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egret

/ˈiːɡɹɪt/ UK
/ˈiɡɹɪt/ US
/ˈiˌɡɹɛt/ US
/iˈɡɹɛt/ US
/ˈɛɡɹɪt/ US

Rhymes with -iːɡɹɪt, -iːɡɹɛt, -ɛt, -ɛɡɹɪt

Where it comes from

From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman egret, aigrette (“egret”), from Old Occitan aigreta, diminutive of aigron (“heron”), from Medieval Latin hairo, from Frankish *haigro (“heron”). Cognate with Old High German heigaro (“heron”), Old English hrāgra (“heron”). Doublet of aigrette. More at heron.

noun egrets

Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea that includes herons, many of which are white or buff, and several of which develop fine plumes during the breeding season. Egrets picked their way through the grass, attentive and showy as fussy girlfriends at the cows' sides.
A plume or tuft of feathers worn as a part of a headdress, or anything imitating such an ornament.
Similar: aigrette
The flying feathery or hairy crown of seeds or achenes, such as the down of the thistle.
obsolete The crab-eating macaque (Macaca fascicularis)

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noun Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea

Español	garza, garceta
한국어	왜가리 waegari, 해오라기 hae'oragi, 백로 baengno
日本語	白鷺 shirasagi, シラサギ shirasagi
中文	白鷺 /白鹭 báilù
हिन्दी	बगुला bagulā
Português	garça
Français	aigrette
Deutsch	Reiher
Italiano	garzetta, airone guardabuoi
Ελληνικά	τσικνιάς tsikniás, χουλιάρι chouliári
Română	egretă, stârc alb
Русский	бе́лая ца́пля bélaja cáplja, ца́пля cáplja
Tiếng Việt	cò
العربية	أَبُو قِرْدَان ʔabū qirdān

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@misc{egret_2026,
  title = {egret},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/egret},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}