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Meaning of Vulture | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard

ˈvʌltʃə

Definitions

Any of several carrion-eating birds of the families Accipitridae and Cathartidae.
A person who profits from the suffering of others.
colloquial, figuratively

Equivalents

Afrikaans aasvoël

العربية أنوق العقاب نسر

Azərbaycanca leşyeyən

Български лешояд

བོད་སྐད བྱ་རྒོད རྒོད

Bosanski ćute grib jastreb lešinar nazar strvinar sup лешинар стрвинар суп тас

Català voltor

Čeština sup

Cymraeg fwltur

Dansk grib

Deutsch Aasgeier Aasvogel Geier Geierin

Ελληνικά αγιούπας γύπας όρνιο

Esperanto vulturo

Español buitre cute gallinazo jote samuro sopilote urubú zamuro zopilote

Euskara putre sai

فارسی کرکس لاشخور

Suomi haaskalintu korppikotka

Français carencro (Cajun) charognard vautour

Gaeilge amach badhbh bultúr garrfhiach

Gàidhlig fang

Galego voitre

ગુજરાતી ગીધ

Hausa ungulu

ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi wulekula

עברית כי נשר

हिन्दी गिद्ध

Hrvatski ćute grib jastreb lešinar nazar strvinar sup лешинар стрвинар суп тас

Magyar hiéna keselyű

Հայերեն անգղ

Bahasa Indonesia hering nazar

Íslenska gammur

Italiano avvoltoio

日本語禿鷲禿鷹

ქართული ორბი სვავი

ខ្មែរ ត្មាត

한국어 독수리

Kurdî nazar sep

Latina vultur

Lëtzebuergesch Geier

Македонски мршојадец

Монгол тас элээ

मराठी गिधाड

Bahasa Melayu hering nasar

Malti avultun

မြန်မာဘာသာ လင်းတ

Nederlands gier

ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଶାଗୁଣା

Polski sęp

Português abutre condor urubu

Română vultur

Русский гриф стервятник

Slovenčina sup

Slovenščina jastreb

Shqip coftinar gabonjë gjyp hutë shkabë

Српски ćute grib jastreb lešinar nazar strvinar sup лешинар стрвинар суп тас

Svenska gam

Kiswahili tai tumbusi

తెలుగు రాబందు

ไทย อีแร้ง แรง

Tagalog buwitre

Türkçe akbaba

Українська гриф

اردو گدھ

Tiếng Việt kền kền

Examples

“The outer third of the wing of a vulture consists of the wing tips. The inner two-thirds of the wing are cambered (when the wing is extended), and are concerned with lifting effort in unsoarable air and with lifting and tractive effort in soarable air.”

“In clusters on the plain, like cowlless monks at matins, sat the vultures that had settled on the corpse of the hyena impaled by the female rhino […]”

“Within ten minutes of the accident, the vultures appeared and were organizing lawsuits.”

CEFR level

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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