robin

== English == === Etymology 1 === Short for robin redbreast. Also from Middle English robynet, robynett (“robin (bird)”), from the Middle English name Robynett, a diminutive of the Middle English name Robyn (“Robin”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹɒ.bɪn/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹɑ.bɪn/ Rhymes: -ɒbɪn Hyphenation: rob‧in ==== Noun ==== robin (plural robins) Any of various passerine birds (about 100 species) of the families Muscicapidae, Turdidae and Petroicidae (formerly Eopsaltriidae), typically with a red breast. A European robin, Erithacus rubecula. An American robin, Turdus migratorius. (historical) A trimming in front of a dress. ===== Usage notes ===== The American robin is larger and quite different from the European one: English settlers in America named it from its red breast. ===== Synonyms ===== (all senses): redbreast, robin redbreast (the European robin): ruddock ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== References ==== European robin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Category:Erithacus rubecula on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Erithacus rubecula on Wikispecies.Wikispecies American robin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Category:Turdus migratorius on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Turdus migratorius on Wikispecies.Wikispecies === Etymology 2 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Noun ==== robin (uncountable) (organic chemistry) A toxalbumin obtained from the locust tree. ===== Derived terms ===== antirobin ===== Related terms ===== robinin === See also === round-robin === Anagrams === Biron, Brion, inorb == Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [ˈro̞.βin] IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈrɔ.bin] IPA(key): (Central, Northwestern) [ˈrɔ.βin] === Verb === robin inflection of robar: third-person plural present subjunctive third-person plural imperative == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʁɔ.bɛ̃/ === Etymology 1 === Familiar form of Robert. ==== Noun ==== robin m (plural robins) (obsolete) sheep, calf ===== Derived terms ===== robinet === Etymology 2 === Derivative of robe, in the phrase homme de robe (“man of the gown”). robe +‎ -in. ==== Noun ==== robin m (plural robins) (archaic, derogatory) lawyer === Further reading === “robin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Welsh == === Etymology === Borrowed from English robin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈrɔbin/ === Noun === robin f or m (plural robinod, not mutable) (archaic) robin (Erithacus rubecula) Synonyms: robin goch, brongoch, bronrhuddyn, rhuddog, cochgam horsefly, gadfly (Tabanus) Synonyms: pryf llwyd, cleren lwyd ==== Derived terms ==== dail robin (“herb Robert; lords-and-ladies”) robin goch (more common term for a robin) robin y diawl gwyllt, robin y gyrrwr (“horsefly”) === Further reading === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “robin”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies