birdcage

See also: bird-cage

English

Neoclassical birdcage, circa 1750

Alternative forms

bird cage, bird-cage

Etymology

bird +‎ cage.

Noun

birdcage (countable and uncountable, plural birdcages)

(countable) A cage to keep pet or zoological specimen birds in.
(uncountable) A game of chance played with dice; chuck-a-luck.

Derived terms

like the bottom of a birdcage

Related terms

cage bird

Translations

cage to keep birds in

Chinese:
Mandarin: 鳥籠／鸟笼 (zh) (niǎolóng)
Finnish: lintuhäkki
French: panier (fr) m, volière (fr) f
German: Vogelbauer (de) m, Vogelkäfig (de) m
Greek:
Ancient: κλωβός m (klōbós)
Hausa: kējī̀ m
Hungarian: kalitka (hu)
Irish: éanadán m
Italian: voliera (it) f
Japanese: 鳥籠 (とりかご, torikago)
Khmer: ទ្រុងសត្វ (trung sat)
Korean: 새장 (saejang)
Latin: cavea f
Ottoman Turkish: قفس (kafes)
Persian: قفس (fa) (qafas)
Portuguese: gaiola (pt) f
Russian: кле́тка (для птиц) f (klétka (dlja ptic))
Scottish Gaelic: eunadan m
Spanish: jaula (es) f
Swedish: fågelbur (sv)
Turkish: kuş kafesi (tr)

See also

Anagrams

cage bird, cagebird

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