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zwaluw meaning in English

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zwaluw substantief
{f}

swallow [swallows](bird)
noun
[UK: ˈswɒ.ləʊ] [US: ˈswɑːlo.ʊ]

zwaluwstaart substantief
{m}

dovetail [dovetails](type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes)
noun
[UK: ˈdʌv.teɪl] [US: ˈdʌv.ˌtel]

swallowtail(tail of a swallow)
noun

tailcoat(formal evening jacket)
noun

zwaluwstaartwouw substantief
{m}

swallow-tailed kite(various species of kite native to the Americas)
noun

Amerikaanse klifzwaluw substantief
{f}

American cliff swallow(Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)
noun

blauwe zwaluw substantief

blue swallownoun

boerenzwaluw substantief
{f}

barn swallow [barn swallows](species of swallow)
noun
[UK: bɑːn ˈswɒ.ləʊ] [US: ˈbɑːrn ˈswɑːlo.ʊ]

een zwaluw maakt nog geen lente phrase

one swallow does not a summer make(one instance of an event does not necessarily indicate a trend)
phrase
[UK: wʌn ˈswɒ.ləʊ dʌz nɒt ə ˈsʌ.mə(r) ˈmeɪk] [US: wʌn ˈswɑːlo.ʊ ˈdəz ˈnɑːt ə ˈsʌ.mər ˈmeɪk]

een zwaluw maakt nog geen zomer phrase

one swallow does not a summer make(one instance of an event does not necessarily indicate a trend)
phrase
[UK: wʌn ˈswɒ.ləʊ dʌz nɒt ə ˈsʌ.mə(r) ˈmeɪk] [US: wʌn ˈswɑːlo.ʊ ˈdəz ˈnɑːt ə ˈsʌ.mər ˈmeɪk]

gierzwaluw substantief
{f}

common swift(Apus apus)
noun
[UK: ˈkɒ.mən swɪft] [US: ˈkɑː.mən ˈswɪft]

nachtzwaluw substantief
{f}

nightjar [nightjars](nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae)
noun
[UK: ˈnaɪt.dʒɑː(r)] [US: ˈnaɪt.dʒɑːrr]

rotszwaluw substantief
{f}

Eurasian crag martin(Ptyonoprogne rupestris)
noun

schoorsteengierzwaluw substantief
{f}

chimney swift(Chaetura pelagica)
noun

uilnachtzwaluw substantief

frogmouth [frogmouths](bird of the family Podargidae)
noun
[UK: ˈfrɑːɡ.ˌmɑːwθ] [US: ˈfrɑːg.ˌmɑːwθ]

welkomzwaluw substantief

welcome swallownoun

één zwaluw maakt de lente niet phrase

one swallow does not a summer make(one instance of an event does not necessarily indicate a trend)
phrase
[UK: wʌn ˈswɒ.ləʊ dʌz nɒt ə ˈsʌ.mə(r) ˈmeɪk] [US: wʌn ˈswɑːlo.ʊ ˈdəz ˈnɑːt ə ˈsʌ.mər ˈmeɪk]