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chaffinch

[ chaf-inch ]

noun

  1. a common finch, Fringilla coelebs, of the Old World, often kept as a pet.


chaffinch

/ ˈtʃæfɪntʃ /

noun

  1. a common European finch, Fringilla coelebs, with black and white wings and, in the male, a reddish body and blue-grey head
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of chaffinch1

1400–50; late Middle English chaffynche, Old English ceaffinc. See chaff 1, finch
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Word History and Origins

Origin of chaffinch1

Old English ceaffinc, from ceaf chaff 1+ finc finch
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Example Sentences

The Professor threw some crumbs to a chaffinch, which had flown down within a few yards of the tea-table.

Is not our own little goldfinch, is not the pert chaffinch that comes up to our very feet for a grain or a crumb, a pretty object?

There is no one to talk to except a chaffinch, who thinks of nothing but his appearance.

The decrease of the chaffinch is most regretted by the East-enders, who have an extraordinary admiration for that bird.

The chaffinch was very much in evidence, continually chaunting its unimportant little ditty.

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