heron

See also:Heronandhéron

English

Etymology

FromMiddle Englishheron,heroun,heiron,fromAnglo-Normanheiron,fromMedieval Latinhairō,fromFrankishandProto-West Germanic*hraigrō,fromProto-Germanic*haigrô(compareSwedishhäger), dissimilation of*hraigrô(compareOld Englishhrāgra,Dutchreiger,GermanReiher), fromimitativeProto-Indo-European*(s)kreik-,*(s)kreig-(“to screech, creak”)(compareWelshcrëyr(“heron”),Ancient Greekκρίζω(krízō,“to creak, screech”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈhɛɹən/

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• Audio(Southern England):

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• Rhymes:-ɛɹən

Noun

heron(pluralherons)

1. Anylong-legged,long-neckedwading birdof the familyArdeidae.

Coordinate terms

• (a wading bird):egret,bittern,crane,heronsew,stork

Derived terms

• American night heron
• black-crowned night heron
• great blue heron
• great white heron
• green heron
• grey heron
• heronlike
• Japanese night heron
• Malayan night heron
• mangrove heron
• night heron
• Pacific reef heron
• pond heron
• purple heron
• Rodrigues night heron
• squacco heron
• striated heron
• tiger heron
• white-faced heron

Translations

bird

• Afrikaans:reier
• Albanian:gatë(sq)f,çafkë(sq)f
• Apache:

  Western Apache:kʼos joolí(blue)

• Arabic:مَالِكُ الحَزِينm(māliku l-ḥazīn),بَلَشُونm(balašūn)

  Egyptian Arabic:بلشونm(balšōn)

• Aragonese:garra
• Armenian:տառեղ(hy)(taṙeġ)
• Assamese:বগলী(bogoli),বগ(bog),কণামুচৰি(konamusori)
• Asturian:garza(ast)f
• Azerbaijani:vağ
• Bashkir:селән(selən)
• Basque:lertxun,koartza
• Belarusian:ча́пляf(čáplja)
• Breton:kerc’heiz(br)f
• Bulgarian:ча́пла(bg)f(čápla)
• Catalan:agróm,bernat pescairem
• Chamicuro:askoli
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Thương lộ／Thương lộ(zh)(cānglù),Lộ／Lộ(zh)(lù)

• Czech:volavka(cs)f
• Danish:hejre(da)c
• Dutch:reiger(nl)m
• Erzya:сенксь(śenkś)
• Esperanto:ardeo(eo)
• Estonian:haigur
• Faroese:hegri(fo)
• Finnish:haikara(fi)
• French:héron(fr)m
• Friulian:aironm
• Galician:garza(gl)f,ghanzaf
• Georgian:ყანჩა(q̇anča)
• German:Reiher(de)m
• Greek:ερωδιός(el)m(erodiós),αρδέαf(ardéa),τσικνιάς(el)m(tsikniás)

  Ancient:ἐρῳδιόςm(erōidiós)

• Greenlandic:qeriiaq
• Gullah:pojo
• Hebrew:אֲנָפָה(he)f(anafá)
• Hindi:वगुला(vagulā),बगला(hi)m(baglā),बगुला(hi)m(bagulā),बक(hi)m(bak)
• Hungarian:gém(hu),kócsag(hu),bakcsó(hu)(only genusNycticorax;see there for more synonyms)
• Icelandic:hegri(is)m
• Ido:herono(io)
• Indonesian:kuntul(id),kowak(id),cangak(id)
• Interlingua:hairon
• Irish:corrf
• Italian:airone(it)m
• Japanese:Lộ(ja)(さぎ, sagi),サギ(ja)(sagi),Bạch lộ(ja)(しらさぎ, shirasagi),シラサギ(ja)(shirasagi)
• Javanese:blekok(jv)
• Kazakh:құтан(qūtan)
• Korean:왜가리(waegari),해오라기(ko)(hae'oragi),백로( bạch lộ )(ko)(baengno)
• Kumyk:чыл(çıl)
• Ladin:airon
• Latgalian:ziurejs
• Latin:ardea(la)f,ardeolaf
• Latvian:gārnis
• Lithuanian:garnys(lt)
• Low German:Reier,Reigerm
• Lutshootseed:sbəq'ʷaʔ
• Luxembourgish:Räer(lb)m
• Macedonian:сива чапјаf(siva čapja),чапјаf(čapja)
• Malay:pucung
• Malayalam:കൊക്ക്(ml)(kokkŭ),ബകം(ml)(bakaṁ)
• Maltese:russett
• Manx:coar ny hastanf
• Maori:heroni
• Marathi:बगळा(Baglhā)
• Mari:

  Eastern Mari:чарлаҥге(čarlaŋge)

  Western Mari:цӓрлӓнгӹ(cärlängÿ)

• Mi'kmaq:tmgwatignejanim
• Minangkabau:bangau(min)
• Mingrelian:ჸანჩი(ʾanči)
• Nahuatl:aztatl
• Nanai:вачака(wačaka)
• Nivkh:вазӽ(vazẋ),вазаӽ(vazaẋ)
• Northern Sami:ránesháigir
• Norwegian:hegre,heirem
• O'odham:ṣu꞉dagĭ u’uwhig
• Occitan:bernat pescaire(oc)m,guiraut pescairem

  Old Occitan:*aigreta

• Old English:hrāgram
• Old French:haironmheironm
• Old High German:heigarom,reigarom
• Ottoman Turkish:بالقجیل(balıkcıl)
• Persian:حواصیل(fa)(havâsil),بوتیمار(fa)(butimâr),چگرنه(čegarne)
• Piedmontese:neiron
• Polish:czapla(pl)f
• Portuguese:garça(pt)f
• Quechua:wakchilla
• Romani:kokosturkom,kokosturkaf
• Romanian:stârc(ro)m,bâtlan(ro)m
• Romansch:irunm
• Russian:ца́пля(ru)f(cáplja)
• Sanskrit:बक(sa)m(baka)
• Sardinian:perdigiorronadas,mengoni,menga,garza
• Scottish Gaelic:corra-ghritheachf
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic:чапљаf

  Roman:čaplja(sh)f

• Shona:nyarupani
• Slovak:volavka
• Slovene:čaplja(sl)f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian:šytawaf,rybarnikm

• Spanish:garza(es)f
• Sranan Tongo:sabaku
• Svan:ყა̈̄ნჯუ̂(q̇ǟnǯû)
• Swahili:please add this translation if you can
• Swedish:häger(sv)
• Tagalog:tagák,bakaw,garsa
• Telugu:నారాయణపక్షి(te)(nārāyaṇapakṣi)
• Tepecano:váko·n
• Thai:นกยาง(th)(nók yaang)
• Tofa:шилен
• Turkish:balıkçıl(tr)
• Ukrainian:ча́пляf(čáplja)
• Upper Sorbian:čapla
• Venetian:aironm
• Vietnamese:diệc(vi)
• Volapük:härod(vo)
• Welsh:crëyrm,crychyddm
• West Flemish:reiger
• West Frisian:reagerc
• Wolof:warapuló mi
• Yiddish:please add this translation if you can
• Zulu:please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• heronon Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ardeidaeon Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Ardeidaeon Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• Honer,Horne,Rhone,Rhône,honer,horne,rhone

Middle English

Alternative forms

• hayroun,heern,heiron,herne,heroun,herowne,heyrone,heyroun,heyrune

Etymology

FromAnglo-Normanheiron,fromMedieval Latinhairō,*haigrō,fromFrankish/Proto-West Germanic*hraigrō,fromProto-Germanic*haigrô,from earlier*hraigrôviadissimilation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/hɛːˈruːn/,/ˈhɛːrun/,/ˈhɛːr(ə)n/,/hɛi̯-/,/hɛ-/

Noun

heron(pluralherons)

1. the grey heron(Ardea cinerea),or (rarely) a representation of it used in heraldry
2. the meat of a heron used as food.

Related terms

• heronsewe

Descendants

• English:heron,hern
• Scots:hern

References

• “heirǒun,n.”,inMED Online,Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007,retrieved2018-07-06.

Middle French

Alternative forms

• hairon

Etymology

FromOld Frenchheron,ofGermanicorigin, probably fromFrankish*hraigrō.

Noun

heronm(pluralherons)

1. heron

Descendants

• French:héron