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passerine en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /-ɹən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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  • /ˈpæsəɹaɪn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈpæsəˌɹaɪn/ (General-American)
  • audio
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /-ɹiːn/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Adjective sense 1 is borrowed from New Latin Passer (“bird genus”) (from Latin passer (“sparrow”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (“to spread out; to fly (in the sense of spreading out wings)”)) + English -ine (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’). Adjective sense 2 is borrowed from New Latin passerinus (“bird species”) + English -ine. Passerinus is derived from Latin passerīnus (“of or fit for sparrows”), from passer (“sparrow”) (see above) + -īnus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’). The noun is borrowed from New Latin Passerinae (“former order of birds”), a calque of French passereaux, the plural of passereau (“sparrow; passerine (bird of the order Passeriformes)”), from Latin passer (“sparrow”) (see above) + -eau (suffix forming diminutive masculine nouns, specifically the names of young animals). Cognates * French passerin (“sparrowlike”) (obsolete), Provençal French passerine (“passerine whitethroat, a bird from order Passeriformes”)

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of or relating to the Passeriformes order of perching birds, which are generally anisodactyl, having three toes pointing forward and one back, which facilitates perching.
  2. (archaic, in the former names of some birds, not-comparable) approximately the size of a sparrow.

Antonyms

nonpasserine

Deriveds

nonpasserine

Translations (16)

cy golfanaidd (of or relating to the Passeriformes order of perching birds) · mk ка́ко вра́бец (approximately the size of a sparrow) · pl wróblowaty (approximately the size of a sparrow) · fi varpus- (of or relating to the Passeriformes order of perching birds) · ru воробьинообразные (of or relating to the Passeriformes order of perching birds) · hu verébalakú (of or relating to the Passeriformes order of perching birds) · fi varpusen kokoinen (approximately the size of a sparrow) · bg врабчов (of or relating to the Passeriformes order of perching birds) · ka ბეღურისნაირი (of or relating to the Passeriformes order of perching birds) · sh vrapčarka (of or relating to the Passeriformes order of perching birds) · fi varpuslintu- (of or relating to the Passeriformes order of perching birds) · cmn 燕雀的 (of or relating to the Passeriformes order of perching birds) · he דְּרוֹרִי (of or relating to the Passeriformes order of perching birds) · fi varpuslintujen (of or relating to the Passeriformes order of perching birds) · pl wróblowaty (of or relating to the Passeriformes order of perching birds) · mk вра́пчев (of or relating to the Passeriformes order of perching birds)

passerine en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /-ɹən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • audio
  • /ˈpæsəɹaɪn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈpæsəˌɹaɪn/ (General-American)
  • audio
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /-ɹiːn/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Adjective sense 1 is borrowed from New Latin Passer (“bird genus”) (from Latin passer (“sparrow”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (“to spread out; to fly (in the sense of spreading out wings)”)) + English -ine (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’). Adjective sense 2 is borrowed from New Latin passerinus (“bird species”) + English -ine. Passerinus is derived from Latin passerīnus (“of or fit for sparrows”), from passer (“sparrow”) (see above) + -īnus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’). The noun is borrowed from New Latin Passerinae (“former order of birds”), a calque of French passereaux, the plural of passereau (“sparrow; passerine (bird of the order Passeriformes)”), from Latin passer (“sparrow”) (see above) + -eau (suffix forming diminutive masculine nouns, specifically the names of young animals). Cognates * French passerin (“sparrowlike”) (obsolete), Provençal French passerine (“passerine whitethroat, a bird from order Passeriformes”)

Meanings

  1. Any bird of the order Passeriformes, which comprises more than half of all bird species.
    • If we examine the names of the Orders of Birds, we find that they are in Latin, […] We might venture to anglicize the terminations of the names which Cuvier gives to the divisions of these Orders: thus the Predators are the Diurnals and the Nocturnals; the Passerines are the Dentirostres, the Fissirostres, the Conirostres, the Tenuirostres, and the Syndactyls: the word lustre showing that the former termination is allowable. 1840, William Whewell, “Aphorisms Concerning the Language of Science. Aphorism XVI. In the Composition and Inflexion of Technical Terms, Philological Analogies are to be Preserved if Possible, but Modified According to Scientific Convenience.”, in The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences, Founded upon Their History. […], volume I, London: John W[illiam] Parker, […]; Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: J. and J. J. Deighton, →OCLC, paragraph 3, pages cx–cxi:

Forms

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Antonyms

nonpasserine

Hypernyms

bird · animal · vertebrate

Hyponyms

thrasher · tanager · mynah · finch · linnet · flycatcher · wren · mockingbird · chickadee · gnatcatcher · bunting · weaverbird · tit · waxbill · rook · kinglet · crossbill · nuthatch · songbird · creeper · pipit · crow · grackle · thrush · canary · warbler · jay · starling · sparrow · lark · raven · nutcracker · skylark · waxwing · vireo · bushtit · shrike · ouzel · meadowlark · blackbird · robin · wagtail · oriole · cardinal · titmouse · dipper · grosbeak

Meronyms

See Thesaurus:bird

Synonyms

perching bird · passerine · passeriform

Translations (20)

pt passarinho (any bird of the order Passeriformes) · nb spurvefugl (any bird of the order Passeriformes) · cs pěvec (any bird of the order Passeriformes) · hu verébalakú (any bird of the order Passeriformes) · fr passereau (any bird of the order Passeriformes) · mk вра́пчарка (any bird of the order Passeriformes) · fi varpuslintu (any bird of the order Passeriformes) · nl zangvogel (any bird of the order Passeriformes) · cy golfan (any bird of the order Passeriformes) · ca passeriforme (any bird of the order Passeriformes) · pl wróblowaty (any bird of the order Passeriformes) · fr passerine (any bird of the order Passeriformes) · ka ბეღურისნაირი (any bird of the order Passeriformes) · pt pássaro (any bird of the order Passeriformes) · aht ggaaggi ggaay (any bird of the order Passeriformes) · cmn 燕雀 (any bird of the order Passeriformes) · es paseriforme (any bird of the order Passeriformes) · id burung pengicau (any bird of the order Passeriformes) · sh vrapčarka (any bird of the order Passeriformes) · is spörfugl (any bird of the order Passeriformes)