"birdlime" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈbɜːdlaɪm/ [UK], /ˈbɝdlaɪm/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-birdlime.wav [US]
Etymology: Partial calque of German Vogelleim. By surface analysis, bird + lime. Etymology templates: {{partial calque|en|de|Vogelleim}} Partial calque of German Vogelleim, {{surf|en|bird|lime}} By surface analysis, bird + lime Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} birdlime (uncountable)
  1. A sticky substance, of varying compositions, smeared on branches to catch birds. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: birdglue Translations (sticky substance to catch birds): ἰξός (ixós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), ܕܒܩܐ (deḇqā) [Classical-Syriac, masculine] (Aramaic), 粘鳥膠 /粘鸟胶 (zhānniǎojiāo) (Chinese Mandarin), lep [masculine] (Czech), fuglelim [common-gender] (Danish), linnuliim (Estonian), lintuliima (Finnish), glu [feminine] (French), visgo [masculine] (Galician), lliga [feminine] (Galician), Vogelleim [masculine] (German), madárfogólép (Hungarian), madárenyv (Hungarian), getah pulut (Indonesian), pulut (Indonesian), glae glas [masculine] (Irish), pania [feminine] (Italian), 鳥黐 (torimochi) (Japanese), ʉrɨɨmbo (Langi), viscum [neuter] (Latin), pulut (Malay), fugollīm (Old English), اوكسه (ökse) (Ottoman Turkish), lep na ptaki [inanimate, masculine] (Polish), пти́чий кле́й (ptíčij kléj) [masculine] (Russian), bìth-eòin [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), bìth [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), liga [feminine] (Spanish), ajonje [masculine] (Spanish), ulimbo (Swahili), fågellim [neuter] (Swedish), ökse (Turkish), glud adar [masculine] (Welsh), adarlud [masculine] (Welsh), glud [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-birdlime-en-noun-H3KpTGZW Disambiguation of 'sticky substance to catch birds': 83 17
  2. (rhyming slang) Time; a jail term, the serving of a prison sentence. Tags: slang, uncountable
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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈbɜːdlaɪm/ [UK], /ˈbɝdlaɪm/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-birdlime.wav [US] Forms: birdlimes [present, singular, third-person], birdliming [participle, present], birdlimed [participle, past], birdlimed [past]
Etymology: Partial calque of German Vogelleim. By surface analysis, bird + lime. Etymology templates: {{partial calque|en|de|Vogelleim}} Partial calque of German Vogelleim, {{surf|en|bird|lime}} By surface analysis, bird + lime Head templates: {{en-verb}} birdlime (third-person singular simple present birdlimes, present participle birdliming, simple past and past participle birdlimed)
  1. (transitive) To add birdlime to. Tags: transitive Translations (add birdlime): sivellä lintuliimalla (Finnish), engluer (French), smarować lepem na ptaki [imperfective] (Polish), posmarować lepem na ptaki [perfective] (Polish), ökselemek (Turkish) Translations (to get caught birds using birdlime): tēmkêu (Khiamniungan Naga), łapać ptaki na lep [imperfective] (Polish), złapać ptaki na lep [perfective] (Polish), ökselemek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-birdlime-en-verb-yBHuzSD7

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "ܕܒܩܐ"
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      "sense": "sticky substance to catch birds",
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      "code": "et",
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      "sense": "sticky substance to catch birds",
      "word": "linnuliim"
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      "sense": "sticky substance to catch birds",
      "word": "lintuliima"
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      "sense": "sticky substance to catch birds",
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      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "sticky substance to catch birds",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "visgo"
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      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "sticky substance to catch birds",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "sticky substance to catch birds",
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      "sense": "sticky substance to catch birds",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ἰξός"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "sticky substance to catch birds",
      "word": "madárfogólép"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "sticky substance to catch birds",
      "word": "madárenyv"
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
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      "sense": "sticky substance to catch birds",
      "word": "getah pulut"
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
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      "sense": "sticky substance to catch birds",
      "word": "pulut"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "sticky substance to catch birds",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "glae glas"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "sticky substance to catch birds",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "pania"
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      "roman": "torimochi",
      "sense": "sticky substance to catch birds",
      "word": "鳥黐"
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      "code": "lag",
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      "sense": "sticky substance to catch birds",
      "word": "ʉrɨɨmbo"
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      "sense": "sticky substance to catch birds",
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      "code": "ms",
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      "word": "pulut"
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      "sense": "sticky substance to catch birds",
      "word": "fugollīm"
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "ptíčij kléj",
      "sense": "sticky substance to catch birds",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "пти́чий кле́й"
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    {
      "code": "gd",
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      "sense": "sticky substance to catch birds",
      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "sticky substance to catch birds",
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      "code": "sw",
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      "sense": "sticky substance to catch birds",
      "word": "ulimbo"
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      "sense": "sticky substance to catch birds",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "fågellim"
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "sticky substance to catch birds",
      "word": "ökse"
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      "code": "ota",
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      "sense": "sticky substance to catch birds",
      "word": "اوكسه"
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      "sense": "sticky substance to catch birds",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "glud adar"
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      "sense": "sticky substance to catch birds",
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        "To add birdlime to."
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        "(transitive) To add birdlime to."
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "add birdlime",
      "word": "sivellä lintuliimalla"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "add birdlime",
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      "word": "smarować lepem na ptaki"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "add birdlime",
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      "word": "posmarować lepem na ptaki"
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      "sense": "add birdlime",
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      "code": "kix",
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      "sense": "to get caught birds using birdlime",
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      "word": "ökselemek"
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-28 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (1a05e46 and e3d6d4e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.