plover

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman plover, pluvier, Old French plovier, from Late Latin plovarius, pluviārius, of disputed origin; perhaps from Latin pluvia (“rain”).

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈplʌvɚ/, /ˈploʊvɚ/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈplʌvə/
Rhymes: -əʊvə(ɹ), -ʌvə(ɹ)
Hyphenation: plov‧er

Noun

plover

plover (plural plovers)

Any of various wading birds of the family Charadriidae.

Translations

wading bird of the family Charadriidae

Apache:
Western Apache: tábąą dijágé
Catalan: corriol (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 千鳥 (zh), 千鸟 (zh) (qiānniǎo)
Czech: kulík m
Dutch: plevier (nl) m
Esperanto: pluvio
Finnish: kurmitsa
French: pluvier (fr) m
Galician: píldora f, píllara f
German: Regenpfeifer (de) m
Greek:
Ancient: χαραδριός m (kharadriós)
Irish: feadóg (ga) f
Italian: caradrio m
Japanese: 千鳥 (ja) (ちどり, chidori)
Korean: 물떼새 (multtesae)

Luxembourgish: Wakeleefer m
Norman: êprivyi m
Polish: siewka (pl) f
Portuguese: tarambola (pt) f, borrelho (pt) m
Romanian: ploier (ro) m, fluierar (ro) m
Russian: зуёк (ru) m (zujók), ржа́нка (ru) f (ržánka)
Scottish Gaelic: feadag f, trìlleachan m
Slovene: deževnik m
Spanish: chorlo m, chorlito m, chorlitejo m
Telugu: ఉల్లంకి (te) (ullaṅki)
Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: choi choi
Volapük: garadriut
Welsh: rhostog m, rhostogion m pl
ǃXóõ: ǁn̥a̰ẽ

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Verb

plover

Alternative form of plovoir

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