English Explanatory Dictionary

wren

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Troglodytes troglodytes (Eurasian wren, type species and sole Old World species of the family Troglodytidae).
  2. Any member of a mainly New World passerine bird family Troglodytidae; a true wren.
  3. Any small bird of similar appearance to a true wren, such as a fairywren or scrubwren.
name
  1. A surname transferred from the nickname.
  2. Sir Christopher Wren, English architect
  3. A male or female given name from English from the noun wren.
noun
  1. A female member of the Royal Navy (a member of the WRNS)

Pronunciation

/ɹɛn/ en-us-wren.ogg

Word forms

wren wrens wran

Etymology

From Middle English wrenne, wranne, from Old English wrenna, wrænna, werna, wærna, wrenne (“wren”), from Proto-West Germanic *wrandijō, from Proto-Germanic *wrandijô (“wren”). Cognate with Old Saxon wrendilo (“wren”), Old High German rento, rentilo (“wren”), Danish rindel (“wren”), Icelandic rindill (“wren”).

Derived words

Bewick's wren black-bellied wren blue wren cactus wren canyon wren Carolina wren Daito wren emu-wren fairy wren fairy-wren fairywren fasciated wren golden-crested wren heath-wren house wren jenny wren Lambert's wren Lyall's wren marsh wren New Zealand wren nightingale-wren reed wren rock wren scrubwren sedge wren short-billed marsh wren sooty-headed wren Stephens Island wren streaked wren-babbler striped wren-babbler tule wren willow wren winter wren wren-babbler wrenboy Wren Day wren-spinetail wrenthrush wren-tit wren-warbler Zapata wren

Translations

Albanian: cinxami Albanian: çerr Albanian: ferrak Arabic: صَعْو Arabic: وَصْع Asturian: cenrica Asturian: abangavigues Basque: txepetx Breton: dreolan Bulgarian: орехче Bulgarian: мушитрънче Catalan: cargolet Cherokee: ᏥᏥ Chinese Mandarin: 鷦鷯 /鹪鹩 Chinese Mandarin: 䳦 Chinese Mandarin: 䲾 Chinese Mandarin: 鴱 /𱉪 Cornish: gwrannen Czech: střízlík Danish: gærdesmutte Dutch: winterkoninkje Esperanto: birdreĝo Esperanto: troglodito Estonian: käblik Faroese: mortítlingur Faroese: músabróðir Finnish: peukaloinen French: roitelet French: roitelet huppé French: troglodyte Galician: carrizo Georgian: ჭინჭრაქა Georgian: ღობემძვრალა German: Zaunkönig Greek: τρυποφράχτης Greek: τρωγλοδύτης Ancient Greek: κόρθιλος Hungarian: ökörszem Icelandic: músarindill Irish: dreoilín Old Irish: dreän Italian: scricciolo Japanese: ミソサザイ Latin: rēgulus Latvian: paceplītis Ligurian: rætìn Lombard: caruspi Luxembourgish: Zwirkinnek Central Sierra Miwok: šawánṭi·ṭi- Navajo: jádídlǫ́ʼii Norman: raîté Norwegian: gjerdesmett Old English: wrenna Polish: strzyżyk
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