budgerigar

[US]/'bʌdʒ(ə)rɪgɑː/
[UK]/'bʌdʒərɪɡɑr/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. budgerigar

En liten type papagei som er nativ i Australia, ofte holdt som et husdyr.
Word Forms

Real-world Examples

Next she got two budgerigars called Smitt and Smule, then Govinda the tortoise, and finally the marmalade cat Sherekan.

Så fikk hun to budgerigars som heter Smitt og Smule, deretter skjellet Govinda, og til slutt den marmeladecatene Sherekan.

Source: Sophie's World (Original Version)

So now it was the budgerigars' turn.

Så var det nå tur for budgerigarsene.

Source: Sophie's World (Original Version)

If they had reached water-skiing budgerigars, there would be nothing else worth hearing.

Hvis de hadde nådd vannskiende budgerigars, ville det ikke være noe annet verdig å høre på.

Source: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

For instance, Australia gave us a set of words (not particularly useful outside the context of Australia itself) like boomerang, kangaroo, budgerigar, etc.

For eksempel ga Australia oss en rekke ord (ikke særlig nyttige utenfor konteksten til Australia selv) som boomerang, kangaroo, budgerigar osv.

Source: Illustrated History of English (Volume 2)

Sophie put his cat food out, poured birdseed in the budgerigars' cup, got out a salad leaf for the tortoise, and wrote a note to her mother.

Sophie satte kattmaten ut, hølte frø i budgerigarsens bøtte, tok en salatblad for skjellet og skrev et brev til sin mor.

Source: Sophie's World (Original Version)

It comes as a surprise to many, but the tiny budgies (also known as budgerigars or simply as parakeets) can actually talk as well if not better than some larger parrot species.

Det overrasker mange, men de små budgies (også kjent som budgerigars eller bare parakeeter) kan faktisk snakke like godt som, eller bedre enn, visse større papirfugler.

Source: 10 niche exquisite pets

And his reward was to be stuck in Little Whinging for four solid weeks, completely cut off from the magical world, reduced to squatting among dying begonias so that he could hear about water-skiing budgerigars!

Og hans belønning var å bli fangen i Little Whinging i fire hele uker, helt avskilt fra det magiske verden, redusert til å sitte på knæ i døende begonier slik at han kunne høre om vannskiende budgerigars!

Source: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Most of the settlers were from London and Ireland, resulting in a very distinctive and egalitarian accent and a basic English vocabulary supplemented by some Aboriginal words and expressions (e.g. boomerang, kangaroo, koala, wallaby, budgerigar, etc).

De fleste av kolonistene kom fra London og Irland, noe som førte til en svært tydelig og likestilende uttale og en grunnleggende engelsk ordforråd som ble suppleret av noen aboriginal ord og uttrykk (f.eks. boomerang, kangaroo, koala, wallaby, budgerigar osv).

Source: Illustrated History of English (Volume 2)

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