cackle

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• /ˈkækəl/
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From Middle English caclen, cakelen, perhaps from Old English *caclian, *cacolian, from Proto-West Germanic *kakulōn, *kakilōn (“to cackle, gaggle, yelp, snarl”), perhaps of imitative origin. By surface analysis, cack + -le. Compare Dutch kakelen (“to cackle”), German Low German kakeln (“to cackle”), German kakeln (“to blather”), Danish kagle (“to cackle”), Swedish kackla (“to cackle”). Compare also Old English cahhetan, ċeahhettan (“to laugh loudly; cackle”), German gackern (“to cackle”).

93 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: кудкудякане (kudkudjakane) — cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg
• Catalan: cloqueig — cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg
• Czech: kdákání — cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg
• Czech: zakdákání — cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg
• Dutch: gekakel — cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg
• Dutch: gegaggel — cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg
• Dutch: gesnater — cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg
• Finnish: kaakatus — cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg
• Finnish: kaklatus — cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg
• French: caquet — cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg
• Galician: cacarexo — cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg
• German: Gackern — cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg
• German: Gegacker — cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg
• Hungarian: kotkodácsolás — cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg
• Ido: kluko — cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg
• Italian: chiocciare — cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg
• Latin: gingrītus — cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg
• Macedonian: кокода́кање (kokodákanje) — cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg
• Norwegian Bokmål: klukk — cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg
• Norwegian Bokmål: kakkel — cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg
• Polish: gdakanie — cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg
• Portuguese: cacarejo — cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg
• Russian: куда́хтанье (kudáxtanʹje) — cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg
• Spanish: cacareo — cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg
• Swedish: kackel — cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg
• Bulgarian: кикотене (kikotene) — laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose
• Czech: chechtání — laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose
• Czech: zachechtání — laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose
• Czech: skřehotavý smích — laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose
• Dutch: gekakel — laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose
• Dutch: snaterlach — laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose
• Dutch: kakellach — laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose
• Dutch: gegaggel — laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose
• Finnish: kaakatus — laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose
• French: ricanement — laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose
• French: gloussement — laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose
• German: Gackern — laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose
• German: Gegacker — laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose
• Hungarian: vihogás — laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose
• Macedonian: кокода́кање (kokodákanje) — laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose
• Māori: ketekete — laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose
• Norwegian Bokmål: klukk — laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose
• Norwegian Bokmål: kakkel — laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose
• Spanish: cacareo — laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose
• Swedish: kackel — laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose
• Ottoman Turkish: قهقهه (kahkaha) — laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose
• Bulgarian: крякам (krjakam) — to make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does
• Czech: kdákat — to make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does
• Czech: zakdákat — to make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does
• Dutch: kakelen — to make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does
• Dutch: snateren — to make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does
• Dutch: gaggelen — to make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does
• Esperanto: gaki — to make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does
• Finnish: kaakattaa — to make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does
• Finnish: kaklattaa — to make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does
• French: caqueter — to make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does
• Galician: cacarexar — to make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does
• German: gackern — to make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does
• Hungarian: kotkodácsol — to make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does
• Ido: klukar — to make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does
• Latin: gingriō — to make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does
• Māori: kotokoto — to make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does
• Māori: ketekete — to make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does
• Norwegian Bokmål: klukke — to make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does
• Norwegian Bokmål: kakle — to make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does
• Polish: gdakać — to make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does
• Upper Sorbian: dakać — to make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does
• Spanish: cacarear — to make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does
• Swedish: kackla — to make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does
• Bulgarian: кикотя се (kikotja se) — to laugh with a sound similar to a hen's cry
• Czech: zachechtat se — to laugh with a sound similar to a hen's cry
• Czech: chechtat se — to laugh with a sound similar to a hen's cry
• Dutch: kakelen — to laugh with a sound similar to a hen's cry
• Dutch: snateren — to laugh with a sound similar to a hen's cry
• Dutch: gaggelen — to laugh with a sound similar to a hen's cry
• Dutch: kakellachen — to laugh with a sound similar to a hen's cry
• Dutch: snaterlachen — to laugh with a sound similar to a hen's cry
• Esperanto: rikani — to laugh with a sound similar to a hen's cry
• Finnish: käkättää — to laugh with a sound similar to a hen's cry
• Finnish: kaakattaa — to laugh with a sound similar to a hen's cry
• French: caqueter — to laugh with a sound similar to a hen's cry
• German: gackern — to laugh with a sound similar to a hen's cry
• Hungarian: vihog — to laugh with a sound similar to a hen's cry
• Macedonian: кокода́ка (kokodáka) — to laugh with a sound similar to a hen's cry
• Māori: ketekete — to laugh with a sound similar to a hen's cry
• Norman: caqu'ter — to laugh with a sound similar to a hen's cry
• Norwegian Bokmål: klukke — to laugh with a sound similar to a hen's cry
• Norwegian Bokmål: kakle — to laugh with a sound similar to a hen's cry
• Portuguese: cacarejar — to laugh with a sound similar to a hen's cry
• Russian: гогота́ть (gogotátʹ) — to laugh with a sound similar to a hen's cry
• Russian: куда́хтать (kudáxtatʹ) — to laugh with a sound similar to a hen's cry
• Swedish: kackla — to laugh with a sound similar to a hen's cry
• Turkish: akukmak — to laugh with a sound similar to a hen's cry