firebird

English

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Etymology

From fire +‎ bird, so called because of their bright red or orange plumage.

Noun

firebird (plural firebirds)

1. A scarlet tanager (Piranga olivacea). (This species is now classified as belonging to the cardinal family: Cardinalidae)
2. A Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula).
3. A vermilion flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus).
4. (Slavic mythology) A magical and prophetic glowing or burning bird from a faraway land, which is both a blessing and a harbinger of doom to its captor

Translations

scarlet tanager

Catalan: piranga escarlata f, piranga alanegra f French: piranga écarlate m German: Scharlachkardinal (de) f

Baltimore oriole

vermilion flycatcher

Navajo: tsįyaatsiiłchííʼ Russian: о́гненный мухое́д m (ógnennyj muxojéd), кра́сный тира́нн m (krásnyj tiránn) Spanish: mosquero cardenal m

glowing or burning bird (Slavic mythology)

Belarusian: жар-пту́шка f (žar-ptúška), дра-птах m (dra-ptax) Breton: evn-tan m Bulgarian: жар-пти́ца f (žar-ptíca) Czech: pták ohnivák m Danish: ildfugl c Dutch: vuurvogel (nl) m Esperanto: fajrbirdo, fajrobirdo, fajra birdo Estonian: tulilind Finnish: tulilintu German: Feuervogel m Hungarian: tűzmadár (hu) Ingrian: tulilintu Macedonian: жар-птица f (žar-ptica) Norwegian: Bokmål: ildfugl m Nynorsk: eldfugl m Polish: żar-ptak m Portuguese: pássaro de fogo m Romanian: pasăre de foc f (pasărea de foc f) Russian: жар-пти́ца (ru) f (žar-ptíca) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: жа̑р-пти̏ца f Roman: žȃr-ptȉca (sh) f Slovak: vták ohnivák m Spanish: pájaro de fuego m Swedish: eldfågel c Ukrainian: жар-пти́ця f (žar-ptýcja), жар-птах m (žar-ptax)