Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

greenfinch

/ˈɡɹiːn.fɪnt͡ʃ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.42 in modern English

Syllables: green-finch
IPA: /ˈɡɹiːn.fɪnt͡ʃ/

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any bird within the genus Chloris (formerly a subset of the genus Carduelis), small passerine songbirds with yellow-green plumage, found throughout Eurasia.

noun

Any bird within the genus Chloris (formerly a subset of the genus Carduelis), small passerine songbirds with yellow-green plumage, found throughout Eurasia.

noun

A female member of the Ulster Defence Regiment.

Informal

noun

A female member of the Ulster Defence Regiment.

British usage; Informal; Slang

Example Sentences

"The Vietnamese Greenfinch is the only greenfinch found in the Da Lat area, and as such is unmistakeable."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *gróh₁nis Proto-Germanic *grōniz Proto-West Germanic *grōnī Old English grēne Middle English grene English green Proto-Indo-European *(s)ping- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *(s)píngis Proto-Germanic *finkiz Proto-Indo-European *(s)ping- Proto-Germanic *finkô Old English finċ Middle English fynch English finch English greenfinch Compound of green + finch. Cognate with Alemannic German Grüefink, Dutch groenvink, German Grünfink, Icelandic grænfinka, North Frisian greenfink, Norwegian Bokmål grønnfink, Norwegian Nynorsk grønfink, Swedish grönfink, and West Frisian grienfink.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈɡɹiːn.fɪnt͡ʃ/
British English: /ˈɡɹiːn.fɪnt͡ʃ/

Usage

Informal
British usage
Slang

Inflected Forms

greenfinches (plural)

Synonyms

green bird

Questions

How do you pronounce greenfinch?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡɹiːn.fɪnt͡ʃ/.
What does greenfinch mean?: Any bird within the genus Chloris (formerly a subset of the genus Carduelis), small passerine songbirds with yellow-green plumage, found throughout Eurasia.
Where does greenfinch come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *gróh₁nis Proto-Germanic *grōniz Proto-West Germanic *grōnī Old English grēne Middle English grene English green Proto-Indo-European *(s)ping- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *(s)píngis Proto-Germanic *finkiz Proto-Indo-European *(s)ping- Proto-Germanic *finkô Old English finċ Middle English fynch English finch English greenfinch Compound of green + finch. Cognate with Alemannic German Grüefink, Dutch groenvink, German Grünfink, Icelandic grænfinka, North Frisian greenfink, Norwegian Bokmål grønnfink, Norwegian Nynorsk grønfink, Swedish grönfink, and West Frisian grienfink.

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