ruiseñor
Spanish, noun/rwiseˈɲoɾ/
ruiseñor is spelled R-U-I-S-E-Ñ-O-R (8 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 32,530th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ruiseñor is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “nightingale” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Luscinia megarhynchos) Pájaro del orden de los paseriformes, de unos 16 cm de longitud, con un cuerpo…”.
What does ruiseñor mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinenightingale
- 2
masculinemockingbird
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Luscinia megarhynchos) Pájaro del orden de los paseriformes, de unos 16 cm de longitud, con un cuerpo rechoncho y plumaje pardo rojizo; se alimenta de insectos y es notable por el canto melodioso del macho.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ruiseñor
- ruiseñores plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ruiseñor?
- /rwiseˈɲoɾ/
- [rwi.seˈɲoɾ]
- [rwiseˈɲoɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ruiseñor
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ruiseñor in Spanish?
ruiseñor appears 1.1 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).