Definition
A type of wading bird with long legs, a long neck, and usually white feathers, related to herons.
Etymology
From Old French aigrette (also the plume of feathers), from Arabic al-ghurayyah or from an onomatopoetic root imitating the bird's call.
Kelly Says
Egrets were hunted almost to extinction in the 1800s for their fancy breeding plumes used in women's hats—their near-disappearance sparked the modern conservation movement and the founding of the Audubon Society.
Translations
ARالعربية
عصفور بياض
ʕasfur bayyad
BNবাংলা
সাদা বনর
sa-da bon-or
CSČeština
čáp bílý
chap bee-lee
DEDeutsch
Schreiadler
shry-ah-dler
ELΕλληνικά
λευκός αετός
lef-kos ay-tos
ESEspañol
garceta
gar-SEH-ta
FISuomi
sorsalintu
soh-ralin-too
FRFrançais
aigrette
a-zhayt
HEעברית
צוללן לבן
tsol-lan le-van
HIहिन्दी
बड़ा सफ़ेद बगुल
bada safed bagul
HUMagyar
szürke gém
szoor-keh gehm
IDBahasa Indonesia
bangau putih
ban-gau putih
ITItaliano
garzetta
gar-ZHET-ta
MRMR
सफेद कोंड
sa-fed kon-d
MSBahasa Melayu
bangau putih
ban-gau putih
MYမြန်မာ
ရွှေပုံ
shwe-pon
NLNederlands
egret
eh-gret
PAPA
ਸਫੇਦ ਬੱਕ
sa-fed bakk
PTPortuguês
garça-branca
gar-sa-BRAHN-ka
RUРусский
большая белая цапля
bolshaya belaya tsaplya
SVSvenska
sångsångare
song-song-ah-reh
TAதமிழ்
பச்சைக்காரி
pach-ai-ka-ri
TEతెలుగు
పెద్ద తెల్లని
pedda tella-ni
TLTL
puting-i
poo-ting-ee
TRTürkçe
ak balıkçı
ahk bah-LISH-chi
UKУкраїнська
біла чапля
bee-la cha-plya
URاردو
سفید مرغ
se-feed mergh
VITiếng Việt
cò trắng
co trang
ZUZU
isihlangu
ee-sihlan-goo