When she was musing she was a kestrel, which hangs in the air by an invisible motion of its wings.
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Kestrel
//ˈkɛstɹəl//
Synonyms for "kestrel" (12 found)
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Closest matches (3)
Noun(2 words)
Strong matches (3)
Noun(2 words)
Related words (6)
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2 entriesderived
13 entriesetymologically related_to
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5 entriesTranslations
144 translations across 63 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- valk noun (any small falcon of genus Falco)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- κέρχνη noun (any small falcon of genus Falco)
- κέρχνη noun (Falco tinnunculus)
Arabic
1 entries- بوعميرة noun (Falco tinnunculus)
Asturian
3 entries- aviquina noun (Falco tinnunculus)
- peñereru noun (Falco tinnunculus)
- peñerina noun (Falco tinnunculus)
Belarusian
1 entries- звычайнага пустальга noun (Falco tinnunculus)
Breton
2 entries- falc'hun noun (any small falcon of genus Falco)
- falc’hun logotaer noun (Falco tinnunculus)
Bulgarian
3 entries- керкенез noun (Falco tinnunculus)
- сокол noun (any small falcon of genus Falco)
- черношипа ветрушка noun (Falco tinnunculus)
Catalan
4 entries- falcó noun (any small falcon of genus Falco)
- xoriguer noun (Falco tinnunculus)
- xoriguer comú noun (Falco tinnunculus)
- xoriguer gros noun (Falco tinnunculus)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- شاھین noun (any small falcon of genus Falco)
Chinese
2 entries- 紅鷹 /红鹰 noun (Falco tinnunculus)
- 茶隼 noun (Falco tinnunculus)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 紅隼 /红隼 noun (Falco tinnunculus)
- 紅鷹 /红鹰 noun (Falco tinnunculus)
- 茶隼 noun (Falco tinnunculus)
Czech
2 entries- poštolka noun (any small falcon of genus Falco)
- poštolka obecná noun (Falco tinnunculus)
Danish
2 entries- falk noun (any small falcon of genus Falco)
- tårnfalk noun (Falco tinnunculus)
Dutch
2 entries- torenvalk noun (Falco tinnunculus)
- valk noun (any small falcon of genus Falco)
Esperanto
3 entries- falko noun (any small falcon of genus Falco)
- kestrelo noun (Falco tinnunculus)
- turfalko noun (Falco tinnunculus)
Estonian
1 entries- tuuletallaja noun (Falco tinnunculus)
Faroese
4 entries- falkur noun (any small falcon of genus Falco)
- grýtissmyril noun (Falco tinnunculus)
- smyril noun (any small falcon of genus Falco)
- tornfalkur noun (Falco tinnunculus)
Finnish
3 entries- haukka noun (any small falcon of genus Falco)
- jalohaukka noun (any small falcon of genus Falco)
- tuulihaukka noun (Falco tinnunculus)
French
4 entries- cristel noun (any small falcon of genus Falco)
- crécerelle noun (any small falcon of genus Falco)
- crécerelle noun (Falco tinnunculus)
- faucon crécerelle noun (Falco tinnunculus)
Friulian
1 entries- falcon noun (any small falcon of genus Falco)
Galician
4 entries- falcón noun (any small falcon of genus Falco)
- lagarteiro noun (Falco tinnunculus)
- peneireiro noun (Falco tinnunculus)
- tartaraña noun (any small falcon of genus Falco)
German
2 entries- Falke noun (any small falcon of genus Falco)
- Turmfalke noun (Falco tinnunculus)
Greek
2 entries- βραχοκιρκίνεζο noun (Falco tinnunculus)
- κιρκινέζι noun (any small falcon of genus Falco)
Hungarian
2 entries- vércse noun (any small falcon of genus Falco)
- vörös vércse noun (Falco tinnunculus)
Icelandic
4 entries- fálki noun (any small falcon of genus Falco)
- haukur noun (any small falcon of genus Falco)
- turnfálki noun (Falco tinnunculus)
- valur noun (any small falcon of genus Falco)
Ido
1 entries- falkono noun (any small falcon of genus Falco)
Irish
4 entries- bod gaoithe noun (Falco tinnunculus)
- bodaire gaoithe noun (Falco tinnunculus)
- pocaire gaoithe noun (any small falcon of genus Falco)
- pocaire gaoithe noun (Falco tinnunculus)
Italian
4 entries- falchetto noun (any small falcon of genus Falco)
- falco noun (any small falcon of genus Falco)
- falcone noun (any small falcon of genus Falco)
- gheppio noun (Falco tinnunculus)
Japanese
1 entries- 長元坊 noun (Falco tinnunculus)
Kashmiri
2 entries- بٕہٕر noun (any small falcon of genus Falco)
- بٕۂر noun (any small falcon of genus Falco)
Korean
1 entries- 황조롱이 noun (Falco tinnunculus)
Ladin
1 entries- falcon noun (any small falcon of genus Falco)
Latin
2 entries- falco noun (any small falcon of genus Falco)
- tinnunculus noun (Falco tinnunculus)
Latvian
3 entries- lauka piekūns noun (Falco tinnunculus)
- lauku piekūns noun (Falco tinnunculus)
- peļu vanadziņš noun (Falco tinnunculus)
Lithuanian
1 entries- pelėsakalis noun (Falco tinnunculus)
Low German
1 entries- Falk noun (any small falcon of genus Falco)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- sokoł noun (any small falcon of genus Falco)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Kréchel noun (any small falcon of genus Falco)
Macedonian
2 entries- ветрушка noun (Falco tinnunculus)
- сокол noun (any small falcon of genus Falco)
Mudburra
1 entries- dirdila noun (any small falcon of genus Falco)
Neapolitan
3 entries- castariello noun (any small falcon of genus Falco)
- castariello noun (Falco tinnunculus)
- crestariello noun (any small falcon of genus Falco)
Norwegian
3 entries- falk noun (any small falcon of genus Falco)
- hauk noun (any small falcon of genus Falco)
- tårnfalk noun (Falco tinnunculus)
Persian
1 entries- دلیجه noun (Falco tinnunculus)
Polish
2 entries- pustułka noun (Falco tinnunculus)
- sokół noun (any small falcon of genus Falco)
Portuguese
2 entries- falcão noun (any small falcon of genus Falco)
- peneireiro-vulgar noun (Falco tinnunculus)
Romani
1 entries- falkono noun (any small falcon of genus Falco)
Romanian
2 entries- vindereu noun (Falco tinnunculus)
- vânturel noun (Falco tinnunculus)
Romansch
4 entries- battalaura noun (Falco tinnunculus)
- creivel noun (any small falcon of genus Falco)
- creivel noun (Falco tinnunculus)
- cribel noun (Falco tinnunculus)
Russian
3 entries- пустельга́ noun (any small falcon of genus Falco)
- пустельга́ noun (Falco tinnunculus)
- пустельга́ обыкнове́нная noun (Falco tinnunculus)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- clamhan ruadh noun (Falco tinnunculus)
- speireag ruadh noun (any small falcon of genus Falco)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- soko noun (any small falcon of genus Falco)
- sokol noun (any small falcon of genus Falco)
- соко noun (any small falcon of genus Falco)
- сокол noun (any small falcon of genus Falco)
Slovak
2 entries- sokol noun (any small falcon of genus Falco)
- sokol myšiar noun (Falco tinnunculus)
Slovene
2 entries- navádna postôvka noun (Falco tinnunculus)
- sokol noun (any small falcon of genus Falco)
Spanish
2 entries- cernícalo noun (any small falcon of genus Falco)
- cernícalo común noun (Falco tinnunculus)
Swedish
2 entries- falk noun (any small falcon of genus Falco)
- tornfalk noun (Falco tinnunculus)
Telugu
1 entries- నామవాచకం noun (Falco tinnunculus)
Turkish
2 entries- bayağı kerkenez noun (Falco tinnunculus)
- kerkenez noun (any small falcon of genus Falco)
Ukrainian
4 entries- боривітер noun (Falco tinnunculus)
- постільга noun (Falco tinnunculus)
- сапсан noun (any small falcon of genus Falco)
- сокіл noun (any small falcon of genus Falco)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- sokoł noun (any small falcon of genus Falco)
Vietnamese
1 entries- chim cắt noun (Falco tinnunculus)
Walloon
1 entries- cressale noun (Falco tinnunculus)
Welsh
3 entries- cenlli goch noun (Falco tinnunculus)
- cudyll noun (any small falcon of genus Falco)
- cudyll coch noun (Falco tinnunculus)
West-Frisian
2 entries- falk noun (any small falcon of genus Falco)
- reade wikel noun (Falco tinnunculus)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Up on the downs the red-eyed kestrels hover, Eyeing the grass. The field mouse flits like a shadow into cover As their shadows pass.
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