grebe

See also: Grebe, grèbe, and grebé

English

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Etymology

From French grèbe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɹiːb/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -iːb

Noun

grebe (plural grebes)

1. Any of several waterbirds in the family Podicipedidae of the order Podicipediformes. They have strong, sharp bills, and lobate toes.

Synonyms

• (any of several waterbirds): dabchick

Derived terms

• Alaotra grebe
• black-necked grebe
• great crested grebe
• horned grebe
• Junin grebe
• little grebe
• pied-billed grebe
• red-necked grebe
• Slavonian grebe
• sungrebe
• tippet grebe

Translations

any of several waterbirds in the family Podicipedidae

Asturian: somorguyu (ast) Bulgarian: гмурец (bg) m (gmurec) Catalan: cabussó (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 鸊鷉 / 䴙䴘 (zh) (pìtī) Czech: potápka f Danish: lappedykker (da) c Dutch: fuut (nl) m Esperanto: grebo Faroese: gjør f Finnish: uikku (fi) French: grèbe (fr) m Galician: mergullón m, somorgullo m German: Lappentaucher (de) m Greek: βουτηχτάρα (el) f (voutichtára) Ancient: κολυμβίς f (kolumbís) Hungarian: vöcsök (hu) Irish: foitheach m Italian: tuffetto (it), svasso (it) Japanese: 鸊鷉 (ja) (かいつぶり, kaitsuburi, かいつむり, kaitsumuri), 鳰 (ja) (にお, nio, かいつぶり, kaitsuburi, かいつむり, kaitsumuri), 鳰鳥 (におどり, niodori), 浮巣鳥 (うきすどり, ukisudori), 息長鳥 (しながどり, shinagadori), 潜り (ja) (むぐり, muguri) Korean: 논병아리 (nonbyeong'ari) Manchu: ᠴᡠᠩᡤᡠᡵ ᠨᡳᠶᡝᡥᡝ (cunggur niyehe), ᠯᡠᡥᡠ (luhu) Navajo: naalʼeełii keelóól Persian: کشیم (kašim) Polish: perkoz (pl) m Portuguese: mergulhão (pt) m Romanian: cufundar (ro) m, corcodel (ro) m Russian: пога́нка (ru) f (pogánka) Slovene: ponirek (sl) m Spanish: zambullidor (es) m, somormujo (es) m, acacalote Swedish: dopping (sv) c Thai: นกเป็ดผี (nók-bpèt-pǐi) Turkish: batağan (tr), bahri (tr) Ukrainian: пірникоза f (pirnykoza) Welsh: gwyach f

Anagrams

• Gebre, gerbe

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

grebe (Cyrillic spelling гребе)

1. third-person singular present of grebati

Verb

grebe (Cyrillic spelling гребе)

1. third-person singular present of grepsti