carduelis

See also: Carduelis

Latin

Etymology

From carduus (“wild thistle, artichoke”) +‎ -ēlis. Goldfinches commonly eat thistle seeds and use thistle down as nest material, and are as such commonly named after this plant; compare English thistlefinch, Dutch distelvink.

Pronunciation

Noun

carduēlis f (genitive carduēlis); third declension

  1. a thistlefinch, Eurasian goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

singular plural
nominative carduēlis carduēlēs
genitive carduēlis carduēlium
dative carduēlī carduēlibus
accusative carduēlem carduēlēs
carduēlīs
ablative carduēle carduēlibus
vocative carduēlis carduēlēs

Descendants

References

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