From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
*** Etymology
From [en] (attested only in the derivative [enm], [enm], [enm]. Compare [enm]
and [enm]. More at [en], [en]. Compare also [enm].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. A short , sharp or high note or noise, as of a bird or insect .
2. [en] A pulse of signal whose frequency sweeps through a band of frequencies for the duration of the pulse.
**** Derived terms
{{col4|en|chirplet|chirpy|gammachirp|interchirp |dechirp |downchirp |upchirp
}}
**** Translations
[birds]
- Arabic: [ar] , [ar]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Chinese:
- Danish: [da]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [hu]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it] , [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Kurdish:
- Latin: [la]
- Maori: [mi]
- Middle English: [enm]
- Persian:
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt] , [pt] , [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru] [onomatopoeia] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tagalog: [tl]
- Tamil: [ta]
- Zazaki: [zza]
[trans-bottom]
[insects]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Italian: [it]
- Kurdish:
- Maori: [mi]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
- Zazaki: [zza]
[trans-bottom]
*** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To make a short, sharp, cheerful note, as of small birds or crickets; to chitter; to twitter.
2. * [1=en]
3. [en] To speak in a high- pitch ed staccato .
4. [en] To modify (a pulse of signal ) so that it sweeps through a band of frequencies throughout its duration.
5. [en] To cheer up ; to make (someone) happier.
6. [en] To speak rapid insulting comical banter back and forth; to bicker or argue.
7. [en] To inform on someone; snitch . < !--Hotten's Slang Dict.-->
**** Derived terms
{{col|en|unchirped|chirpingly|chirper|chirping cup |chirping chips |chirping
|chirpingly |spotted chirping frog }}
**** Translations
[birds]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs] [cs] , [cs] , [cs]
- Danish: [da] , [da]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr] , [fr]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el] , [el]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu]
- Indonesian: [id]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja]
- Latin: [la] , [la]
- Maori: [mi] , [mi] , [mi] , [mi]
- Middle English: [enm]
- Persian: [fa]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt] , [pt] , [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tagalog: [tl]
[trans-bottom]
[insects]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Italian: [it]
- Maori: [mi] , [mi]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] [disused]
- Tagalog: [tl]
[trans-bottom]
[to speak in high pitch]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Finnish: [fi]
- German: [de] [fig., coll.]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu]
[trans-bottom]
[en] [en]