"birdwatcher" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈbɜː(ɹ)dˌwɒtʃ.ə(ɹ)/ [UK] Forms: birdwatchers [plural]
Etymology: bird + watcher Etymology templates: {{compound|en|bird|watcher}} bird + watcher Head templates: {{en-noun}} birdwatcher (plural birdwatchers)
  1. (birdwatching) A person who observes or identifies wild birds in their natural environment. Categories (topical): Birdwatching, People Translations (a person who observes or identifies wild birds in their natural environment): 觀鳥者 (Chinese Mandarin), 观鸟者 (guānniǎozhě) (Chinese Mandarin), 賞鳥者 (Chinese Mandarin), 赏鸟者 (shǎngniǎozhě) (Chinese Mandarin), 觀鳥愛好者 (Chinese Mandarin), 观鸟爱好者 (guānniǎo àihàozhě) (Chinese Mandarin), 賞鳥愛好者 (Chinese Mandarin), 赏鸟爱好者 (shǎngniǎo àihàozhě) (Chinese Mandarin), vogelaar [masculine] (Dutch), lintuharrastaja (Finnish), lintubongari (Finnish), bongari (Finnish), Vogelbeobachter [masculine] (German), Vogelbeobachterin [feminine] (German), παρατηρητής πουλιών (paratiritís poulión) [masculine] (Greek), צַפָּר (tzapár) [masculine] (Hebrew), 野鳥観察者 (yachō-kansatsusha) (Japanese), орнито́лог (ornitólog) [masculine] (Russian), наблюда́тель за пти́цами (nabljudátelʹ za ptícami) [masculine] (Russian), наблюда́тельница за пти́цами (nabljudátelʹnica za ptícami) [feminine] (Russian), птиценаблюдатель (pticenabljudatelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), птиценаблюдательница (pticenabljudatelʹnica) [feminine] (Russian), fågelskådare [common-gender] (Swedish), kuş gözlemcisi (Turkish), kuşçu (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-birdwatcher-en-noun-wKfQOoUk Disambiguation of People: 68 32 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 83 17 Topics: biology, birdwatching, natural-sciences, ornithology Disambiguation of 'a person who observes or identifies wild birds in their natural environment': 73 27
  2. (slang) A person who enjoys watching rocket launches. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-birdwatcher-en-noun-7UUwNets
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bird watcher, birder Related terms: twitcher

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Alternative forms

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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.