wren
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wren¹
- /ɹɛn/
Sounds like ren · Rhymes with -ɛn
Where it comes from
From Middle English wrenne, wranne, from Old English wrenna, wrænna, werna, wærna, wrenne (“wren”), from Proto-West Germanic *wrandijō, from Proto-Germanic *wrandijô (“wren”).
Cognate with Old Saxon wrendilo (“wren”), Old High German rento, rentilo (“wren”), Danish rindel (“wren”), Icelandic rindill (“wren”).
noun wrens · wran
- Troglodytes troglodytes (Eurasian wren, type species and sole Old World species of the family Troglodytidae).
- Any member of a mainly New World passerine bird family Troglodytidae; a true wren.
- Any small bird of similar appearance to a true wren, such as a fairywren or scrubwren.
Wren²
- /ɹɛn/
Where it comes from
Originally a nickname, from Middle English wrenne (“wren”).
proper noun
- A surname transferred from the nickname.
- Sir Christopher Wren, English architect The Wren church did not cross the Atlantic at once.
- A male or female given name. "What's ironic," Alexandra said, "is that Mother named her Wren because as a newborn she reminded Mother of a shy bird. Little did she know."
Wren³
- /ɹɛn/
Where it comes from
From WRNS, short for Women's Royal Naval Service. Influenced by the ornithonym wren.
noun Wrens
- A female member of the Royal Navy (originally, a member of the WRNS). The characterisation of male officers as ineffectual chauvinists, and the offering of the Wrens as objects for Charlie's and the viewer's gaze, are mutually contradictory as well as uncomplimentary to all branches of the Navy.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: jenny wren, warbler, songbird, tomtit, lewis, gibbs, bewick, eurasian wren, troglodyte, house wren, troglodytid, winter wren, reed wren, willow wren, stag, wren-tit
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noun bird of family Troglodytidae
| Español | chochín, cucarachero, ratona |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | ミソサザイ misosazai |
| 中文 | 鷦鷯 /鹪鹩 jiāoliáo, 䳦 xuān, 䲾 qiǎo, 鴱 /𱉪 ài |
| Português | carriça, uirapuru |
| Français | roitelet, roitelet huppé, troglodyte |
| Deutsch | Zaunkönig |
| Italiano | scricciolo |
| Ελληνικά | τρυποφράχτης trypofráchtis, τρωγλοδύτης troglodýtis |
| Română | pitulice, ochiul-boului |
| Русский | крапи́вник krapívnik |
| العربية | صَعْو ṣaʕw, وَصْع waṣʕ |
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