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eagle
English
Etymology
From Middle English egle, from Anglo-Norman egle, from Old French aigle, from Latin aquila. Displaced native Middle English ern, earn, arn, from Old English earn (“eagle”). More at erne.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?i???l/
- Rhymes: -i???l
Noun
eagle (plural eagles)
- Any of several large carnivorous and carrion-eating birds in the family Accipitridae, having a powerful hooked bill and keen vision.
- Synonyms: erne, broadwing
- (US, numismatics, historical) A gold coin with a face value of ten dollars, formerly used in the United States.
- (historical, numismatics) A 13th-century coin minted in Europe and circulated in England as a debased sterling silver penny, outlawed under Edward I of England.
- (golf) A score of two under par for a hole.
Coordinate terms
(golf):
- buzzard
- bogey
- par
- birdie
- albatross
- condor
- ostrich
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- (13th-c. counterfeit coin):
- pollard
- rosary
- mitre
- leonine
- scalding
- crockard
- steeping
Verb
eagle (third-person singular simple present eagles, present participle eagling, simple past and past participle eagled)
- (golf) To score an eagle.
Translations
Further reading
- Eagle (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Aegle, aglee
Danish
Etymology
From English eagle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?i???l]
Noun
eagle c (singular definite eaglen, plural indefinite eagler)
- (golf) eagle (two under par)
References
- “eagle” in Den Danske Ordbog
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English eagle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i?l/
Noun
eagle m (plural eagles)
- (golf) eagle
Coordinate terms
- bogey
- birdie
- albatros
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nightingale
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?na?t???e?l/
Etymology 1
From Middle English nyghtyngale, nightingale, ni?tingale, alteration (with intrusive n) of nyghtgale, nightegale, from Old English nihtegala, nihtegale (“nightingale; night-raven”, literally “night-singer”), from Proto-West Germanic *nahtigal? (“nightingale”), equivalent to night +? gale. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Noachtegoal (“nightingale”), Dutch nachtegaal (“nightingale”), German Low German Nachtigall (“nightingale”), German Nachtigall (“nightingale”), Danish nattergal (“nightingale”), Swedish näktergal (“nightingale”), Icelandic næturgali (“nightingale”).
Noun
nightingale (plural nightingales)
- A European songbird, Luscinia megarhynchos, of the family Muscicapidae.
- 1826, Mary Shelley, chapter 5 in the first part of The Last Man
- The oaks around were the home of a tribe of nightingales
- 1826, Mary Shelley, chapter 5 in the first part of The Last Man
Synonyms
- philomel
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
Named after Florence Nightingale.
Noun
nightingale (plural nightingales)
- A kind of flannel scarf with sleeves, formerly worn by invalids when sitting up in bed.
Anagrams
- alightening
Middle English
Noun
nightingale
- Alternative form of nyghtyngale
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