frigatebird
/ˈfɹɪ.ɡətˌbɝd/noun
frigatebird is a noun meaning “Any of five species of bird in the genus Fregata, the only genus in the family Fregatidae” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-R-I-G-A-T-E-B-I-R-D, and it appears about once in every 78 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of frigatebird is frigatebirds.
What does frigatebird mean?
noun
- 1
Any of five species of bird in the genus Fregata, the only genus in the family Fregatidae.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce frigatebird?
- /ˈfɹɪ.ɡətˌbɝd/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-frigatebird.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of frigatebird
- frigatebirds plural
- frigate bird
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is frigatebird?
Frigatebird appears about once in every 78 million words in written English, the 279,513th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Frigatebird in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense bird of the family Fregatidae:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | frégate |
| German | Fregattvogel |
| Portuguese | fragata |
| Spanish | rabihorcado, fragata |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does frigatebird come from?
From frigate + bird, a partial calque of translingual Fregata.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).