LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

fringilla

fringilla f (genitive fringillae)
Classical[frɪŋˈɡɪl.la]Ecclesiastical[frin̠ʲˈd͡ʒil.la]

Meaning

  1. Classical Latinfemininea small bird, possibly the robin or the chaffinch
  2. New Latinfemininefinch

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativefringillafringillae
genitivefringillaefringillārum
dativefringillaefringillīs
accusativefringillamfringillās
ablativefringillāfringillīs
vocativefringillafringillae

fringilla (also frigilla and frin-guilla), ae, f.,
I. a small bird, perh. the robin redbreast, Motacilla rubecula, Linn.; acc. to others, the chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs, Linn.; Varr. L. L. 7, § 104; Mart. 9, 55, 7; Paul. ex Fest. p. 90 Müll.

Origins

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰereg- (“to make a noise, growl, bark”) (with the diminutive suffix -illa), from *bʰer- (“to drone, hum, buzz”). Cognate with English bark, Latin frigūtiō (“to chirp”), Lithuanian burgė́ti (“to growl, grumble, grouch, quarrel”) and Serbo-Croatian brgljati (“to murmur”).

Italo-Romance
  • Italianfringuello
Borrowings
  • TranslingualFringilla

Quick answers

What does fringilla mean in Latin?
fringilla, a noun, means “a small bird, possibly the robin or the chaffinch; finch”.
What is the genitive of fringilla?
The genitive singular is fringillae. fringilla is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce fringilla?
In classical Latin, [frɪŋˈɡɪl.la]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [frin̠ʲˈd͡ʒil.la].