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bruant — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bunting noun Strips of small flags or colored triangular fabric strung up as festive decoration.
  • sparrow noun A small, brownish-grey songbird common in towns and gardens.

Senses

bruant is used for these senses in English:

  • bunting Any of various songbirds of the genus Emberiza, having short bills and brown or gray plumage.
  • sparrow A member of the family Passerellidae (or Emberizidae, under classification systems that subsume the New World sparrows under Emberizidae), comprising small New World songbirds.

bunting — full definition

  1. noun Strips of small flags or colored triangular fabric strung up as festive decoration.
  2. noun Any of several small songbirds with short beaks and brownish or grayish plumage.
  3. noun A warm, often hooded garment for wrapping a baby, worn as outerwear (a baby bunting).

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