English Explanatory Dictionary

lapwing

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several medium-sized wading birds belonging to the subfamily Vanellinae, within family Charadriidae.
  2. The northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus).
  3. A silly man.

Pronunciation

/ˈlæpwɪŋ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lapwing.wav

Word forms

lapwing lapwings

Etymology

From Middle English lapwynge, lapwynke, lappewincke, lapwynche, lhapwynche, from Old English hlēapewince (“lapwing”), from Old English hlēapan (“to leap”) + wincian (“to wink, make a sign”), due to its manner of flight. Cognate with West Frisian ljip (“lapwing”). The modern form is influenced by folk etymology to resemble English wing.

Related words

plover

Derived words

African wattled lapwing Andean lapwing banded lapwing black-headed lapwing blacksmith lapwing black-winged lapwing brown-chested lapwing cayenne lapwing crowned lapwing gray-headed lapwing gray lapwing Javan lapwing long-toed lapwing masked lapwing northern lapwing pied lapwing red-wattled lapwing river lapwing Senegal lapwing sociable lapwing southern lapwing spot-breasted lapwing spur-winged lapwing wattled lapwing white-crowned lapwing white-headed lapwing white-tailed lapwing yellow-wattled lapwing

Translations

Azerbaijani: bibikinə Belarusian: кні́гаўка Belarusian: чы́біс Bulgarian: калу́герица Catalan: fredeluga Chinese Mandarin: 田鳧 /田凫 Czech: čejka Danish: vibe Dutch: kievit Dutch: kieviet Esperanto: vanelo Faroese: vípa Finnish: hyyppä French: vanneau West-Frisian: ljip Galician: galdaripo Galician: tamouca Galician: tabuela Georgian: პრანწია German: Kiebitz Greek: καλημάνα Hungarian: bíbic Icelandic: vepja Ido: vanelo Irish: adhaircín Irish: pilibín Italian: vanello Japanese: タゲリ Lithuanian: pempė Luxembourgish: Piwitsch Maltese: venewwa Navajo: tábąąsdísítsoh Norman: pievie Norwegian Bokmål: vipe Norwegian Nynorsk: vipe Polish: czajka Portuguese: quero-quero Punjabi: ਟਟੀਹਰੀ Romanian: nagâț Russian: чи́бис Samogitian: pīmpė Samogitian: gīvė Scots: teuchat Scottish Gaelic: curracag Scottish Gaelic: adharcan Serbo-Croatian: вивак Serbo-Croatian: vivak Slovak: cíbik
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