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ibis

English

Etymology

Mentioned in the Wycliffe Bible as ybyn or ibin, as ibys from 16th century and ibis shortly after. From Latin ībis, from Ancient Greek ἶβις (îbis), from Egyptian

(hbj) (compare Coptic ϩⲓⲃⲱⲓ (hibōi) or ϩⲓⲡ (hip)).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈaɪ.bɪs/

Noun

ibis (plural ibis or ibises or ibides or ibes)

1. Any of various long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae, having long downcurved bills used to probe the mud for prey such as crustaceans.

Derived terms

Translations

References

• “ibis”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Threskiornithidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Threskiornithidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Threskiornithidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• IIBs, Sibi

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ībis, from Ancient Greek ἶβις (îbis), from Egyptian

(hby; hîbu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈi.βis]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈi.bis]

Noun

ibis m (invariable)

1. ibis

Derived terms

Further reading

• “ibis”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
• “ibis”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “ibis” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “ibis” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: i‧bis

Noun

ibis

1. an Asiatic glassfish; any member of the family Ambassidae
2. an Indian pellona (Pellona ditchella)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɪbɪs]

Noun

ibis m anim

1. ibis

Declension

Further reading

• “ibis”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “ibis”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch ibis, from Latin ibis, from Ancient Greek ἶβις (îbis), from Egyptian hbj.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.bɪs/, /ˈi.bəs/
• Hyphenation: ibis

Noun

ibis m (plural ibissen, diminutive ibisje n)

1. ibis, bird of the family

Derived terms

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.bis/

Noun

ibis m (plural ibis)

1. ibis

Further reading

• “ibis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin ībis, from Ancient Greek ἶβις (îbis), from Egyptian hbj.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.bis/
• Rhymes: -ibis
• Hyphenation: ì‧bis

Noun

ibis m (invariable)

1. ibis

Derived terms

• ibis eremita

Anagrams

• bisi

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈiː.bɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈiː.bis]

Etymology 1

Noun

ībis f (genitive ībidis or ībis); third declension

1. ibis (wading bird)

Usage notes

This noun can be inflected using two different stems (Greek and Latin). They are inconsistently used even within the same author's works; Cicero and Pliny the Elder use both the Latin declension:

and the Greek:

while Ovid, most notably, uses exclusively the Greek declension:

The accusative plural form ībidas is encountered as well:

Some forms, such as the nominative and genitive plural, are only attested in the Latin declension, while others, such as the genitive and ablative singular, in the Greek. The dative, ablative plural and vocative are unattested.

Declension

Third-declension noun (imparisyllabic non-i-stem or i-stem, accusative singular in -im or occasionally -em, ablative singular in -ī or i-stem, accusative singular in -im or -in, ablative singular in -ī; two different stems).

Descendants

Etymology 2

Inflected form of eō (“go, proceed”).

Verb

ībis

1. second-person singular future active indicative of eō

References

• “ibis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ibis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ibis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “ibis”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[1]
• “ibis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Middle English

Noun

ibis

1. ibis: any of various long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae, having long downcurved bills used to probe the mud for prey such as crustaceans

Old Irish

Verb

ibis

1. third-person singular preterite absolute of ibid

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ībis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.bis/
• Rhymes: -ibis
• Syllabification: i‧bis

Noun

ibis m animal

1. ibis (any bird of the family Threskiornithidae)

Declension

Further reading

• ibis in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• ibis in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French ibis, from Latin ibis.

Noun

ibis m (plural ibiși)

1. ibis

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ībis, from Ancient Greek ἶβις (îbis), from Egyptian hbj.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈibis/ [ˈi.β̞is]
• Rhymes: -ibis
• Syllabification: i‧bis

Noun

ibis m (plural ibis)

1. ibis

Derived terms

Further reading

• “ibis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Greater Central Philippine *əbəs (“below; descend”). Compare Cebuano ubos and Maranao bes (“baby; full term fetus development”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔiˈbis/ [ʔɪˈbɪs]
• Rhymes: -is
• Syllabification: i‧bis

Noun

ibís (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜊᜒᜐ᜔)

1. alighting (from a vehicle or animal)

   Synonyms: baba, pagbaba, lunsad, paglunsad

2. unloading of cargo

   Synonyms: diskarga, pagdidiskarga

3. aid given to unload a burden (on the head or shoulders)

   Antonyms: atang, pag-aatang

4. unharnessing (of a work animal)

   Synonyms: awas, pag-aawas

5. (figurative) relief from hardship, pain, sorrow, etc.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔibis/ [ˈʔiː.bɪs]
• Rhymes: -ibis
• Syllabification: i‧bis

Noun

ibis (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜊᜒᜐ᜔)

1. a type of silver fish from the genus Carassius

Further reading

• “ibis”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

• sibi, bisi

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