"eyrie" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɪə.ɹi/ [Received-Pronunciation] (note: without the Mary–marry–merry merger), /ˈɛə.ɹi/ [Received-Pronunciation] (note: without the Mary–marry–merry merger), /ˈaɪ.ɹi/ [Received-Pronunciation] (note: without the Mary–marry–merry merger), /ˈɪ.ɹi/ (note: General American, Mary–marry–merry merger), /ˈɛ.ɹi/ (note: General American, Mary–marry–merry merger), /ˈaɪ.ɹi/ (note: General American, Mary–marry–merry merger) Audio: en-au-eyrie.ogg Forms: eyries [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪəɹi Etymology: From Middle English eire, aire, from Old French aire or Medieval Latin aeria. Old French aire, in the sense of an eagle's nest, may have derived from Latin ager, or may less likely be related to the other senses, ultimately from Latin ārea. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|eire}} Middle English eire, {{der|en|fro|aire}} Old French aire, {{der|en|ML.|aeria}} Medieval Latin aeria, {{cog|fro|aire}} Old French aire, {{cog|la|ager}} Latin ager, {{cog|la|ārea}} Latin ārea Head templates: {{en-noun}} eyrie (plural eyries)
  1. The nest of a bird of prey. Translations (bird of prey's nest): գիշատիչ թռչնի բույն (gišatičʻ tʻṙčʻni buyn) (Armenian), արծվաբույն (arcvabuyn) (note: of an eagle) (Armenian), орло́во гнездо́ (orlóvo gnezdó) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 鷹巢 (Chinese Mandarin), 鹰巢 (yīng cháo) (Chinese Mandarin), orlí hnízdo [neuter] (Czech), hnízdo dravce (Czech), rovfuglerede [common-gender] (Danish), ørnerede (note: of an eagle) [common-gender] (Danish), horst [feminine] (Dutch), roofvogelnest [neuter] (Dutch), petolinnun pesä (Finnish), kotkanpesä (Finnish), nid d’aigle [masculine] (French), aire [feminine] (French), Horst [masculine] (German), nead iolair (english: eagle) [feminine] (Irish), soipín iolair (english: eagle) [masculine] (Irish), орловско гнездо (orlovsko gnezdo) [neuter] (Macedonian), orle gniazdo [neuter] (Polish), орли́ное гнездо́ (orlínoje gnezdó) (note: of an eagle) [neuter] (Russian), гнездо́ хи́щной пти́цы (gnezdó xíščnoj ptícy) [neuter] (Russian), orlovo gnijezdo [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), orlovo gnezdo [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), rovfågelsnäste [neuter] (Swedish), гніздо хижого птаха (hnizdo xyžoho ptaxa) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-eyrie-en-noun-UUZw6NaO Disambiguation of "bird of prey's nest": 97 3
  2. Any high and remote but commanding place. Categories (topical): Animal dwellings Translations (any high and remote but commanding place): ørnerede [common-gender] (Danish), kotkanpesä (Finnish), Adlerhorst [masculine] (German), Adlernest [neuter] (German), crannóg [feminine] (Irish), 高所にある家 (kōsho ni aru ie) (Japanese), örnnäste [neuter] (Swedish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: eyry, aerie, aery, ayrie [obsolete]

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Alternative forms

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  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "eire"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English eire",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "aire"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French aire",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ML.",
        "3": "aeria"
      },
      "expansion": "Medieval Latin aeria",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "aire"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French aire",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ager"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin ager",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ārea"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin ārea",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English eire, aire, from Old French aire or Medieval Latin aeria. Old French aire, in the sense of an eagle's nest, may have derived from Latin ager, or may less likely be related to the other senses, ultimately from Latin ārea.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "eyries",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "eyrie (plural eyries)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1943, Casey A. Wood, F. Marjorie Fyfe, “How to reach the eyrie”, in The Art of Falconry, volume 2, translation of original by Frederick II of Hohenstaufen, →ISBN, page 129:",
          "text": "The methods employed to ascend to the nest of a bird of prey depend, in each instance, upon its site. If the nest is in a tree, a man can climb up and, having put the young ones in a basket, carry them home. If, however, the eyrie is built in the fissure of a lofty rock, a man is secured to the end of a rope and descends or is lowered from the rim of the mountain or cliff to the level of the hollow in which the eyrie is built and, entering, lifts the bird from the nest.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The nest of a bird of prey."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nest",
          "nest"
        ],
        [
          "bird of prey",
          "bird of prey"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Any high and remote but commanding place."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɪə.ɹi/",
      "note": "without the Mary–marry–merry merger",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɛə.ɹi/",
      "note": "without the Mary–marry–merry merger",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaɪ.ɹi/",
      "note": "without the Mary–marry–merry merger",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɪ.ɹi/",
      "note": "General American, Mary–marry–merry merger"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɛ.ɹi/",
      "note": "General American, Mary–marry–merry merger"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaɪ.ɹi/",
      "note": "General American, Mary–marry–merry merger"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-eyrie.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/aa/En-au-eyrie.ogg/En-au-eyrie.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/En-au-eyrie.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪəɹi"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "eyry"
    },
    {
      "word": "aerie"
    },
    {
      "word": "aery"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "ayrie"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "gišatičʻ tʻṙčʻni buyn",
      "sense": "bird of prey's nest",
      "word": "գիշատիչ թռչնի բույն"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "note": "of an eagle",
      "roman": "arcvabuyn",
      "sense": "bird of prey's nest",
      "word": "արծվաբույն"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "orlóvo gnezdó",
      "sense": "bird of prey's nest",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "орло́во гнездо́"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "bird of prey's nest",
      "word": "鷹巢"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yīng cháo",
      "sense": "bird of prey's nest",
      "word": "鹰巢"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "bird of prey's nest",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "orlí hnízdo"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "bird of prey's nest",
      "word": "hnízdo dravce"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "bird of prey's nest",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "rovfuglerede"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "note": "of an eagle",
      "sense": "bird of prey's nest",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ørnerede"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "bird of prey's nest",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "horst"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "bird of prey's nest",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "roofvogelnest"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "bird of prey's nest",
      "word": "petolinnun pesä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "bird of prey's nest",
      "word": "kotkanpesä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "bird of prey's nest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nid d’aigle"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "bird of prey's nest",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aire"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "bird of prey's nest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Horst"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "english": "eagle",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "bird of prey's nest",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nead iolair"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "english": "eagle",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "bird of prey's nest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "soipín iolair"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "orlovsko gnezdo",
      "sense": "bird of prey's nest",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "орловско гнездо"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "bird of prey's nest",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "orle gniazdo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "of an eagle",
      "roman": "orlínoje gnezdó",
      "sense": "bird of prey's nest",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "орли́ное гнездо́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gnezdó xíščnoj ptícy",
      "sense": "bird of prey's nest",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "гнездо́ хи́щной пти́цы"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "bird of prey's nest",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "orlovo gnijezdo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "bird of prey's nest",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "orlovo gnezdo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "bird of prey's nest",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "rovfågelsnäste"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "hnizdo xyžoho ptaxa",
      "sense": "bird of prey's nest",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "гніздо хижого птаха"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "any high and remote but commanding place",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ørnerede"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "any high and remote but commanding place",
      "word": "kotkanpesä"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "any high and remote but commanding place",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Adlerhorst"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "any high and remote but commanding place",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Adlernest"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "any high and remote but commanding place",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "crannóg"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kōsho ni aru ie",
      "sense": "any high and remote but commanding place",
      "word": "高所にある家"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "any high and remote but commanding place",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "örnnäste"
    }
  ],
  "word": "eyrie"
}

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