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heron
English
Etymology
From Middle English heron, heroun, heiron, from Anglo-Norman heiron, from Old Dutch *heigero (compare Middle Dutch heiger), from Frankish and Proto-West Germanic *hraigr?, from Proto-Germanic *haigrô (compare Swedish häger), dissimilation of *hraigrô (compare Old English hr?gra, Dutch reiger, German Reiher), from imitative Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreik-, *(s)kreig- (“to screech, creak”) (compare Welsh crëyr (“heron”), Ancient Greek ????? (kríz?, “to creak, screech”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?h???n/
- Rhymes: -???n
Noun
heron (plural herons)
- A long-legged, long-necked wading bird of the family Ardeidae.
Coordinate terms
- (a wading bird): egret, bittern, crane, heronsew, stork
Translations
Further reading
- heron on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Ardeidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Ardeidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
- Honer, Horne, Rhone, Rhône, honer, horne, rhone
Middle English
Alternative forms
- hayroun, heyroun, heroun, herne, heiron, heyrune, heyrone, herowne, heern
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman heiron, from Medieval Latin hair?, *haigr?, from Old Dutch *heigero, from Frankish/Proto-West Germanic *hraigr?, from Proto-Germanic *haigrô, from earlier *hraigrô via dissimilation.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?h??run/, /?h??r(?)n/, /?h?i?run/, /h?i??ru?n/
Noun
heron (plural herons)
- the grey heron (Ardea cinerea), or (rarely) a representation of it used in heraldry
- the meat of a heron used as food.
Related terms
- heronsewe
Descendants
- English: heron, hern
- Scots: hern
References
- “heir?un, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-06.
Middle French
Alternative forms
- hairon
Etymology
From Old French heron, of Germanic origin, probably from Frankish *hraigr?.
Noun
heron m (plural herons)
- heron
Descendants
- French: héron
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hieron
English
Etymology
Ancient Greek ????? (hierón, “sacred”).
Noun
hieron (plural hierons)
- A consecrated place, especially a temple.
Anagrams
- Horine, heroin, on hire
Finnish
Verb
hieron
- First-person singular indicative present form of hieroa.
Anagrams
- heroin
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