колибри

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Bulgarian

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Черногърло колибри (срещано в Северна Америка)
Гигантско колибри (срещано в Южна Америка)

Etymology

Borrowed from French colibri.

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Noun

коли́бри (kolíbrin (relational adjective коли́бров)

  1. hummingbird (small New World nectarivore bird of family Trochilidae, known for their fast-pace fluttering)
    Synonym: пти́ца кома́р (ptíca komár)

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Hyponyms

References

  • колибри”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • колибри”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian

Pronunciation

Noun

колибри (kolibrin

  1. hummingbird

Declension

Declension of колибри
singular plural
indefinite колибри (kolibri) колибрија (kolibrija)
definite unspecified колибрито (kolibrito) колибријата (kolibrijata)
definite proximal колибриво (kolibrivo) колибријава (kolibrijava)
definite distal колибрино (kolibrino) колибријана (kolibrijana)
vocative колибри (kolibri) колибрија (kolibrija)

Russian

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Etymology

Borrowed from French colibri.

Pronunciation

Noun

коли́бри (kolíbrif anim (indeclinable)

  1. hummingbird
    Коли́бри еди́нственная пти́ца, спосо́бная лета́ть наза́д.
    Kolíbri — jedínstvennaja ptíca, sposóbnaja letátʹ nazád.
    The hummingbird is the only bird capable of flying backwards.
    В состоя́нии поко́я се́рдце коли́бри бьётся с частото́й 500 (пятьсо́т) уда́ров в мину́ту, а во вре́мя физи́ческой акти́вности 1200 (ты́сяча две́сти) и бо́лее.
    V sostojánii pokója sérdce kolíbri bʹjótsja s častotój 500 (pjatʹsót) udárov v minútu, a vo vrémja fizíčeskoj aktívnosti 1200 (týsjača dvésti) i bóleje.
    At rest, a hummingbird's heart beats at a frequency of 500 beats per minute, and 1200 or more during physical activity.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: կոլիբրի (kolibri)
  • Georgian: კოლიბრი (ḳolibri)

Further reading

  • колибри in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

Noun

колѝбри m (Latin spelling kolìbri)

  1. hummingbird
    Колибри је једина птица која може летјети уназад. (Ijekavian)
    Колибри је једина птица која може летети уназад. (Ekavian)
    The hummingbird is the only bird that can fly backwards.
    Колибрија срце има 400 (четристо) до 500 (петсто) откуцаја у минути, а број удаха у минути му је до 250 (дв(ј)есто педесет).
    A hummingbird's heart beats 400 to 500 times per minute (lit. has 400 to 500 beats per minute) and its number of breaths per minute is up to 250.

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