woodpecker

English

A black woodpecker

Etymology

From wood +‎ pecker. Compare Middle English wod spek (“woodpecker”).

Pronunciation

(UK) enPR: wo͝odʹpĕkər, IPA^(key): /ˈwʊdpɛkə/
(US) enPR: wo͝odʹpĕ'kər, IPA^(key): /ˈwʊdˌpɛkɚ/
Hyphenation: wood‧peck‧er

Noun

woodpecker (plural woodpeckers)

Any bird of many-species subfamily Picinae, with a sharp beak suitable for pecking holes in wood.
(military slang) Type 92 heavy machine gun

Derived terms

Translations

bird in Picinae

Afrikaans: houtkapper
Albanian: qukapikorët
Amharic: ግንደ ቆርቁር (gəndä ḳorḳur)
Arabic: نَقَار اَلْخَشَب‎ m (naqār al-ḵašab)
Armenian: փայտփորիկ (hy) (pʿaytpʿorik)
Assamese: কাঠৰোকা (kathrüka), বাঢ়ৈটোকা (barhoitüka)
Asturian: picatueru m
Azerbaijani: ağacdələn (az)
Bashkir: тумыртҡа (tumïrtqa)
Basque: piziformeak
Belarusian: дзя́цел m (dzjácjel)
Breton: speged
Bulgarian: кълва́ч (bg) m (kǎlváč)
Catalan: picot m
Central Sierra Miwok: palát·atà-
Chamicuro: me'na
Chechen: хенакӏур (χenaḳur)
Chichewa: gogomole
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鴷 (zh) (liè), 啄木鳥 (zh), 啄木鸟 (zh) (zhuómùniǎo)
Chukchi: уттырэвымрэв (uttyrėvymrėv)
Cornish: kasek koos f
Czech: datel (cs) m, strakapoud m
Danish: spætte (da)
Dutch: specht (nl) m, groene specht m
Erzya: шекшата (šekšata)
Esperanto: pego
Estonian: rähn (et)
Faroese: spæta f
Finnish: tikka (fi)
French: pic (fr) m; (green woodpecker) pic-vert (fr) m, pivert (fr) m
Friulian: pic
Gagauz: aaçkakan
Galician: peto m, picapau m, piquelo m
Georgian: კოდალა (ḳodala)
German: Specht (de) m
Greek: δρυοκολάπτης (el) m (dryokoláptis), τρυποκάρυδος m (trypokárydos)
Ancient: πελεκᾶς m (pelekâs)
Hindi: हुदहुद (hi) m (hudhud), कठफोड़वा (hi) m (kaṭhphoṛvā), कठफोड़ा (hi) m (kaṭhphoṛā)
Hungarian: harkály (hu), fakopáncs (hu)
Icelandic: spæta (is) f
Ido: pego (io)
Indonesian: burung pelatuk (id)
Interlingue: pico
Irish: cnagaire
Italian: picchio (it) m
Japanese: 啄木鳥 (ja) (きつつき, kitsutsuki), キツツキ (ja) (kitsutsuki)
Korean: 딱따구리 (ko) (ttakttaguri)
Kyrgyz: тоңкулдак (ky) (toñkuldak), доңкулдак (ky) (doñkuldak)
Ladino: becalen
Lakota: čhaŋkátotola
Latgalian: (genus Dendrocopos) dzeņs, (genus Picus or Dryocopus) dzylna f
Latin: pīcus m

Latvian: (genus Dendrocopos) dzenis (lv) m, (genus Picus or Dryocopus) dzilna f
Lithuanian: (genus Dendrocopos) genys (lt) m ; (genus Picus or Dryocopus) meleta (lt) f
Low German: Holthacker m, Boomhacker m, Boombicker m, Boomlöper m
Luxembourgish: Spiecht m
Macedonian: клукајдрвец m (klukajdrvec), детел m (detel)
Malay: belatuk
Manchu: ᡨᠣᡵᡥᠣᠨ (torhon)
Mi'kmaq: apo'qatej anim
Navajo: tsin yiłkaałii
Northern Sami: čáihni
Norwegian: hakkespett (no) m
Occitan: picot m
Ojibwe: baabaase, baapaase
Old English: fina m, *spiht m
Persian: دارکوب‎ (fa) (dârkub)
Polish: dzięcioł (pl)
Portuguese: pica-pau (pt) m, picapau (pt) m
Potawatomi: babasé
Quechua: hak'akllu
Romani: chuplitari m, chuplitarka f
Romanian: ghionoaie (ro) f, ciocănitoare (ro) f
Romansch: pitgalain
Russian: дя́тел (ru) m (djátel)
Santali: ᱮᱨᱮ (ere)
Sardinian: biccalinna f, biccamuru m, biccamatta f
Scottish Gaelic: snagan-daraich m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: детлић m (Ekavian), дјетлић m (Ijekavian); жуна f; детао n (Ekavian), дјетао n (Ijekavian)

Roman: detlić (sh) m (Ekavian), djetlić (sh) m (Ijekavian); žuna (sh) f; detao (sh) n (Ekavian), djetao (sh) n (Ijekavian)
Slovak: ďateľ m
Slovene: detel m, žolna (sl) f (these are two distinct species)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: źiśelc m

Upper Sorbian: dypornak m, dypak m
Southern Altai: томуртка (tomurtka)
Spanish: pájaro carpintero (es) m, pito (es) m
Swahili: kigong'ota
Swedish: hackspett (sv)
Tagalog: tariktik
Telugu: వడ్రంగిపిట్ట (te) (vaḍraṅgipiṭṭa), మానుతొలుచుపిట్ట (te) (mānutolucupiṭṭa)
Turkish: ağaçkakan (tr)
Turkmen: daşdeşen
Ukrainian: дя́тел (uk) m (djátel)
Venetian: pigòzo m
Vietnamese: gõ kiến
Volapük: pikit (vo)
Welsh: cnocell (y coed) f
West Frisian: spjocht
Wolof: ngorkaan li
Yiddish: פּיקהאָלץ‎ m (pikholts)

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