Sparrow

//ˈspæɹ.əʊ//

Synonyms for "sparrow" (13 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (3)

Noun(1 words)
dunnock

Strong matches (4)

Related words (6)

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3 entries

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65 entries

Showing 16 of 65 words.

Synonyms

2 entries

derived

23 entries

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has context

2 entries

is a

3 entries

related to

20 entries

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Translations

175 translations across 114 languages.

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Aghwan

1 entries
  • 𐕖𐕒𐔱𐔰𐔾 noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Albanian

2 entries
  • harabel noun (bird of the family Passeridae)
  • trumcak noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • στρουθός noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Arabic

4 entries
  • عصفور noun (bird of the family Passeridae)
  • عَصْفُور noun (bird of the family Passeridae)
  • عَصْفُور noun (generically, any small, nondescript bird)
  • عُصْفُور noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Armenian

4 entries
  • դրախտապան noun (bird of the family Emberizidae)
  • ծիտ noun (bird of the family Passeridae)
  • ծիտ noun (generically, any small, nondescript bird)
  • ճնճղուկ noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Assamese

3 entries
  • ঘনচিৰিকা noun (bird of the family Passeridae)
  • ঘৰচিৰিকা noun (bird of the family Passeridae)
  • ঘৰচৰাই noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • sərçə noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Baluchi

1 entries
  • جنجشک noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • турғай noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • варо́бчык noun (bird of the family Passeridae)
  • верабе́й noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Bengali

2 entries
  • চড়াই noun (bird of the family Passeridae)
  • চড়ুই noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Bhojpuri

1 entries
  • गौरइया noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • врабче́ noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Burmese

1 entries
  • စာ noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Carpathian Rusyn

1 entries
  • воробе́ль noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Catalan

3 entries
  • pardal noun (bird of the family Passeridae)
  • pardal noun (generically, any small, nondescript bird)
  • teuladí noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 麻雀 noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Church Slavic

1 entries
  • врабии noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Chuvash

1 entries
  • ҫерҫи noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries
  • torğay noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Czech

1 entries
  • vrabec noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Danish

1 entries
  • spurv noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Dupaningan Agta

1 entries
  • pipittot noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Dutch

3 entries
  • gors noun (bird of the family Emberizidae)
  • huismus noun (bird of the family Passeridae)
  • mus noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • pasero noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Estonian

1 entries
  • varblane noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Faroese

2 entries
  • spurv noun (bird of the family Passeridae)
  • spurvur noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Finnish

3 entries
  • pikkulintu noun (generically, any small, nondescript bird)
  • sirkku noun (bird of the family Emberizidae)
  • varpunen noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

French

3 entries
  • bruant noun (bird of the family Emberizidae)
  • moineau noun (bird of the family Passeridae)
  • piaf noun (generically, any small, nondescript bird)

Galician

3 entries
  • escribenta noun (bird of the family Emberizidae)
  • pardal noun (bird of the family Passeridae)
  • paxariño noun (generically, any small, nondescript bird)

Georgian

2 entries
  • ბეღურა noun (bird of the family Passeridae)
  • ჩიტი noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

German

2 entries
  • Spatz noun (bird of the family Passeridae)
  • Sperling noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐍃𐍀𐌰𐍂𐍅𐌰 noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Greek

2 entries
  • σπουργίτης noun (bird of the family Passeridae)
  • σπουργίτι noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • ચકલી noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • אַנְקוֹר noun (bird of the family Passeridae)
  • דְּרוֹר noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Hindi

2 entries
  • गौरिया noun (bird of the family Passeridae)
  • गौरैया noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • sármány noun (bird of the family Emberizidae)
  • veréb noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • spörfugl noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • burung gereja noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • cirkkulain noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Irish

1 entries
  • gealbhan noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Italian

1 entries
  • passero noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 雀 noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Kaitag

1 entries
  • чако noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Kashmiri

3 entries
  • ژٔر noun (bird of the family Passeridae)
  • کانٛتُر noun (bird of the family Passeridae)
  • کٲنٛتُر noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Kashubian

1 entries
  • warbel noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • торғай noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ចាប noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Korean

1 entries
  • 참새 noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • тараанчы noun (bird of the family Passeridae)
  • таранчы noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Lao

1 entries
  • ກະຈອກ noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Latin

1 entries
  • passer noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Latvian

1 entries
  • zvirbulis noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • žvirblis noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Low German

1 entries
  • Lüneng noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • wrobel noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Spatz noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • врабец noun (bird of the family Passeridae)
  • врапче noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Malay

1 entries
  • pipit noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • കുരുവി noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Marathi

2 entries
  • चिमणा noun (bird of the family Passeridae)
  • चिमणी noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Middle Armenian

1 entries
  • չիտ noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Mingrelian

2 entries
  • ბაღჷრე noun (bird of the family Passeridae)
  • ჩიტი noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Mongolian

4 entries
  • богширго noun (bird of the family Passeridae)
  • болжмор noun (bird of the family Passeridae)
  • бор шувуу noun (bird of the family Passeridae)
  • бялзуухай noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Muong

1 entries
  • khé noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Māori

1 entries
  • tiu noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Navajo

1 entries
  • tsídiiłbáhí noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Nepali

1 entries
  • भँगेरा noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • spurv noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • sporv noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Occitan

2 entries
  • passerat noun (bird of the family Passeridae)
  • passeron noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Odia

1 entries
  • ଚଟିଆ noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Old Armenian

2 entries
  • ծիտ noun (bird of the family Passeridae)
  • ծիտ noun (generically, any small, nondescript bird)

Old East Slavic

1 entries
  • воробии noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Old English

1 entries
  • spearwa noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Old Norse

1 entries
  • spǫrr noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • سرچه noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Pacoh

1 entries
  • pleing noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Persian

2 entries
  • ملیچ noun (bird of the family Passeridae)
  • گنجشک noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Spauz noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Polish

2 entries
  • trznadel noun (bird of the family Emberizidae)
  • wróbel noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • escrevedeira noun (bird of the family Emberizidae)
  • pardal noun (bird of the family Passeridae)
  • passarinho noun (generically, any small, nondescript bird)

Romanian

1 entries
  • vrabie noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Russian

3 entries
  • воро́бушек noun (bird of the family Passeridae)
  • воро́бышек noun (bird of the family Passeridae)
  • воробе́й noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • चटक noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • gealbhonn noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • vrábac noun (bird of the family Passeridae)
  • вра́бац noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Slovak

1 entries
  • vrabec noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Slovene

1 entries
  • vrábəc noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Spanish

4 entries
  • gorrión noun (bird of the family Passeridae)
  • pardal noun (bird of the family Passeridae)
  • pasérido noun (bird of the family Passeridae)
  • pájaro noun (generically, any small, nondescript bird)

Swahili

1 entries
  • shomoro noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Swedish

3 entries
  • fältsparv noun (bird of the family Emberizidae)
  • sparv noun (bird of the family Passeridae)
  • sparvfink noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Sylheti

1 entries
  • ꠌꠠꠂ noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • pipit noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Tajik

2 entries
  • гунҷишк noun (bird of the family Passeridae)
  • чумчук noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Tamil

2 entries
  • குருவி noun (bird of the family Passeridae)
  • சிட்டுக்குருவி noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Tatar

1 entries
  • чыпчык noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Telugu

1 entries
  • పిచ్చుక noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Thai

1 entries
  • กระจอก noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Turkish

1 entries
  • serçe noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • serçe noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Ubykh

1 entries
  • баӷыр noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • воробе́ль noun (bird of the family Passeridae)
  • воробе́ць noun (bird of the family Passeridae)
  • горо́бчик noun (bird of the family Passeridae)
  • горобе́ць noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Upper Sorbian

2 entries
  • wrobl noun (bird of the family Passeridae)
  • wroblik noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Urdu

1 entries
  • گورییا noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • قۇشقاچ noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • chumchuq noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Venetan

2 entries
  • seléga noun (bird of the family Passeridae)
  • séłega noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • sẻ noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Waigali

1 entries
  • girišig noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Welsh

3 entries
  • aderyn noun (generically, any small, nondescript bird)
  • sbrocsyn noun (bird of the family Passeridae)
  • sbrocsynnod noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Yakut

1 entries
  • барабыай noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • וואָראָבייטשיק noun (bird of the family Passeridae)
  • שפּערל noun (bird of the family Passeridae)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

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The boy can't tell a swallow from a sparrow.

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Not a single sparrow was to be heard.

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A sparrow is very alert in its movements.

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It may be a sparrow, but it's still meat.

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