heron

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English heron, heroun, heiron, from Anglo-Norman heiron, from Medieval Latin hairō, from Frankish and Proto-West Germanic *hraigrō, from Proto-Germanic *haigrô (compare Swedish häger and Danish hejre), dissimilation of *hraigrô (compare Old English hrāgra, Dutch reiger, German Reiher), from imitative Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreik-, *(s)kreig- (“to screech, creak”) (compare Welsh crëyr (“heron”), Ancient Greek κρίζω (krízō, “to creak, screech”). Compare also egret from the same Germanic etymon. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhɛɹən/ Rhymes: -ɛɹən === Noun === heron (plural herons) Any long-legged, long-necked wading bird of the family Ardeidae. ==== Coordinate terms ==== (a wading bird): egret, bittern, crane, heronsew, stork ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === heron on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Ardeidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Ardeidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons === Anagrams === Honer, Horne, Rhone, Rhône, honer, horne, rhone == Middle English == === Alternative forms === hayroun, heern, heiron, herne, heroun, herowne, heyrone, heyroun, heyrune === Etymology === From Anglo-Norman heiron, from Medieval Latin hairō, *haigrō, from Frankish/Proto-West Germanic *hraigrō, from Proto-Germanic *haigrô, from earlier *hraigrô via dissimilation. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hɛːˈruːn/, /ˈhɛːrun/, /ˈhɛːr(ə)n/, /hæi̯-/, /hɛ-/ === Noun === heron (plural herons) the grey heron (Ardea cinerea), or (rarely) a representation of it used in heraldry the meat of a heron used as food. ==== Related terms ==== heronsewe ==== Descendants ==== English: heron, hern Scots: hern ==== References ==== “heirǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 6 July 2018. == Middle French == === Alternative forms === hairon === Etymology === From Old French heron, of Germanic origin, probably from Frankish *hraigrō. === Noun === heron m (plural herons) heron ==== Descendants ==== French: héron == Tagalog == === Etymology === Borrowed from English heron. The pronunciation is a pseudo-Hispanism as shown by ultimate stress. Doublet of ayron. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /heˈɾon/ [hɛˈɾon̪] Rhymes: -on Syllabification: he‧ron === Noun === herón (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜇᜓᜈ᜔) heron Synonyms: tagak, gabya, garsa === Further reading === “heron”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018