cradle

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• krāʹdəl
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From Middle English cradel, credel, from Old English cradol, from Proto-West Germanic *kradul, from Proto-Germanic *kradulaz, from Proto-Germanic *kradô (“(wicker) basket”). Related to cart.

277 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abaza: га́ра (gára) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Abkhaz: а-га́ра (a-gára) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Afrikaans: wieg — oscillating bed for a baby
• Aklanon: duyan — oscillating bed for a baby
• Albanian: djep — oscillating bed for a baby
• Southern Altai: буубай (buubay) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Southern Altai: межик (mežik) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Arabic: مَهْد (mahd) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Armenian: օրորոց (ōrorocʻ) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Armenian: օրոցք (ōrocʻkʻ) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Aromanian: cunji — oscillating bed for a baby
• Aromanian: cunã — oscillating bed for a baby
• Aromanian: sãrmãnitsã — oscillating bed for a baby
• Aromanian: leagãn — oscillating bed for a baby
• Aromanian: mãnushi — oscillating bed for a baby
• Aromanian: trocnã — oscillating bed for a baby
• Aromanian: nanã — oscillating bed for a baby
• Asturian: trubiecu — oscillating bed for a baby
• Asturian: bierzu — oscillating bed for a baby
• Asturian: cuna — oscillating bed for a baby
• Avar: кини (kini) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Azerbaijani: beşik — oscillating bed for a baby
• Bashkir: сәңгелдәк (səñgeldək) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Bashkir: бишек (bişek) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Bats: აკვან (aḳvã) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Belarusian: калы́ска (kalýska) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Belarusian: зы́бка (zýbka) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Belarusian: лю́лька (ljúlʹka) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Bengali: ঝুলনা (jhulna) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Bengali: দোলনা (dōlna) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Bezhta: кед (ked) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Breton: kavell — oscillating bed for a baby
• Bulgarian: лю́лка (ljúlka) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Burmese: ပုခက် (pu.hkak) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Buryat: үлгы (ülgy) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Catalan: bressol — oscillating bed for a baby
• Chechen: ага (aga) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Chinese Cantonese: 搖籃 /摇篮 (jiu4 laam4) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Chinese: 搖籃 /摇篮 (zh-min-nan) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Chinese: 窩籃 /窝篮 (o͘-nâ) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Chinese Mandarin: 搖籃 /摇篮 (yáolán) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Chuvash: сӑпка (săpka) — oscillating bed for a baby
• East Circassian: гущэ (gwuśɛ) — oscillating bed for a baby
• West Circassian: кушъэ (kwuŝɛ) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Crimean Tatar: beşik — oscillating bed for a baby
• Czech: kolébka — oscillating bed for a baby
• Danish: vugge — oscillating bed for a baby
• Dutch: wieg — oscillating bed for a baby
• Esperanto: lulilo — oscillating bed for a baby
• Estonian: häll — oscillating bed for a baby
• Estonian: kätki — oscillating bed for a baby
• Faroese: vøgga — oscillating bed for a baby
• Finnish: kehto — oscillating bed for a baby
• Finnish: kätkyt — oscillating bed for a baby
• French: berceau — oscillating bed for a baby
• North Frisian: Waag — oscillating bed for a baby
• West-Frisian: widze — oscillating bed for a baby
• Galician: berce — oscillating bed for a baby
• Galician: rolo — oscillating bed for a baby
• Georgian: აკვანი (aḳvani) — oscillating bed for a baby
• German: Wiege — oscillating bed for a baby
• German: Guutsche — oscillating bed for a baby
• Greek: κούνια (koúnia) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Ancient Greek: λίκνον (líknon) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Ancient Greek: βαυκάλη (baukálē) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Hebrew: עֲרִיסָה (arisá) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Hebrew: עֶרֶשׂ (éres) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Hindi: पालना (pālnā) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Hindi: खटोला (khaṭolā) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Hindi: झूला (jhūlā) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Hungarian: bölcső — oscillating bed for a baby
• Icelandic: vagga — oscillating bed for a baby
• Ido: bersilo — oscillating bed for a baby
• Indonesian: buaian — oscillating bed for a baby
• Ingush: ага (aga) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Irish: cliabhán — oscillating bed for a baby
• Irish: cliabháin — oscillating bed for a baby
• Old Irish: clíabán — oscillating bed for a baby
• Italian: culla — oscillating bed for a baby
• Italian: cuna — oscillating bed for a baby
• Italian: lettino — oscillating bed for a baby
• Japanese: 揺り籠 (yurikago) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Japanese: 揺籃 (yōran) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Japanese: ベビーベッド (bebī beddo) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Kalmyk: өлгә (ölgä) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Kalmyk: дүүҗң (düüjñ) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Kannada: ತೊಟ್ಟಿಲು (toṭṭilu) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Karachay-Balkar: бешик (beşik) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Karaim: бэшик — oscillating bed for a baby
• Kazakh: бесік (besık) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Khakas: пизік (pizìk) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Khmer: អង្រឹង (ʼɑngrɨng) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Korean: 요람 (yoram) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Kumyk: бешик (beşik) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Northern Kurdish: dergûş — oscillating bed for a baby
• Kyrgyz: бешик (beşik) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Lao: ອູ່ (ʼū) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Lao: ເປ (pē) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Latin: cunae — oscillating bed for a baby
• Latvian: šūpulis — oscillating bed for a baby
• Laz: ონწელი (onǯeli) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Laz: ომწელი (omǯeli) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Laz: წენწე (ǯenǯe) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Lezgi: кьеб (q̇eb) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Lithuanian: lopšys — oscillating bed for a baby
• Livonian: äl — oscillating bed for a baby
• Lombard: cunna — oscillating bed for a baby
• Macedonian: колевка (kolevka) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Macedonian: лулка (lulka) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Malay: buaian — oscillating bed for a baby
• Malayalam: തൊട്ടിൽ (toṭṭil) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Maltese: benniena — oscillating bed for a baby
• Maltese: benniniet — oscillating bed for a baby
• Maltese: nieqa — oscillating bed for a baby
• Maltese: nwieqi — oscillating bed for a baby
• Manchu: ᡩᡠ᠋ᡵᡳ (duri) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Manx: clean — oscillating bed for a baby
• Māori: pouraka — oscillating bed for a baby
• Mingrelian: ონწე (onc̣e) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Mingrelian: არკვანი (arḳvani) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Mongolian: өлгий (ölgii) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Nogai: бесик (besik) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Norman: bèr — oscillating bed for a baby
• Norwegian Bokmål: vugge — oscillating bed for a baby
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vogge — oscillating bed for a baby
• Old English: cradol — oscillating bed for a baby
• Ossetian: авдӕн (avdæn) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Pashto: زانګو (zāngo) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Pashto: زنګويه (zangoya) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Pashto: پينګو (pingo) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Pashto: پېنګو (pengo) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Iranian Persian: مَهْد (mahd) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Iranian Persian: گَهْوارِه (gahvâre) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Plautdietsch: Wieej — oscillating bed for a baby
• Plautdietsch: Prosch — oscillating bed for a baby
• Polish: kołyska — oscillating bed for a baby
• Polish: kolebka — oscillating bed for a baby
• Portuguese: berço — oscillating bed for a baby
• Romanian: leagăn — oscillating bed for a baby
• Romansh: tgina — oscillating bed for a baby
• Russian: колыбе́ль (kolybélʹ) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Russian: лю́лька (ljúlʹka) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Scottish Gaelic: creathall — oscillating bed for a baby
• Serbo-Croatian: ко̀ле̄вка — oscillating bed for a baby
• Serbo-Croatian: kòlēvka — oscillating bed for a baby
• Shor: пежик (pežik) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Sicilian: naca — oscillating bed for a baby
• Slovak: kolíska — oscillating bed for a baby
• Slovene: zibelka — oscillating bed for a baby
• Spanish: cuna — oscillating bed for a baby
• Spanish: brezo — oscillating bed for a baby
• Svan: ჰაკუ̂ა̈ნ (haḳûän) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Svan: ჰენწ (henc̣) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Swedish: vagga — oscillating bed for a baby
• Tajik: маҳд (mahd) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Tajik: гаҳвора (gahvora) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Tamil: தொட்டில் (toṭṭil) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Tatar: бишек (bişek) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Tewa: kan — oscillating bed for a baby
• Thai: อู่ (ùu) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Thai: เปล (bplee) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Tofa: беҷик (bejik) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Tsez: рикини (rikini) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Turkish: beşik — oscillating bed for a baby
• Ottoman Turkish: بشیك (beşik) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Turkmen: sallançak — oscillating bed for a baby
• Tuvan: кавай (kavay) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Udi: лороцӏ (loroc̣) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Udi: лоьли (löli) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Udi: лаьли (läli) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Ukrainian: коли́ска (kolýska) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Ukrainian: лю́ля (ljúlja) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Ukrainian: лю́лька (ljúlʹka) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Urdu: پالْنا (pālnā) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Urdu: کَھٹولا (khaṭolā) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Urdu: مَہْد (mahd) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Urdu: جُھولا (jhūlā) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Urdu: گہوارہ (gahvāra) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Urum: бешик (bešik) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Uyghur: بۆشۈك (böshük) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Uzbek: beshik — oscillating bed for a baby
• Uzbek: belanchak — oscillating bed for a baby
• Vietnamese: nôi — oscillating bed for a baby
• Volapük: klädöm — oscillating bed for a baby
• Welsh: crud — oscillating bed for a baby
• Yakut: биһик (bihik) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Yiddish: וויג (vig) — oscillating bed for a baby
• Armenian: բնօրրան (bnōrran) — figuratively: place of origin
• Catalan: bressol — figuratively: place of origin
• Chinese Mandarin: 搖籃 /摇篮 (yáolán) — figuratively: place of origin
• Chinese Mandarin: 發源地 /发源地 (fāyuándì) — figuratively: place of origin
• Danish: vugge — figuratively: place of origin
• Dutch: wieg — figuratively: place of origin
• Dutch: bakermat — figuratively: place of origin
• Finnish: kehto — figuratively: place of origin
• Finnish: synnyinsija — figuratively: place of origin
• French: berceau — figuratively: place of origin
• German: Wiege — figuratively: place of origin
• Hebrew: עֶרֶשׂ (éres) — figuratively: place of origin
• Hungarian: bölcső — figuratively: place of origin
• Icelandic: vagga — figuratively: place of origin
• Italian: culla — figuratively: place of origin
• Italian: cuna — figuratively: place of origin
• Japanese: 発祥地 (hasshōchi) — figuratively: place of origin
• Norwegian Bokmål: vugge — figuratively: place of origin
• Polish: kolebka — figuratively: place of origin
• Portuguese: berço — figuratively: place of origin
• Romanian: leagăn — figuratively: place of origin
• Russian: колыбе́ль (kolybélʹ) — figuratively: place of origin
• Sicilian: naca — figuratively: place of origin
• Dutch: wieg — figuratively: infancy, or very early life
• Finnish: kehto — figuratively: infancy, or very early life
• German: Wiege — figuratively: infancy, or very early life
• Hungarian: bölcső — figuratively: infancy, or very early life
• Japanese: 揺籃 (yōran) — figuratively: infancy, or very early life
• Norwegian Bokmål: vugge — figuratively: infancy, or very early life
• Polish: kołyska — figuratively: infancy, or very early life
• Russian: колыбе́ль (kolybélʹ) — figuratively: infancy, or very early life
• Serbo-Croatian: ко̀ле̄вка — figuratively: infancy, or very early life
• Serbo-Croatian: kòlēvka — figuratively: infancy, or very early life
• Sicilian: naca — figuratively: infancy, or very early life
• Bulgarian: палама́рка (palamárka) — implement for cutting grain
• Bulgarian: стапел (stapel) — framework used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc.
• Finnish: alusta — framework used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc.
• Finnish: lavetti — framework used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc.
• French: bers — framework used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc.
• Irish: cliabhán — framework used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc.
• Turkish: kızak — framework used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc.
• Dutch: armsteun — case for a broken or dislocated limb
• Dutch: houder — case for a broken or dislocated limb
• Dutch: steun — case for a broken or dislocated limb
• Finnish: lasta — case for a broken or dislocated limb
• Finnish: pelastustuoli — basket or apparatus in which people are brought off from a wreck
• Bulgarian: ви́лка (vílka) — rest for the receiver of a telephone
• Dutch: haak — rest for the receiver of a telephone
• Finnish: kannatin — rest for the receiver of a telephone
• Norwegian Bokmål: gaffel — rest for the receiver of a telephone
• Polish: widełki — rest for the receiver of a telephone
• Romanian: furcă — rest for the receiver of a telephone
• Russian: ви́лка (vílka) — rest for the receiver of a telephone
• Russian: рыча́г (ryčág) — rest for the receiver of a telephone
• Russian: гнездо́ (gnezdó) — rest for the receiver of a telephone
• Dutch: omsluiten — to contain in or as if in a cradle
• Dutch: omvatten — to contain in or as if in a cradle
• Māori: okooko — to contain in or as if in a cradle
• Catalan: bressolar — to rock (a baby to sleep)
• Catalan: bressar — to rock (a baby to sleep)
• Dutch: wiegen — to rock (a baby to sleep)
• Esperanto: luli — to rock (a baby to sleep)
• Finnish: tuudittaa — to rock (a baby to sleep)
• Finnish: liekuttaa — to rock (a baby to sleep)
• French: bercer — to rock (a baby to sleep)
• Galician: arrolar — to rock (a baby to sleep)
• German: wiegen — to rock (a baby to sleep)
• Hebrew: נענע (na'anéa) — to rock (a baby to sleep)
• Ido: bersar — to rock (a baby to sleep)
• Italian: cullare — to rock (a baby to sleep)
• Portuguese: berçar — to rock (a baby to sleep)
• Russian: ука́чивать (ukáčivatʹ) — to rock (a baby to sleep)
• Russian: укача́ть (ukačátʹ) — to rock (a baby to sleep)
• Russian: баю́кать (bajúkatʹ) — to rock (a baby to sleep)
• Russian: убаю́кать (ubajúkatʹ) — to rock (a baby to sleep)
• Spanish: brezar — to rock (a baby to sleep)
• Spanish: brizar — to rock (a baby to sleep)
• Turkish: beşik sallamak — to rock (a baby to sleep)
• Turkish: beşikte sallamak — to rock (a baby to sleep)
• Turkish: sallamak — to rock (a baby to sleep)
• Yiddish: וויגן (vign) — to rock (a baby to sleep)
• Dutch: omhullen — to wrap protectively, to hold gently and protectively
• Dutch: omsluiten — to wrap protectively, to hold gently and protectively
• Finnish: pidellä — to wrap protectively, to hold gently and protectively
• Finnish: kääriä — to wrap protectively, to hold gently and protectively
• Māori: okooko — to wrap protectively, to hold gently and protectively
• Māori: rapoi — to wrap protectively, to hold gently and protectively
• Māori: hikihiki — to wrap protectively, to hold gently and protectively
• Finnish: veivata — lacrosse: to rock the lacrosse stick back and forth
• Khiamniungan Naga: thūm — cradling a baby on lap