nightjar

English

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnaɪtdʒɑː/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈnaɪtdʒɑɹ/

Noun

nightjar (plural nightjars)

Any of various medium-sized nocturnal birds of the family Caprimulgidae, that feed predominantly on moths and other large flying insects.

Translations

nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae

Apache:
Western Apache: goodé
Chechen: буьйсанан мокха хьоза (büjsanan moqa ḥoza)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 夜鷹 (zh), 夜鹰 (zh) (yèyīng)
Czech: lelek (cs) m
Dutch: nachtzwaluw f
Estonian: öösorr (et)
Finnish: kehrääjä (fi)
French: engoulevent (fr) m
Galician: noiteboa f, noitebra f
German: Ziegenmelker (de) m, Nachtschwalbe f
Hausa: yautai m
Hungarian: lappantyú (hu)
Irish: tuirne lín m
Italian: caprimulgo (it) m, succiacapre (it) m
Luxembourgish: Fléimouk f

Malay: burung tukang m
Maltese: buqrajq m
Manx: hullad rhennee f
Navajo: naakʼidoolwoshii
Norman: huppe f (Jersey)
Norwegian:
Norwegian Bokmål: nattravn m

Norwegian Nynorsk: natteramn m
Polish: lelek (pl) m
Portuguese: noitibó (pt) m, bacurau (pt) m, curiango m
Russian: козодо́й (ru) m (kozodój)
Spanish: chotacabras (es) m, guardacaminos m, caprimulgo m
Swedish: nattskärra (sv) c
Turkish: çobanaldatan (tr)
Welsh: gwalch y nos m, nyddwr m, troellwr m

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