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corncrake

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈkɔːnkɹeɪk/
  • US: /ˈkɔɹnˌkɹeɪk/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A bird of the rail family, Crex crex, that breeds in meadows and arable farmland across Europe and western Asia, migrating to Africa in winter.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bean-crake, landrail

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

common Eurasian rail that frequents grain fields

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: land rail, Crex crex

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: crake

History

Etymology

From corn + crake.

Across languages

Translations

85 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: kwartelkoning — the bird Crex crex
  • Southern Altai: талтар (taltar) — the bird Crex crex
  • Armenian: մարգահավ (margahav) — the bird Crex crex
  • Asturian: guión de falpayares — the bird Crex crex
  • Azerbaijani: adi çivdimdik — the bird Crex crex
  • Bashkir: тартай (tartay) — the bird Crex crex
  • Basque: giloi — the bird Crex crex
  • Belarusian: дзярга́ч (dzjarháč) — the bird Crex crex
  • Bengali: কর্ন ক্রেক (korno krek) — the bird Crex crex
  • Breton: rakig-melchon — the bird Crex crex
  • Bulgarian: дърдавец (dǎrdavec) — the bird Crex crex
  • Carpathian Rusyn: деркач (derkač) — the bird Crex crex
  • Catalan: guatlla maresa — the bird Crex crex
  • Catalan: rei de guàtleres — the bird Crex crex
  • Chinese Mandarin: 長腳秧雞 /长脚秧鸡 (chángjiǎoyāngjī) — the bird Crex crex
  • East Circassian: мэкъупӏэджэд (mɛqwupʼɛdžɛd) — the bird Crex crex
  • Czech: chřástal polní — the bird Crex crex
  • Danish: engsnarre — the bird Crex crex
  • Danish: vagtelkonge — the bird Crex crex
  • Dutch: kwartelkoning — the bird Crex crex
  • Erzya: дерьгун (deŕgun) — the bird Crex crex
  • Esperanto: krekso — the bird Crex crex
  • Estonian: rukkirääk — the bird Crex crex
  • Faroese: akurskritt — the bird Crex crex
  • Finnish: ruisrääkkä — the bird Crex crex
  • French: râle des genêts — the bird Crex crex
  • French: roi des cailles — the bird Crex crex
  • French: roi caille — the bird Crex crex
  • North Frisian: knalangefal — the bird Crex crex
  • West-Frisian: teapert — the bird Crex crex
  • Georgian: ღალღა (ɣalɣa) — the bird Crex crex
  • German: Wachtelkönig — the bird Crex crex
  • German: Wiesenralle — the bird Crex crex
  • Ancient Greek: κρέξ (kréx) — the bird Crex crex
  • Hungarian: haris — the bird Crex crex
  • Icelandic: engirella — the bird Crex crex
  • Ingrian: ruiskrääkkä — the bird Crex crex
  • Irish: traonach — the bird Crex crex
  • Italian: re di quaglie — the bird Crex crex
  • Italian: gallinella terrestre — the bird Crex crex
  • Japanese: 鶉水鶏 (uzurakuina) — the bird Crex crex
  • Kashubian: kasper — the bird Crex crex
  • Kazakh: шәукілдек (şäukıldek) — the bird Crex crex
  • Komi-Zyrian: герчкан (gerćkan) — the bird Crex crex
  • Korean: 메추라기뜸부기 (mechuragitteumbugi) — the bird Crex crex
  • Kumyk: тартар (tartar) — the bird Crex crex
  • Latvian: grieze — the bird Crex crex
  • Lithuanian: griežlė — the bird Crex crex
  • Livvi: ruislindu — the bird Crex crex
  • Macedonian: прдавец (prdavec) — the bird Crex crex
  • Macedonian: крекс (kreks) — the bird Crex crex
  • Western Mari: кӓрш (kärš) — the bird Crex crex
  • Mongolian: явган түнжин (javgan tünžin) — the bird Crex crex
  • Norman: râle dé g'nêt — the bird Crex crex
  • Norwegian Bokmål: åkerrikse — the bird Crex crex
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: åkerrikse — the bird Crex crex
  • Occitan: rei de catla — the bird Crex crex
  • Ossetian: цъӕх мӕга (c’æx mæga) — the bird Crex crex
  • Polish: derkacz — the bird Crex crex
  • Portuguese: codornizão — the bird Crex crex
  • Romanian: cristei — the bird Crex crex
  • Romanian: cristel de câmp — the bird Crex crex
  • Russian: дерга́ч (dergáč) — the bird Crex crex
  • Russian: коросте́ль (korostélʹ) — the bird Crex crex
  • Samogitian: grėižielie — the bird Crex crex
  • Samogitian: girgždielie — the bird Crex crex
  • Samogitian: grėižie — the bird Crex crex
  • Scottish Gaelic: traon — the bird Crex crex
  • Serbo-Croatian: пр̏давац — the bird Crex crex
  • Serbo-Croatian: pȑdavac — the bird Crex crex
  • Slovak: chrapkáč poľný — the bird Crex crex
  • Slovak: chriašteľ poľný — the bird Crex crex
  • Slovene: kosec — the bird Crex crex
  • Lower Sorbian: šarak — the bird Crex crex
  • Upper Sorbian: carž — the bird Crex crex
  • Spanish: guión de codornices — the bird Crex crex
  • Spanish: rey de codornices — the bird Crex crex
  • Swedish: kornknarr — the bird Crex crex
  • Turkish: bıldırcın kılavuzu — the bird Crex crex
  • Ukrainian: дерка́ч (derkáč) — the bird Crex crex
  • Venda: tähklind — the bird Crex crex
  • Volapük: kräg — the bird Crex crex
  • Welsh: rhegen yr ŷd — the bird Crex crex
  • Yakut: лахаатта (laqaatta) — the bird Crex crex
  • Yakut: кииллэни (kiilleni) — the bird Crex crex