Meaning of Sparrow | Babel Free
ˈspæɹ.əʊDefinitions
- The house sparrow, Passer domesticus; a small bird with a short bill, and brown, white and gray feathers.
- A surname.
- A member of the family Passeridae, comprising small Old World songbirds.
- A member of the family Passerellidae (or Emberizidae, under classification systems that subsume the New World sparrows under Emberizidae), comprising small New World songbirds.
- Generically, any small, nondescript bird.
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A quick-witted, lively person. London, UK
Equivalents
Azərbaycanca
sərçə
Беларуская
верабей
Български
врабче
বাংলা
চড়াই
Cymraeg
aderyn
Dansk
spurv
Esperanto
pasero
Eesti
varblane
فارسی
گنجشک
Gaeilge
gealbhan
Gàidhlig
gealbhonn
ગુજરાતી
ચકલી
Íslenska
spörfugl
Italiano
passero
日本語
雀
Қазақша
торғай
ខ្មែរ
ចាប
한국어
참새
Latina
passer
Lëtzebuergesch
Spatz
Lietuvių
žvirblis
Latviešu
zvirbulis
മലയാളം
കുരുവി
मराठी
चिमणी
Bahasa Melayu
pipit
မြန်မာဘာသာ
စာ
ଓଡ଼ିଆ
ଚଟିଆ
Română
vrabie
Slovenčina
vrabec
Svenska
sparv
Kiswahili
shomoro
తెలుగు
పిచ్చుక
ไทย
กระจอก
Tagalog
pipit
Examples
“Man progresses generally, not both legs at once like a sparrow, but by putting one leg forward first, and then the other.”
“In a poem by Sappho, Aphrodite is represented as riding in a car drawn by sparrows.”
“cockney sparrow”
“I take it there 's scarcely a happier fellow alive than your honest town-bred smoke-dried cockney sparrow.”
“Professional cockney sparrow Martine has acted since childhood.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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