(s)kreig- (“to screech, creak”) (compare Welsh crëyr (“heron”), Ancient Greek κρίζω (krízō, “to creak, screech”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛ.ɹən/

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• Rhymes: -ɛɹən

heron (plural herons)

1. A long-legged, long-necked wading bird of the family Ardeidae.

• (a wading bird): egret, bittern, crane, heronsew, stork

• heron on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ardeidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Ardeidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

• Honer, Horne, Rhone, Rhône, honer, horne, rhone

• hayroun, heyroun, heroun, herne, heiron, heyrune, heyrone, herowne, heern

From Anglo-Norman heiron, from Medieval Latin hairō, *haigrō, from Old Dutch *heigero, from Proto-Germanic *haigrô, from earlier *hraigrô via dissimilation.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛːrun/, /ˈhɛːr(ə)n/, /ˈhɛi̯run/, /hɛi̯ˈruːn/

heron (plural herons)

1. The grey heron (Ardea cinerea)
2. The meat of a heron used as food.
3. (rare, heraldry) A heraldic representation of a heron.

• heronsewe

• English: heron, hern
• Scots: hern

• “heirǒun (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-06.

• hairon

heron m (plural herons)

1. heron

• French: héron