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Webster 1913 Edition
Fringilla
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Frin-gil′la
,Adj.
[NL., fr. L.
fringilla
a chaffinch
.] (Zool.)
A genus of birds, with a short, conical, pointed bill. It formerly included all the sparrows and finches, but is now restricted to certain European finches, like the chaffinch and brambling.
Definition 2024
Fringilla
Fringilla
See also: fringilla
Translingual
Proper noun
Fringilla f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Fringillidae.
References
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276
fringilla
fringilla
See also: Fringilla
Latin
fringilla (a chaffinch, but see entry)
Noun
fringilla f (genitive fringillae); first declension
- a small bird, possibly the robin redbreast or the chaffinch
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | fringilla | fringillae |
| genitive | fringillae | fringillārum |
| dative | fringillae | fringillīs |
| accusative | fringillam | fringillās |
| ablative | fringillā | fringillīs |
| vocative | fringilla | fringillae |
Related terms
- frigūtiō
Descendants
- Translingual: Fringilla
- Italian: fringuello
References
- fringilla in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “fringilla”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.