eagle

See also: Eagle

English

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Etymology

From Middle English egle, from Anglo-Norman egle, from Old French aigle, from Latin aquila. Displaced native Middle English ern, earn, arn, from Old English earn (“eagle”). More at erne.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈiːɡəl/
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Rhymes: -iːɡəl

Noun

eagle (plural eagles)

Any of several large carnivorous and carrion-eating birds in the family Accipitridae, having a powerful hooked bill and keen vision.
Synonyms: erne, broadwing
- 2017, “The Eagle Flies Alone”, performed by Arch Enemy:
  I, I go my own way
  I swim against the stream
  Forever I will fight the pοwers that be
  The eagle flies alone
(US, numismatics, historical) A gold coin with a face value of ten dollars, formerly used in the United States.
(historical, numismatics) A 13th-century coin minted in Europe and circulated in England as a debased sterling silver penny, outlawed under Edward I of England.
(golf) A score of two under par for a hole.
I got an eagle in the third hole.

Coordinate terms

Golf

Derived terms

terms derived from the carnivorous bird

terms derived from U.S. coin

other derived terms

Translations

any of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae

Abaza: уарба (warba)
Abinomn: ɸəra
Abkhaz: ауарба (awarba)
Adyghe: бгъэжъ (bğɛẑ), мэкъухэшъобгъэжъ (mɛqʷuxɛšʷobğɛẑ)
Afrikaans: arend (af)
Akan: ɔkɔdeɛ
Akkadian: 𒈾𒀾𒊒 (našru)
Albanian: (Tosk) shqiponjë (sq) f, (Gheg) shqipe (sq) f, shkabë (sq) f, orr
Amharic: ንስር (nəsr)
Amis: 'alilis
Apache:
Western Apache: itsá
Arabic: عُقَاب (ar) m (ʕuqāb)
Egyptian Arabic: نسر m (nesr)

South Levantine Arabic: نسر m (nesr)
Aragonese: alica f, aliga f
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: ܢܫܪܐ m (nešrā)

Jewish Aramaic: נִשְׁרָא m (nišrā)
Arapaho: nii'eihii
Argobba: ንስር (nəsər)
Armenian: արծիվ (hy) (arciv)
Old Armenian: արծուի (arcui)
Assamese: ঈগল c (igol)
Asturian: águila (ast) f, aigla (ast)
Avar: цӏум (cʼum)
Aymara: paca
Azerbaijani: qartal (az)
Bashkir: бөркөт (börköt)
Basque: arrano (eu)
Bats: არწივ (arc̣iv)
Bau Bidayuh: ribuoh
Belarusian: аро́л m (aról)
Bemba: lubambe
Bengali: ঈগল (bn) (igol), ইগল (bn) (igol)
Bezhta: цуᵸгьа (cũha)
Breton: erer (br) m
Bulgarian: оре́л (bg) m (orél)
Burmese: လင်းယုန် (my) (lang:yun)
Buryat: мӱркӱт, бүргэд (bürged)
Catalan: àguila (ca) f, àliga (ca) f
Cebuano: agila
Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵉⴳⵉⴷⵔ m (igidr)
Central Melanau: nyawu
Chamorro: ágila
Chechen: аьрзу (ärzu)
Cherokee: ᎠᏩᎯᎵ (awahili), ᎠᏬᎭᎵ (awohali)
Cheyenne: netse
Chinese:
Cantonese: 鷹 / 鹰 (jing¹)

Hakka: 鷹鳥 / 鹰鸟 (ên-tiâu), 鷂婆 / 鹞婆 (yeu-phò)

Hokkien: 鷹仔 / 鹰仔 (eng-á), 鷹 / 鹰 (zh-min-nan) (eng), 鴟鴞 / 鸱鸮 (zh-min-nan) (bā-hio̍h, ba̍h-hio̍h, ba̍h-hiō, lāi-hiō, lāi-hio̍h, na̍h-hio̍h, mōa-hio̍h, lā-hio̍h, nā-hio̍h), 鷹仔虎 / 鹰仔虎 (eng-á-hó͘), 覓雞鷹 / 觅鸡鹰 (bōa-koe-eng), 鷹鳥 / 鹰鸟 (eng-chiáu)

Mandarin: 老鷹 / 老鹰 (zh) (lǎoyīng), 鷹 / 鹰 (zh) (yīng)
Chukchi: тиԓмытиԓ (tiḷmytiḷ)
Chuvash: ӑмӑрткайӑк (ămărtkajăk)
Coptic: ˋⲁϧⲱⲙ (ˋaxōm)
Cornish: er m
Corsican: acula (co) f
Crimean Tatar: qartal
Czech: orel (cs) m
Danish: ørn (da) c
Drung: teumeu
Dupaningan Agta: akuwang
Dutch: arend (nl) m, adelaar (nl) m
Elfdalian: örn m
Erzya: куцькан (kućkan)
Eshtehardi: دال (dâl)
Esperanto: aglo (eo)
Estonian: kotkas (et)
Even: гусэтэ (gusətə)
Evenki: киран (kiran)
Ewe: hɔ̃
Faroese: ørn f
Finnish: kotka (fi)
Franco-Provençal: âgllo
French: aigle (fr) m
Old French: aigle m
Friulian: acuile f
Galician: aguia (gl) f
Ge'ez: ንስር (nəsr)
Georgian: არწივი (ka) (arc̣ivi)
German: Adler (de) m, (poetic) Aar (de) m
Middle High German: ar, adelar

Old High German: arn m, aro m
Gothic: 𐌰𐍂𐌰 m (ara)
Greek: αετός (el) m (aetós)
Ancient: ἀετός m (aetós)
Greenlandic: nattoralik
Guerrero Amuzgo: kíchi
Gujarati: ગરુડ (gu) n (garuḍ)
Haitian Creole: èg
Hausa: shaho (ha) m
Hebrew: עַיִט (he) m (áyit)
Hiligaynon: agila
Hindi: गरुड (hi) m (garuḍ), चील (hi) m (cīl), उक़ाब m (uqāb), उकाब (hi) (ukāb), महाश्येन m (mahāśyen)
Hinukh: цой (coy)
Hittite: 𒄩𒀀𒊏𒀸 (ḫāras)
Hopi: nuvakwahu
Hungarian: sas (hu)
Hunzib: цу (cu)
Icelandic: örn (is) m
Ido: aglo (io)
Indonesian: elang (id)
Ingush: аьрзи (ärzi)
Interlingua: aquila
Inuktitut: ᓇᒃᑐᕋᓕᒃ (naktoralik)
Irish: iolar (ga) m
Middle Irish: ilar m
Italian: aquila (it) f
Japanese: 鷲 (ja) (ワシ, わし, washi), 鵰 (ちょう, chō)
Javanese: garudha (jv)
Kannada: ಗರುಡ (kn) (garuḍa)
Kashubian: òrzéł m
Kazakh: бүркіт (bürkıt)
Khmer: ឥន្ទ្រី (km) (ʼəntrii)
Khvarshi: цеᵸ (cẽ)
Kimaragang: kondiu
Korean: 독수리 (ko) (doksuri)
Kumyk: къаракъуш (qaraquş)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ھەڵۆ (ckb) (hello), ھەڵۆ (ckb) (hello)

Northern Kurdish: eylo (ku) m
Kutenai: kyaq̓nukat
Kyrgyz: бүркүт (ky) (bürküt)
Lak: барзу (barzu)
Lao: ອິນທີ (ʼin thī)
Latin: aquila (la) f
Latvian: ērglis (lv) m
Lezgi: лекь (leq̇)
Limburgish: aorendj m, aedelieër m
Lithuanian: aras (lt) m, erelis (lt) m
Livvi: kotku
Louisiana Creole: nèg, lèg
Low German: Aadler (nds) m, Arend m
Luxembourgish: Adler m
Macedonian: орел (mk) m (orel)
Malagasy: voromahery (mg)
Malay: lang (ms), elang, helang
Malayalam: പരുന്ത് (ml) (paruntŭ)
Maltese: ajkla f
Manchu: ᡤᡳᠶᠠᡥᡡᠨ (giyahūn)
Manx: urley m
Maori: ēkara (mi), īkara
Marathi: गरूड m (garūḍ)
Maricopa: shpa
Mazanderani: اله (ale)
Meänkieli: kokko
Mi'kmaq: gitpu anim
Minangkabau: alang (min)
Mirandese: aila f, águila f
Mongolian: бүргэд (mn) (bürged)
Montagnais: mitshishu
Nahuatl:
Central: cuauhtli

Central Huasteca: koajtli

Classical: cuauhtli
Nanai: гуси (gusi)
Navajo: atsá
Neapolitan: aquela f
Nepali: चील (ne) (cīl)
Newar: इमा (imā)
Ngunawal: mulleun
Nivkh: чам (ț’am)
Norman: aiglle m (France, Guernsey), aigl'ye m (Jersey)
North Frisian: oodler m (Föhr-Amrum)
Northern Sotho: ntšhu
Norwegian: ørn (no) m or f
O'odham: baʼag
Occitan: agla (oc) f
Odia: ଇଗଲ (igala)
Ojibwe: migizi, giniw
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: орьлъ m (orĭlŭ)

Glagolitic: ⱁⱃⱐⰾⱏ m (orĭlŭ)
Old East Slavic: орьлъ m (orĭlŭ)
Old English: earn m
Old Prussian: arelie
Ossetian: арцъиу (arc’iw), цӕргӕс (cærgæs)
Ottoman Turkish: قرتال (kartal), قره قوش (kara kuş)
Pali: mahāsena m, garuḷa m, sena m
Pashto: ګوربت m (gourbat)
Pennsylvania German: Aadler m
Persian: شهباز (šahbâz), عقاب (fa) ('oqâb), دال (fa) (dâl), آله (fa) (âloh)
Plautdietsch: Odla (nds) m
Polabian: viŕål m
Polish: orzeł (pl) m anim, bielik (pl) m anim
Portuguese: águia (pt) f
Potawatomi: kno
Punjabi: ਉਕਾਬ (pa) m (ukāb)
Quechua: anka (qu)
Rohingya: sil
Romagnol: êquila f
Romani: orla f
Romanian: acvilă (ro) f, aceră (ro), vultur (ro), pajură (ro)
Romansch: evla f
Russian: орёл (ru) m (orjól), орли́ца (ru) f (orlíca)
Rwanda-Rundi: inkona
Sami:
Inari: kuáskim

Kildin: куэццькэмь (kuecc’kem’)

Lule: goasskem

Northern: goaskin

Skolt: kuäʹcǩǩem

Ter: kïeccʹkem
Samoan: aeto
Sanskrit: गरुड (sa) m (garuḍa), गरुडः (sa) (garuḍaḥ), उत्क्रोशः (sa) (utkrośaḥ), श्येन (sa) m (śyena)
Sardinian: àcuila, altanera, àbbile, àbbila
Saterland Frisian: Oadeler m
Scottish Gaelic: iolair f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: о̀рао m

Roman: òrao (sh) m
Shambala: ngwilizi
Shona: gondo
Sicilian: àcula (scn) f
Sinhalese: රාජාලියා (rājāliyā)
Slovak: orol (sk) m
Slovene: orel (sl) m, orlica (sl) f
Somali: dafo f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: hodlaŕ, jerjeł m (literary)

Upper Sorbian: worjoł m
Southern Altai: мӱркӱт (mürküt)
Southern Sami: aahrtse
Spanish: águila (es) f
Sundanese: heulang (su)
Svan: ვერბ (verb)
Swahili: tai (sw)
Swazi: lú-khôzi
Swedish: örn (sv)
Tagal Murut: kondiew
Tagalog: agila (tl), banoy
Tajik: уқоб (tg) (uqob)
Tamil: எருவை (ta) (eruvai), கங்கம் (ta) (kaṅkam)
Taos: cíwena
Tarifit: ajidar m
Tatar: бөркет (tt) (börket)
Telugu: గ్రద్ద (te) (gradda)
Thai: อินทรี (th) (in-sii)
Tibetan: གོ་བོ (go bo)
Tigre: ንስረ (nəsrä)
Tigrinya: ንስሪ (nəsri)
Tokelauan: āeto
Tongan: 'ikale
Tsez: ^{(please verify)} цей (cey) (3)
Turkish: kartal (tr), baz (tr), şehbaz, şahbaz (tr)
Turkmen: bürgüt (tk)
Udmurt: ӧрӟи (ördźi)
Ugaritic: 𐎐𐎌𐎗 (nšr)
Ukrainian: оре́л (uk) m (orél)
Urdu: عقاب m ('uqāb), چیل m (cīl), گرڈ m (garuḍ), باز (bāz), شاہین (śāhīn)
Uyghur: بۈركۈت (bürküt)
Uzbek: burgut (uz)
Venetan: àquiła f
Vietnamese: chim đại bàng, đại bàng (vi)
Vilamovian: oduł m
Volapük: kvil (vo)
Võro: kodask, kodas
Votic: kotko
Waigali: paji
Walloon: êgue m
Waray-Waray: agila
Welsh: eryr (cy) m
West Coast Bajau: bele', bele'
West Frisian: earn c
Woiwurrung: bunjil
Wolof: jaxaay ji
Yakut: хотой (qotoy)
Yámana: šakanini
Yiddish: אָדלער m (odler)
Zazaki: (Southern Zazaki) hêli (diq), gurbat
Zulu: ukhozi (zu) class 11/10, inkwazi class 9/10

representation of an eagle in heraldry

French: aigle (fr) m
Galician: aguia (gl) f
Swedish: örn (sv) c

a gold coin with a face value of $10.00

German: Eagle (de) m or n
Italian: ^{(please verify)} moneta di dieci dollari
Manx: ^{(please verify)} Peesh Jeih Dollar
Polish: dziesięciodolarówka f (used for any currency worth ten dollars)
Swahili: ^{(please verify)} tai (sw)
Turkish: ^{(please verify)} on dolar

in golf, a score of two under par for a hole

Danish: eagle
Finnish: eagle (fi)
French: eagle (fr) m
Icelandic: örn (is) m
Swahili: tai (sw)

Verb

eagle (third-person singular simple present eagles, present participle eagling, simple past and past participle eagled)

(golf) To score an eagle.

Descendants

→ Danish: eagle
→ French: eagle

Translations

to score an eagle

French: réussir un aigle

Anagrams

Aegle, aglee

Danish

Etymology

From English eagle.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈiːɡəl]

Noun

eagle c (singular definite eaglen, plural indefinite eagler)

(golf) eagle (two under par)

References

“eagle” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English eagle. Doublet of aigle.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /i.ɡœl/

Noun

eagle m (plural eagles)

(golf) eagle

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English

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Danish

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French

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