crane

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• UK: /kɹɛɪn/
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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /kɹeɪn/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /kɹæɪn/
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• Scotland: /kɾen/
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• Wales: /kɾeːn/ without the pane–pain merger
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* As an English surname, from the noun crane. * As a Dutch surname, spelling variant of Krane. * As a German surname, adaptation of Krahn and Krahnich.

From Middle English crane, from Old English cran (“crane”), from Proto-West Germanic *kran, *kranō, from Proto-Germanic *kranô (“crane”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerh2- (“to cry hoarsely”). Cognate with Scots cran (“crane”), Dutch kraan (“crane”), German Low German Kroon (“crane”), German Kran (“crane”). The mechanical devices are named from their likeness to the bird.

From Middle English crane, cranee, from Old French cran, from Medieval Latin crānium.

287 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: kraanvoël — bird
• Albanian: kurrillë — bird
• Albanian: tojë — bird
• Southern Altai: турна (turna) — bird
• Arabic: كُرْكِيّ (kurkiyy) — bird
• Arabic: غُرْنُوق (ḡurnūq) — bird
• Aragonese: gruda — bird
• Armenian: կռունկ (kṙunk) — bird
• Assamese: বগ (bog) — bird
• Assamese: বগলী (bogoli) — bird
• Asturian: grúa — bird
• Azerbaijani: durna — bird
• Bashkir: торна (torna) — bird
• Basque: kurrilo — bird
• Bats: წჵერან (c̣'erã) — bird
• Belarusian: жураве́ль (žuravjélʹ) — bird
• Bengali: সারস (śaroś) — bird
• Bulgarian: жера́в (žeráv) — bird
• Catalan: grua — bird
• Chechen: гӏарагӏули (ğarağuli) — bird
• Cherokee: ᎧᎾᏍᎦᏫ (kanasgawi) — bird
• Chinese Cantonese: 鶴 /鹤 (hok6) — bird
• Chinese Mandarin: 鶴 /鹤 (hè) — bird
• Chukchi: ӄэтчаӈыр (qėtčaṇyr) — bird
• Chuvash: тӑрна (tărna) — bird
• Cornish: garan — bird
• Czech: jeřáb — bird
• Danish: trane — bird
• Dutch: kraanvogel — bird
• Dutch: kraan — bird
• Egyptian: U28-X1:O39-G39 (ḏꜣt) — bird
• Esperanto: gruo — bird
• Estonian: kurg — bird
• Faroese: trani — bird
• Finnish: kurki — bird
• French: grue — bird
• Galician: grou — bird
• Galician: grúa — bird
• Georgian: წერო (c̣ero) — bird
• German: Kranich — bird
• Greek: γερανός (geranós) — bird
• Ancient Greek: γέρανος (géranos) — bird
• Greenlandic: qarluutitoorsuaq — bird
• Hebrew: עָגוּר (agúr) — bird
• Hiligaynon: dogwak — bird
• Hindi: सारस (sāras) — bird
• Hungarian: daru — bird
• Icelandic: trana — bird
• Indonesian: bangau — bird
• Indonesian: jenjang — bird
• Irish: grús — bird
• Irish: corr — bird
• Irish: corr mhóna — bird
• Italian: gru — bird
• Japanese: 鶴 (tsuru) — bird
• Japanese: ツル (tsuru) — bird
• Jeju: 하기새 (hagisae) — bird
• Jeju: 뚜럼 (ttureom) — bird
• Kazakh: тырна (tyrna) — bird
• Khmer: ក្រៀល (kriəl) — bird
• Komi-Permyak: тури (turi) — bird
• Korean: 두루미 (durumi) — bird
• Korean: 학 (hak) — bird
• Kumyk: турна (turna) — bird
• Central Kurdish: قوڵنگ (qulling) — bird
• Northern Kurdish: quling — bird
• Kyrgyz: каркыра (karkıra) — bird
• Latgalian: dzērve — bird
• Latin: grūs — bird
• Latvian: dzērve — bird
• Lithuanian: gervė — bird
• Lithuanian: ger̃vinas — bird
• Louisiana Creole: gru — bird
• Low German: Kraan — bird
• Low German: Kroon — bird
• Low German: Kraun — bird
• Luhya: ekolongolo — bird
• Macedonian: же́рав (žérav) — bird
• Malay: burung jenjang — bird
• Malay: jenjang — bird
• Maltese: għarnuq — bird
• Maltese: grawwa — bird
• Manchu: ᠪᡠᠯᡝᡥᡝᠨ (bulehen) — bird
• Manx: coar — bird
• Māori: kareni — bird
• Eastern Mari: турня (turńa) — bird
• Western Mari: тырня (tyrńa) — bird
• Western Mari: тыртня (tyrtńa) — bird
• Mi'kmaq: tmgwatignej — bird
• Mingrelian: წერო (c̣ero) — bird
• Mongolian: тогоруу (togoruu) — bird
• Mongolian: ᠲᠣᠭᠤᠷᠤᠤ (toɣuruu) — bird
• Nahuatl: quetzalaztatl — bird
• Nanticoke: ah!secque — bird
• Navajo: dééł — bird
• Norwegian Bokmål: trane — bird
• Norwegian Nynorsk: trane — bird
• Occitan: grua — bird
• Okinawan: 鶴 (chiru) — bird
• Old English: cran — bird
• Old Prussian: gerwe — bird
• Pashto: زاڼۍ (zānnəi) — bird
• Iranian Persian: دُرْنا (dornâ) — bird
• Iranian Persian: کُلَنْگ (kolang) — bird
• Plautdietsch: Kraunkje — bird
• Polish: żuraw — bird
• Portuguese: grou — bird
• Romanian: cocor — bird
• Romanian: grui — bird
• Russian: жура́вль (žurávlʹ) — bird
• Sanskrit: बक (baka) — bird
• Sanskrit: सारस (sārasa) — bird
• Scottish Gaelic: corra-mhonaidh — bird
• Serbo-Croatian: ждра̑л — bird
• Serbo-Croatian: жѐра̄в — bird
• Serbo-Croatian: ždrȃl — bird
• Serbo-Croatian: žèrāv — bird
• Shor: туруна (turuna) — bird
• Slovak: žeriav — bird
• Slovene: žerjav — bird
• Lower Sorbian: žorawa — bird
• Spanish: grulla — bird
• Spanish: grúa — bird
• Svan: წა̈̄რუ̂ (c̣ǟrû) — bird
• Svan: მჷყრო̄ნტ (məq̇rōnṭ) — bird
• Swahili: korongo — bird
• Swedish: trana — bird
• Tajik: турна (turna) — bird
• Tajik: куланг (kulang) — bird
• Tamil: கொக்கு (kokku) — bird
• Tatar: торна (torna) — bird
• Telugu: కొంగ (koṅga) — bird
• Thai: กระเรียน (grà-riian) — bird
• Turkish: turna — bird
• Ottoman Turkish: طورنه (turna) — bird
• Ottoman Turkish: كركی (kürki) — bird
• Udmurt: тури (turi) — bird
• Ukrainian: жураве́ль (žuravélʹ) — bird
• Unami: taleka — bird
• Urdu: سارَس (sāras) — bird
• Uzbek: turna — bird
• Vietnamese: sếu — bird
• Vietnamese: hạc — bird
• Volapük: grud — bird
• Volapük: glulit — bird
• Welsh: garan — bird
• Welsh: crëyr — bird
• Woiwurrung: karween — bird
• Yakut: туруйа (turuya) — bird
• Yoruba: wádòwádò — bird
• Albanian: vinç — machinery
• Arabic: رَافِعَة (rāfiʕa) — machinery
• Armenian: վերամբարձ կռունկ (verambarj kṙunk) — machinery
• Azerbaijani: kran — machinery
• Basque: garabi — machinery
• Belarusian: кран (kran) — machinery
• Belarusian: пад'ёмны кран (padʺjómny kran) — machinery
• Bengali: কপিকল (kopikol) — machinery
• Bulgarian: кран (kran) — machinery
• Burmese: ကရိန်း (ka.rin:) — machinery
• Burmese: ဝန်ချီစက် (wanhkyicak) — machinery
• Catalan: grua — machinery
• Chinese Cantonese: 起重機 /起重机 (hei2 cung5 gei1) — machinery
• Chinese Mandarin: 吊車 /吊车 (diàochē) — machinery
• Chinese Mandarin: 起重機 /起重机 (qǐzhòngjī) — machinery
• Czech: jeřáb — machinery
• Danish: kran — machinery
• Dutch: hijskraan — machinery
• Dutch: kraan — machinery
• Dutch: hefkraan — machinery
• Esperanto: argano — machinery
• Estonian: kraana — machinery
• Finnish: nosturi — machinery
• Finnish: nostokurki — machinery
• French: grue — machinery
• Galician: guindastre — machinery
• Georgian: ამწე (amc̣e) — machinery
• Georgian: ამწეკრანი (amc̣eḳrani) — machinery
• German: Kran — machinery
• Greek: γερανός (geranós) — machinery
• Gujarati: ઊંટડો (ū̃ṭaḍo) — machinery
• Hebrew: עֲגוּרָן (agurán) — machinery
• Hebrew: מָנוֹף (manóf) — machinery
• Hindi: क्रेन (kren) — machinery
• Hungarian: daru — machinery
• Icelandic: krani — machinery
• Indonesian: derek — machinery
• Indonesian: katrol — machinery
• Indonesian: kran — machinery
• Irish: craein — machinery
• Italian: gru — machinery
• Japanese: クレーン (kurēn) — machinery
• Japanese: 起重機 (kijūki) — machinery
• Kazakh: кран (kran) — machinery
• Khmer: រថស្ទូច (rŭət stuuc) — machinery
• Khmer: ម៉ាស៊ីនស្ទូច (maasɨn stuuc) — machinery
• Khmer: ត្រាក់ទ័រស្ទូច (traktɔə stuuc) — machinery
• Korean: 기중기 (gijunggi) — machinery
• Korean: 크레인 (keurein) — machinery
• Kyrgyz: кран (kran) — machinery
• Latin: tollēnō — machinery
• Latin: polyspaston — machinery
• Latvian: celtnis — machinery
• Lithuanian: kranas — machinery
• Low German: Kraan — machinery
• Low German: Kroon — machinery
• Macedonian: кран (kran) — machinery
• Malay: kren — machinery
• Māori: tokorangi — machinery
• Mongolian: кран (kran) — machinery
• Mongolian: өргүүл (örgüül) — machinery
• Mongolian: ᠺᠷᠠᠨ (kran) — machinery
• Mongolian: ᠡᠷᠭᠦᠭᠦᠯ (ergügül) — machinery
• Norwegian Bokmål: kran — machinery
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kran — machinery
• Norwegian Nynorsk: krane — machinery
• Pannonian Rusyn: дзвигачка (dzvihačka) — machinery
• Pannonian Rusyn: кран (kran) — machinery
• Iranian Persian: جَرِّ ثَقیل (jarr-e saġil) — machinery
• Iranian Persian: جَرِ ثَقیل (jar-e saġil) — machinery
• Iranian Persian: جَرّ ثَقیل (jarr saġil) — machinery
• Iranian Persian: جَر ثَقیل (jar saġil) — machinery
• Polish: dźwig — machinery
• Polish: żuraw — machinery
• Portuguese: guindaste — machinery
• Portuguese: grua — machinery
• Romanian: macara — machinery
• Russian: кран (kran) — machinery
• Russian: подъёмный кран (podʺjómnyj kran) — machinery
• Serbo-Croatian: ди̏залица — machinery
• Serbo-Croatian: кра̑н — machinery
• Serbo-Croatian: dȉzalica — machinery
• Serbo-Croatian: krȃn — machinery
• Slovak: žeriav — machinery
• Slovene: žerjav — machinery
• Spanish: grúa — machinery
• Spanish: güinche — machinery
• Spanish: guinche — machinery
• Spanish: titán — machinery
• Spanish: cabria — machinery
• Spanish: machina — machinery
• Spanish: árgano — machinery
• Spanish: winch — machinery
• Spanish: wincha — machinery
• Spanish: winche — machinery
• Spanish: wincher — machinery
• Spanish: huinche — machinery
• Swedish: kran — machinery
• Swedish: lyftkran — machinery
• Tagalog: grua — machinery
• Tagalog: kreyn — machinery
• Tagalog: tipol — machinery
• Tajik: кран (kran) — machinery
• Thai: เครน (kreen) — machinery
• Thai: ปั้นจั่น (bpân-jàn) — machinery
• Turkish: vinç — machinery
• Ottoman Turkish: وینچ (vinç) — machinery
• Turkmen: kran — machinery
• Ukrainian: кран (kran) — machinery
• Ukrainian: двигу́н (dvyhún) — machinery
• Ukrainian: підйо́мний кран (pidjómnyj kran) — machinery
• Ukrainian: підійма́льний кран (pidijmálʹnyj kran) — machinery
• Urdu: کْرین (kren) — machinery
• Uyghur: كران (kran) — machinery
• Uzbek: kran — machinery
• Vietnamese: cần cẩu — machinery
• Volapük: krän — machinery
• Yoruba: kérénì — machinery
• Arabic: رَفَعَ (rafaʕa) — to extend (one's neck)
• Bulgarian: протя́гам (protjágam) — to extend (one's neck)
• Bulgarian: прото́чвам (protóčvam) — to extend (one's neck)
• Chinese Mandarin: 伸長 /伸长 (shēncháng) — to extend (one's neck)
• Chinese Mandarin: 探頭 /探头 (tàntóu) — to extend (one's neck)
• Finnish: kurkottaa (kaulaansa) — to extend (one's neck)
• French: étirer (le cou) — to extend (one's neck)
• German: den Hals recken — to extend (one's neck)
• Māori: whātinotino — to extend (one's neck)
• Māori: whakaneinei — to extend (one's neck)
• Māori: whātare — to extend (one's neck)
• Māori: whātaretare — to extend (one's neck)
• Māori: whakataretare — to extend (one's neck)
• Romanian: întinde (gâtul) — to extend (one's neck)
• Russian: вытя́гивать (vytjágivatʹ) — to extend (one's neck)
• Russian: вы́тянуть (výtjanutʹ) — to extend (one's neck)
• Spanish: estirar el cuello — to extend (one's neck)
• Spanish: tener el cuello caído — to extend (one's neck)
• Swahili: songeza — to extend (one's neck)