"Bird" meaning in English

See Bird in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: * As an English and Scottish surname, from the noun bird. * As an Irish surname, Anglicized/translated from several names erroneously thought to contain the element éan (“bird”) such as Ó hÉinigh (see Heagney), Ó hÉanna (see Heaney), Ó hÉanacháin (see Heneghan) and Mac an Déaghanaigh (see McEneaney). * Similarly translated from several other languages containing the word bird, such as German Vogel, French Loiseau, Czech Ptáček see Ptacek), Pták, Polish Ptak. * This also extends to Native American names, such as Lakota ziŋtkala (“bird”). Compare Eagle, Hawk; Blackbird, Kingbird, Redbird, etc. Etymology templates: {{cog|de|Vogel}} German Vogel, {{cog|fr|Loiseau}} French Loiseau, {{cog|cs|Ptáček}} Czech Ptáček, {{cog|pl|Ptak}} Polish Ptak, {{cog|lkt|ziŋtkala|t=bird}} Lakota ziŋtkala (“bird”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Bird
  1. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Bird-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
  2. (jazz) Charlie Parker (1920–1955), Jazz saxophonist. Categories (topical): Jazz, Individuals
    Sense id: en-Bird-en-name-CACEW24u Disambiguation of Individuals: 12 88 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 38 62 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Byrd Derived forms: Hargreaves-Bird cell
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