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chiffchaff

/ˈt͡ʃɪf.t͡ʃæf/

chiffchaff noun: a small, common warbler, of species Phylloscopus collybita, with yellowish-green plumage that breeds throughout northern and temperate Europe and Asia.

chiffchaff: a small, common warbler, of species Phylloscopus collybita, with yellowish-green plumage that...
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Noun

chiffchaff (plural chiffchaffs)

  1. A small, common warbler, of species Phylloscopus collybita, with yellowish-green plumage that breeds throughout northern and temperate Europe and Asia.
  2. Any of several other species of the same genus.

Interjection

  1. (UK, onomatopoeic, uncountable) The song of the chiffchaff.
    • I thought I heard something singing chiffchaff, chiffchaff. So I had a look and there was a chiffchaff.

chiffchaff meaning in Tamil

chiffchaff in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும்

Forms of chiffchaff

pluralchiffchaffs
alternative formchiff-chaff

Origin of chiffchaff

Echoic of the repetitive "chiff-chaff" song of the European species, Phylloscopus collybita. * Audio: (file)

Words formed from chiffchaff

  • eastern Canary Islands chiffchaff
  • western Canary Islands chiffchaff
  • Canary Islands chiffchaff
  • common chiffchaff
  • Iberian chiffchaff
  • mountain chiffchaff

Questions about chiffchaff

What does chiffchaff mean?
Chiffchaff means a small, common warbler, of species Phylloscopus collybita, with yellowish-green plumage that breeds throughout northern and temperate Europe and Asia.
What is chiffchaff in Tamil?
Chiffchaff in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும். See Chiffchaff meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is chiffchaff?
Chiffchaff can be a noun or an interjection.
How do you pronounce chiffchaff?
Chiffchaff is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃɪf.t͡ʃæf/.
What is the plural of chiffchaff?
The plural of chiffchaff is chiffchaffs.

Words near chiffchaff in the dictionary

  1. Chieșd
  2. Chifeng
  3. chiff
  4. chiffarobe
  5. chiffarobes
  6. chiffchaff
  7. chiffchaffs
  8. chifferobe
  9. chifferobes
  10. chiffon
  11. chiffon cake

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chiffchaff (page history and authors); chiffchaff (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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