Peregrine — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a widely distributed falcon formerly used in falconry

migratory

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/pˈɛɹəɡɹˌɪn/

🇬🇧British English

/pˈɛɹəɡɹˌɪn/

🇮🇳Indian English

/pˈɛɹəɡɹˌɪn/

3 syllables Say it as /pˈɛɹəɡɹˌɪn/.

Examples

a restless mobile society
the nomadic habits of the Bedouins
believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

roving peregrine falcon mobile wandering Falco peregrinus nomadic

Parts of Speech

noun	a widely distributed falcon formerly used in falconry
adjective	migratory “a restless mobile society”

Word Forms

peregrine	adjective	migratory
mobility	noun	the quality of moving freely
peregrine	noun	a widely distributed falcon formerly used in falconry

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Wanderfalke

ein weit verbreiteter Falke, der früher in der Falknerei eingesetzt wurde

🇫🇷French

pèlerin

un faucon largement répandu autrefois utilisé en fauconnerie

🇪🇸Spanish

halcón peregrino

un halcón ampliamente distribuido anteriormente utilizado en cetrería

🇮🇹Italian

pellegrino

un falco ampiamente diffuso precedentemente utilizzato nella falconeria

🇳🇱Dutch

slechtvalk

een wijdverspreide valk die vroeger in de valkerij werd gebruikt

🇵🇹Portuguese

peregrino

um falcão amplamente distribuído anteriormente usado na falcoaria

🇷🇺Russian

сапсан

широко распространенный сокол, ранее использовавшийся в соколиной охоте

India

🇮🇳Hindi

परदेशी

एक व्यापक रूप से वितरित बाज़ जो पहले बाज़ कला में उपयोग किया जाता था

🇮🇳Tamil

பெரேக்ரின்

பரவலாக விநியோகிக்கப்பட்ட பருந்து முன்பு பருந்துகளில் பயன்படுத்தப்பட்டது

🇮🇳Telugu

పెరెగ్రైన్

గతంలో ఫాల్కన్రీలో ఉపయోగించే విస్తృతంగా పంపిణీ చేయబడిన ఫాల్కన్

🇮🇳Gujarati

પેરેગ્રીન

વ્યાપકપણે વિતરિત ફાલ્કન અગાઉ બાજમાં વપરાતો હતો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಪೆರೆಗ್ರಿನ್

ವ್ಯಾಪಕವಾಗಿ ವಿತರಿಸಲಾದ ಫಾಲ್ಕನ್ ಹಿಂದೆ ಫಾಲ್ಕನ್ರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಬಳಸಲಾಗುತ್ತಿತ್ತು

🇮🇳Malayalam

പെരെഗ്രിൻ

പരുന്തിന് മുമ്പ് ഉപയോഗിച്ചിരുന്ന വ്യാപകമായി വിതരണം ചെയ്യപ്പെട്ട പരുന്താണ്

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

游隼

一种分布广泛的猎鹰，以前用于猎鹰

🇯🇵Japanese

ハヤブサ

以前は鷹狩りに使用されていた、広く分布しているハヤブサ

🇰🇷Korean

남자 이름

이전에 매사냥에 사용되었던 널리 분포된 매

🇻🇳Vietnamese

chim cút

một loài chim ưng phân bố rộng rãi trước đây được sử dụng trong nuôi chim ưng

🇹🇭Thai

เพเรกริน

เหยี่ยวที่แพร่หลายซึ่งเดิมเคยใช้ในเหยี่ยว

🇮🇩Indonesian

dr luar negeri

elang yang tersebar luas yang sebelumnya digunakan dalam elang

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الشاهين

صقر منتشر على نطاق واسع وكان يستخدم سابقًا في الصيد بالصقور

🇮🇷Persian

گیاهی

یک شاهین پراکنده که قبلاً در شاهین‌داری استفاده می‌شد

🇹🇷Turkish

alaca

eskiden şahincilikte kullanılan, yaygın olarak dağıtılan bir şahin

🇮🇱Hebrew

נווד

בז בתפוצה רחבה ששימש בעבר בזיוף

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