"chiffchaff" meaning in English

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Interjection

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɪf.t͡ʃæf/ Audio: en-us-chiffchaff.ogg Forms: chiff-chaff [alternative]
Etymology: Echoic of the repetitive "chiff-chaff" song of the European species, Phylloscopus collybita. * Audio: (file) Etymology templates: {{onom|en|title=Echoic}} Echoic, {{taxfmt|Phylloscopus collybita|species}} Phylloscopus collybita, {{audio|en|Phylloscopus collybita.ogg}} Audio: (file)
  1. (UK, onomatopoeic, uncountable) The song of the chiffchaff. Tags: UK, onomatopoeic, uncountable Translations (song of chiffchaff): tilt-talt (Finnish), csilpcsalp (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-chiffchaff-en-intj-AB6Eu~WY Categories (other): British English, English apophonic reduplications Disambiguation of English apophonic reduplications: 35 37 27

Noun

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɪf.t͡ʃæf/ Audio: en-us-chiffchaff.ogg Forms: chiffchaffs [plural], chiff-chaff [alternative]
Etymology: Echoic of the repetitive "chiff-chaff" song of the European species, Phylloscopus collybita. * Audio: (file) Etymology templates: {{onom|en|title=Echoic}} Echoic, {{taxfmt|Phylloscopus collybita|species}} Phylloscopus collybita, {{audio|en|Phylloscopus collybita.ogg}} Audio: (file) Head templates: {{en-noun}} chiffchaff (plural chiffchaffs)
  1. A small, common warbler, Phylloscopus collybita, with yellowish-green plumage that breeds throughout northern and temperate Europe and Asia. Translations (Phylloscopus collybita): елов певец (elov pevec) (Bulgarian), mosquiter [masculine] (Catalan), budníček menší [masculine] (Czech), tjiftjaf [masculine] (Dutch), tiltaltti (Finnish), pouillot véloce [masculine] (French), Zilpzalp [masculine] (German), δενδροφυλλοσκόπος (dendrofylloskópos) [masculine] (Greek), csilpcsalpfüzike (Hungarian), tiuf-teaf [masculine] (Irish), luì piccolo [masculine] (Italian), Zillzapp [masculine] (Luxembourgish), tchitte-tes-clius [Jersey, masculine] (Norman), pierwiosnek [masculine] (Polish), felosa-comum [feminine] (Portuguese), pitulice [feminine] (Romanian), пе́ночка-тенько́вка (pénočka-tenʹkóvka) [feminine] (Russian), caifean [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), mosquitero [masculine] (Spanish), gransångare (Swedish), çıvgın (Turkish)
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  2. Any of several other species of the same genus. Translations (Phylloscopus species): boszanger [masculine] (Dutch), uunilintu (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-chiffchaff-en-noun-BfJtdWNt Categories (other): English apophonic reduplications Disambiguation of English apophonic reduplications: 35 37 27 Disambiguation of 'Phylloscopus species': 37 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Canary Islands chiffchaffeastern Canary Islands chiffchaffwestern Canary Islands chiffchaff (taxonomic: Phylloscopus canariensis canariensis), common chiffchaff (taxonomic: Phylloscopus collybita), Iberian chiffchaff (taxonomic: Phylloscopus ibericus), mountain chiffchaff (taxonomic: Phylloscopus sindianus)

Inflected forms

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      "word": "tilt-talt"
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