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==English==
{{was wotd|2023|May|13}}

===Etymology===
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|image1 = Common Mynah (डाङ्ग्रे रुपी) 3.jpg
|image2 = Northern Cardinal (7322115108).jpg
|image3 = Orange-breasted Sunbird, Anthobaphes violacea (8419588520).jpg
|caption3 = The {{vern|common myna}} or [[Indian myna]] ({{taxlink|Acridotheres tristis|species}}, ''top''), [[northern cardinal]] ({{taxlink|Cardinal cardinal|species}}, ''middle''), and {{vern|orange-breasted sunbird}} ({{taxlink|Anthobaphes violacea|species}}, ''bottom'') are all passerines ''(noun sense)''.
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{{root|en|ine-pro|*peth₂-|*-iHnos}}
{{glossary|Adjective}} {{senseno|en|adj1}} is borrowed from {{bor|en|NL.|Passer|t=bird genus}} (from {{der|en|la|passer|t=sparrow}}, ultimately from {{der|en|ine-pro|*peth₂-|t=to spread out; to fly (in the sense of spreading out wings)}}) + [[w:English language|English]] {{m|en|-ine|pos={{glossary|suffix}} meaning ‘of or pertaining to’}}.<ref name="OED">{{R:OED Online|pos=adj.'' and ''n|id=138484|date=March 2023|nodot=1}}; {{R:Lexico|pos=adj.'' and ''n}}</ref>

Adjective {{senseno|en|adj2}} is borrowed from {{bor|en|NL.|passerinus|t=bird species}} + [[w:English language|English]] {{m|en|-ine}}. {{m|NL.||Passerinus}} is derived from {{der|en|la|passerīnus|t=of or fit for sparrows}}, from {{m|la|passer|t=sparrow}} (see above) + {{m|la|-īnus|pos=suffix  meaning ‘of or pertaining to’}}.<ref name="OED"/>

The {{glossary|noun}} is borrowed from {{bor|en|NL.|Passerinae|t=former order of birds}}, a {{glossary|calque}} of {{der|en|fr|passereaux}},<ref name="OED"/> the {{glossary|plural}} of {{m|fr|passereau|t=sparrow; passerine (bird of the order Passeriformes)}}, from {{der|en|la|passer|t=sparrow}} (see above) + {{m|fr|-eau|pos=suffix forming {{glossary|diminutive}} {{glossary|masculine}} nouns, specifically the names of young animals}}.

{{rel-top|cognates}}
* {{cog|fr|passerin|t=sparrowlike}} {{qualifier|obsolete}}, Provençal {{cog|fr|passerine|t=passerine whitethroat, a bird from order Passeriformes}}
{{rel-bottom}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈpæsəɹaɪn/|/-ɹən/|/-ɹiːn/|a=RP}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-passerine3.wav|a=Southern England}}{{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-passerine1.wav}}{{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-passerine2.wav}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈpæsəˌɹaɪn/|a=GA}}
* {{hyphenation|en|pas|ser|ine}}

===Adjective===
{{en-adj|-}}

# {{senseid|en|adj1}} Of or relating to the {{taxfmt|Passeriformes|order}} [[order#Noun|order]] of [[perching bird]]s, which are generally {{l|en|anisodactyl|t=having [[three]] [[toe#Noun|toes]] [[point#Verb|pointing]] [[forward#Preposition|forward]] and [[one#Numeral|one]] [[back#Preposition|back]], which [[facilitate]]s [[perching#Noun|perching]]}}.
#: {{antonyms|en|nonpasserine}}
# {{senseid|en|adj2}}{{lb|en|archaic}} ''Chiefly in the [[former#Adjective|former]] [[name#Noun|names]] of some [[bird#Noun|birds]]'': [[approximately]] the [[size#Noun|size]] of a [[sparrow]].

====Derived terms====
* {{l|en|nonpasserine}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|of or relating to the Passeriformes order of perching birds}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|врабчов}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t-needed|cmn}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|varpunen|alt=varpus-}}, {{t+|fi|varpuslintu|alt=varpuslintu-}}, {{t+|fi|varpuslintujen}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|דְּרוֹרִי|m|tr=drorī}}
* Hungarian: {{t|hu|verébalakú}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|вра́пчев}}
* Russian: {{t-needed|ru}}
* Serbo-Croatian: {{t|sh|vrapčarka|f|f-p}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|golfanaidd}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|approximately the size of a sparrow}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[varpunen|varpusen]] [[kokoinen]]}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|[[ка́ко]] [[вра́бец]]}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# Any [[bird#Noun|bird]] of the [[order#Noun|order]] {{taxfmt|Passeriformes|order}}, which [[comprise]]s more than [[half#Noun|half]] of all bird [[species]].
#: {{synonyms|en|passeriform|Thesaurus:passerine}}
#: {{antonyms|en|nonpasserine}}
#* {{RQ:Whewell Philosophy|volume=I|chapter=Aphorisms Concerning the Language of Science. Aphorism XVI. In the Composition and Inflexion of Technical Terms, Philological Analogies are to be Preserved if Possible, but Modified According to Scientific Convenience.|para=3|pages=cx–cxi|pageref=cx|passage=If we examine the names of the Orders of Birds, we find that they are in Latin, {{...}} We might venture to anglicize the terminations of the names which Cuvier gives to the divisions of these Orders: thus the Predators are the ''Diurnals'' and the ''Nocturnals''; the '''Passerines''' are the ''Dentirostres'', the ''Fissirostres'', the ''Conirostres'', the ''Tenuirostres'', and the ''Syndactyls'': the word ''lustre'' showing that the former termination is allowable.}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|any bird of the order Passeriformes}}
* Catalan: {{t|ca|passeriforme|m}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|pěvec}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|zangvogel|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|varpuslintu}}
* French: {{t+|fr|passerine|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t|hu|verébalakú}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|spörfugl|m}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|вра́пчарка|f}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|spurvefugl|m|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|pássaro|m}}, {{t+|pt|passarinho|m}} {{qualifier|diminutive}}
* Serbo-Croatian: {{t|sh|vrapčarka|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|paseriforme|m}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|golfan|f}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===References===
<references/>

===Further reading===
* {{pedia}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=aeeinprss|arsepines|parenesis}}

{{cln|en|terms suffixed with -ine}}
{{C|en|Perching birds}}

==French==

===Noun===
{{fr-noun|f}}

# {{l|en|passerine}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:fr:TLFi}}

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