cluck

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• Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /klʌk/
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• Ireland, Northern-England: /klʊk/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /klɐk/
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* As a German surname, Americanized from Kluck. * As a Polish and Czech surname, Americanized from Kluk.

From Middle English clokken, clocken, from Old English cloccian (“to cluck, make a noise”), from Proto-West Germanic *klukkwōn, from Proto-Germanic *klukkwōną (“to make a sound, cluck”), of imitative origin. Cognate with Scots clok, clock (“to cluck”), Dutch klokken (“to cluck”), Low German klucken (“to cluck”), German glucken (“to cluck”), Danish klukke (“to cluck”), Swedish klucka (“to cluck”), Icelandic klökkva (“to sob, whine, cluck”).

86 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Asturian: cacarexu — sound made by hen
• Asturian: cacarexíu — sound made by hen
• Asturian: cacaraquíu — sound made by hen
• Bulgarian: кудкудякане (kudkudjakane) — sound made by hen
• Catalan: escataineig — sound made by hen
• Czech: kvokání — sound made by hen
• Dutch: gekakel — sound made by hen
• Finnish: kotkotus — sound made by hen
• French: gloussement — sound made by hen
• German: Gackern — sound made by hen
• Greek: κακάρισμα (kakárisma) — sound made by hen
• Greek: κοκό (kokó) — sound made by hen
• Hebrew: בק — sound made by hen
• Hungarian: kotkodácsolás — sound made by hen
• Ido: kluko — sound made by hen
• Italian: chioccio — sound made by hen
• Macedonian: кокода́ (kokodá) — sound made by hen
• Macedonian: квак (kvak) — sound made by hen
• Māori: kotokoto — sound made by hen
• Māori: ketekete — sound made by hen
• Polish: gdakanie — sound made by hen
• Portuguese: cacarejo — sound made by hen
• Romanian: cotcodăcit — sound made by hen
• Romanian: cloncănit — sound made by hen
• Russian: куда́хтанье (kudáxtanʹje) — sound made by hen
• Russian: куд-куд-куда́х (kud-kud-kudáx) — sound made by hen
• Scottish Gaelic: gag gàg — sound made by hen
• Scottish Gaelic: gog gog — sound made by hen
• Serbo-Croatian: кокодакање — sound made by hen
• Serbo-Croatian: kokodakanje — sound made by hen
• Spanish: cloqueo — sound made by hen
• Spanish: clo — sound made by hen
• Spanish: cacareo — sound made by hen
• Swedish: kackel — sound made by hen
• Tagalog: kurok — sound made by hen
• Tamil: கொக் (kok) — sound made by hen
• Thai: กุ๊ก ๆ (gúk-gúk) — sound made by hen
• Thai: กุ๊ก (gúk) — sound made by hen
• Turkish: gıdaklama — sound made by hen
• Ukrainian: квок (kvok) — sound made by hen
• Ukrainian: ко-ко́ (ko-kó) — sound made by hen
• Vietnamese: cục cục — sound made by hen
• Finnish: kotkotus — any similar sound
• Romanian: cotcodăcit — any similar sound
• Romanian: cloncănit — any similar sound
• Dutch: klakken — tongue click to urge on a horse
• Finnish: maiskautus — tongue click to urge on a horse
• Macedonian: ва́бење (vábenje) — tongue click to urge on a horse
• Serbo-Croatian: цоктање — tongue click to urge on a horse
• Serbo-Croatian: coktanje — tongue click to urge on a horse
• Asturian: cacarexar — to produce cluck sound
• Bulgarian: кудкудякам (kudkudjakam) — to produce cluck sound
• Catalan: cloquejar — to produce cluck sound
• Czech: kvokat — to produce cluck sound
• Dutch: kakelen — to produce cluck sound
• Dutch: klakken — to produce cluck sound
• Esperanto: gaki — to produce cluck sound
• Finnish: kotkottaa — to produce cluck sound
• French: glousser — to produce cluck sound
• Galician: cacarexar — to produce cluck sound
• German: gackern — to produce cluck sound
• Greek: κακαρίζω (kakarízo) — to produce cluck sound
• Icelandic: gagga — to produce cluck sound
• Ido: klukar — to produce cluck sound
• Latin: gracillō — to produce cluck sound
• Latin: glocio — to produce cluck sound
• Latin: glocido — to produce cluck sound
• Latin: glocito — to produce cluck sound
• Māori: kotokoto — to produce cluck sound
• Māori: ketekete — to produce cluck sound
• Middle English: clokken — to produce cluck sound
• Norman: clioutchi — to produce cluck sound
• Norman: couarder — to produce cluck sound
• Norman: crocheter — to produce cluck sound
• Norman: queûqu'ter — to produce cluck sound
• Old English: cloccian — to produce cluck sound
• Polish: gdakać — to produce cluck sound
• Portuguese: cacarejar — to produce cluck sound
• Russian: куда́хтать (kudáxtatʹ) — to produce cluck sound
• Scottish Gaelic: gog — to produce cluck sound
• Serbo-Croatian: кокодакати — to produce cluck sound
• Serbo-Croatian: kokodakati — to produce cluck sound
• Spanish: cloquear — to produce cluck sound
• Swedish: kackla — to produce cluck sound
• Tamil: கொக்கரி (kokkari) — to produce cluck sound
• Turkish: gıdaklamak — to produce cluck sound