Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

siskin

/ˈsɪskɪn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.66 in modern English

Syllables: siskin
IPA: /ˈsɪskɪn/

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small green and yellow European finch, Carduelis spinus spinus or Carduelis spinus, now Spinus spinus.

noun

Any of various similar birds in subfamily Carduelinae, principally in the genus Spinus.

Example Sentences

"I sat there on a bench in dappled shade, beside an aviary full of brightly feathered finches and siskins fluttering about."
"Many of these classic methods are still used, with some modern improvements. For example, with the aid of special microphones and automated sound detection software, ornithologists recently reported […] that pine siskins (Spinus pinus) undergo an irregular, nomadic type of nocturnal migration."

Etymology

From dialectal German Sisschen, Zeischen, diminutive form of Middle High German zīsec, apparently ultimately from Proto-Slavic *čižь (compare e.g. Polish czyżyk).

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Sisschen, zīsec, *čižь

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈsɪskɪn/

Inflected Forms

siskins (plural)

Phrases

black-chinned siskin pine siskin red siskin spruce siskin

Frequently Paired Words

Carduelinae Spinus serin

Synonyms

aberdevine Eurasian siskin carduelis spinus

Questions

How do you pronounce siskin?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsɪskɪn/.
What does siskin mean?: A small green and yellow European finch, Carduelis spinus spinus or Carduelis spinus, now Spinus spinus.
Where does siskin come from?: It is traced to German.

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