"curlew" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkɜːlju/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɜːlu/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɝlu/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-curlew.wav [Southern-England] Forms: curlews [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English curlew, from Old French courlieu (see French courlis), claimed to be imitative of the bird's cry but apparently assimilated with dialectal *corliu (“runner, messenger”), a variant of coureur (the bird is adept at running). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|curlew}} Middle English curlew, {{der|en|fro|courlieu}} Old French courlieu, {{m|fr|courlis}} courlis, {{m|fr|*corliu||runner, messenger}} *corliu (“runner, messenger”), {{m|fr|coureur}} coureur Head templates: {{en-noun}} curlew (plural curlews)
  1. Any of several migratory wading birds in the genus Numenius of the family Scolopacidae, remarkable for their long, slender, downcurved bills. Translations (migratory wading bird): kojlik [masculine] (Albanian), kllinzë [feminine] (Albanian), كَرَوَان (karawān) [masculine] (Arabic), كروان (karawan) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), algaraván (Asturian), zarapicu (Asturian), becut [masculine] (Catalan), polit [masculine] (Catalan), koliha [feminine] (Czech), wulp (Dutch), kurlo (Esperanto), numenio (Esperanto), kuovi (Finnish), courlis [masculine] (French), mazarico [masculine] (Galician), Brachvogel [masculine] (German), νουμήνιος (noumínios) [masculine] (Greek), τουρλί (turli) [colloquial, neuter] (Greek), τουρλίδα (tourlída) [feminine] (Greek), חֶרְמְשׁוֹן (Hebrew), póling (Hungarian), sookulikka (Ingrian), vihmakulli (Ingrian), vesikulli (Ingrian), crotach [masculine] (Irish), cuirliún [masculine] (Irish), chiurlo [masculine] (Italian), kuitila (Latvian), kuolinga (Lithuanian), daakʼį́į́ʼ (Navajo), couorlieu [masculine] (Norman), weerlow (Nyunga), kulik [masculine] (Polish), kulig [masculine] (Polish), maçarico [masculine] (Portuguese), corlă [feminine] (Romanian), găinușă-de-baltă [feminine] (Romanian), кроншне́п (kronšnép) [masculine] (Russian), whaup (Scots), guilbneach [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), zarapito [masculine] (Spanish), arcasa [feminine] (Venetian), gylfinir [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-curlew-en-noun-M9HHuPNe Disambiguation of 'migratory wading bird': 89 11
  2. (Australia) A stone curlew. Tags: Australia Categories (lifeform): Scolopacids
    Sense id: en-curlew-en-noun--L7lnjXg Disambiguation of Scolopacids: 43 57 Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 29 71 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 29 69 0 2 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 29 68 0 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: curlew sandpiper, stone curlew

Noun [Middle English]

IPA: /kurˈliu̯/, /ˈkurliu̯/ Forms: curlewes [plural]
Etymology: From Old French courlieu. Etymology templates: {{bor|enm|fro|courlieu}} Old French courlieu Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} curlew, {{enm-noun|curlewes}} curlew (plural curlewes)
  1. curlew
    Sense id: en-curlew-enm-noun-Cijnlvyi
  2. quail Categories (lifeform): Birds
    Sense id: en-curlew-enm-noun-LChfkMa8 Disambiguation of Birds: 17 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: curlewe, curlue, curlu, curlowe, curleeu, corlew, corlewe, corlue, kurlu, kurlew

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "migratory wading bird",
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      "sense": "migratory wading bird",
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      "sense": "migratory wading bird",
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      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "migratory wading bird",
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      "sense": "migratory wading bird",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "migratory wading bird",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "migratory wading bird",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "migratory wading bird",
      "word": "wulp"
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      "sense": "migratory wading bird",
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "migratory wading bird",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "migratory wading bird",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "migratory wading bird",
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "migratory wading bird",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Brachvogel"
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "migratory wading bird",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "νουμήνιος"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "turli",
      "sense": "migratory wading bird",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "tourlída",
      "sense": "migratory wading bird",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "he",
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      "sense": "migratory wading bird",
      "word": "חֶרְמְשׁוֹן"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "migratory wading bird",
      "word": "póling"
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      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "migratory wading bird",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "word": "crotach"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "migratory wading bird",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "migratory wading bird",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "migratory wading bird",
      "word": "kuitila"
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      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "migratory wading bird",
      "word": "kuolinga"
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      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "migratory wading bird",
      "word": "daakʼį́į́ʼ"
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      "code": "nrf",
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      "sense": "migratory wading bird",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "nys",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "migratory wading bird",
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    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "migratory wading bird",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "migratory wading bird",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "maçarico"
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      "code": "ro",
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      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "migratory wading bird",
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      "word": "găinușă-de-baltă"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "кроншне́п"
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      "sense": "migratory wading bird",
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      "code": "vec",
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      ],
      "word": "arcasa"
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "gylfinir"
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}

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