χελιδόνι
τὸν ἀπὸ γραμμᾶς κινεῖν λίθον → move one's man from this line, move a piece from this line, try one's last chance, make a last ditch effort
Greek Monolingual
χελιδόνι, το / χελιδόνιν, ΝΜ χελιδών, χελιδόνος
ζωολ. κοινή σήμερα ονομασία τών πασίγνωστων κομψότατων εντομοφάγων στρουθιόμορφων πτηνών της οικογένειας χιρουντινίδες, με 75 ευρέως διαδεδομένα είδη, από τα οποία τα 5, που φωλιάζουν στην Ευρώπη, μεταναστεύουν στις τροπικές περιοχές κατά τις αρχές του φθινοπώρου και επιστρέφουν στις αρχές Μαρτίου ή Απριλίου, προαναγγέλλοντας με τον ερχομό τους την άνοιξη
νεοελλ.
1. βοτ. κοινή ονομασία του γένους φυτών χελιδόνιο
2. παροιμ.
«ένα χελιδόνι δεν φέρνει την άνοιξη» — δεν μπορεί μόνος του κανείς να φέρει σημαντικές αλλαγές προς το καλύτερο.
Translations
swallow
Afrikaans: swavel, swaeltjie; Albanian: dallëndyshe; Algonquin: tinogkukquas; Apache Western Apache: piishi; Arabic: سُنُونُو; Egyptian Arabic: سنونو, عصفور الجنة; Moroccan Arabic: بو خْطيفة; Aramaic Classical Syriac: ܣܢܘܢܝܬܐ, ܩܨܘܡܬܐ; Armenian: ծիծեռնակ; Old Armenian: ծիծեռն, ծիծառն; Aromanian: alãndurã, lãndurã, rãndurã; Asturian: andarina, golondra; Azerbaijani: qaranquş; Bashkir: ҡарлуғас; Basque: enara; Belarusian: ластаўка; Bengali: আবাবিল; Breton: gwennili, gwennel; Bulgarian: лястовица; Buryat: хараасгай; Catalan: oreneta; Chamicuro: cholo; Chechen: чӏегӏардиг; Chinese Mandarin: 燕子; Chuvash: чӗкеҫ; Cornish: gwennel; Crimean Tatar: qarılğaç; Czech: vlaštovka; Dalmatian: rondaina; Danish: svale, landsvale; Dutch: zwaluw; Esperanto: hirundo; Estonian: pääsuke, pääsulind; Faroese: svala; Finnish: pääsky; French: hirondelle; Friulian: cisile, sisile; Galician: andoriña, anduriña; Georgian: მერცხალი; German: Schwalbe; Greek: χελιδόνι; Ancient Greek: χελιδών; Hebrew: סנונית; Hindi: अबाबील; Hungarian: fecske; Hunsrik: Schwalleb; Icelandic: svala, landsvala; Ido: hirundo; Ingrian: pääskö, pääskölintu, pääsky, pääskylintu; Ingush: чӏагарг; Interlingua: hirundine; Irish: fáinleog; Italian: rondine; Japanese: 燕, ツバメ; Kalmyk: харада; Kannada: ಕವಲುತೋಕೆ ಹಕ್ಕಿ; Kazakh: қарлығаш; Komi-Zyrian: чикыш; Korean: 제비; Kurdish Central Kurdish: پەڕەسێلکە; Northern Kurdish: hacîreşk, dûmeqesk, hechecik; Kyrgyz: карлыгач; Ladin: rondola; Latgalian: bezdeleiga, arleiga; Latin: hirundo; Latvian: bezdelīga; Lithuanian: kregždė; Lombard: runden; Low German Dutch Low Saxon: swaalfke; German Low German: Swaalk, Swöölk, Swalf; Luxembourgish: Schmuebel, Schmuewel, Schmuelef; Macedonian: ластовица, ластовичка; Maltese: ħuttafa; Manchu: ᠴᡳᠪᡳᠨ; Manx: gollan geayee; Maori: warou; Mari Eastern Mari: вараксим, варсеҥге, нургӱльӧ; Western Mari: цӹгӓк; Mongolian: хараацай; Nahuatl: cuicuitzcatl; Navajo: táshchozhii; Nogai: карлыгаш; Norman: héthonde; Norwegian Bokmål: svale; Nynorsk: svale; Occitan: ironda, randoleta; Ojibwe: zhaashaawanibiisi; Old English: swealwe; Ottoman Turkish: قیرلانغیج; Persian: پرستو, چلچله, ابابیل; Polish: jaskółka, dymówka; Pontic Greek: χ̌ελιδόνιν; Portuguese: andorinha; Romani: pitsagoy, rindilashka; Romanian: rândunică, lăstun, rândunea; Romansch: randulina, hirondella, irundeala; Russian: ласточка; Sami: spálfu, suorrespálfu, láhtospálfu; Sardinian: mongixedda, arrùndine, arrùndini; Scots: swalla; Scottish Gaelic: gòbhlan-gaoithe; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: ла̏ставица, ласта; Roman: lȁstavica, lásta; Shor: қарлығаш; Sicilian: rìndina, rìnnina; Slovak: lastovička; Slovene: lastovka, lastovica; Sorbian Lower Sorbian: jaskolicka; Upper Sorbian: łastojčka; Spanish: golondrina; Swahili: mbayuwayu; Swedish: svala, ladusvala; Tagalog: layanglayang; Tajik: фароштурук; Tamil: தகைவிலான்கள்; Tashelhit: ⵉⴼⵍⵉⵍⵍⵉⵙ; Tatar: карлыгач; Thai: นางแอ่น, อีแอ่น; Turkish: kırlangıç; Turkmen: garlawaç; Udmurt: ваёбыж; Ugaritic: 𐎒𐎐𐎐𐎚; Ukrainian: ластівка; Urdu: ابابیل; Uyghur: قارلىغاچ; Uzbek: qaldirg'och; Venetian: sìxiła; Vietnamese: nhạn, én; Vilamovian: śwojmła; Walloon: oronde, aronde; Welsh: gwennol; West Frisian: swel, boereswel; Yámana: lásix; Yucatec Maya: kosom