noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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US:/ˈkɹeɪnz.bɪl/
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1
noun
Meaning 1
Any flowering plant of the genus Geranium found throughout the temperate zone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: geranium
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 2
A pair of long-beaked forceps.
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Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
any of numerous geraniums of the genus Geranium
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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First attested in the 1500s. Calque of Dutch craenhals; cognate with German Kranichhals and Middle Low German kraneshals, all likely derived from Latin geranium, from Ancient Greek γέρᾰνος (gérănos, “crane”). By surface analysis, crane + -s- + bill. The flowering plant is so called because of the lengthened appendage of the seed vessel.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
здравец
(zdravec)
— plant of the genus Geranium — see also geranium
Chinese Mandarin:
老鸛草 /老鹳草
(lǎoguàncǎo)
— plant of the genus Geranium — see also geranium
Czech:
kakost
— plant of the genus Geranium — see also geranium
Finnish:
kurjenpolvi
— plant of the genus Geranium — see also geranium
French:
géranium
— plant of the genus Geranium — see also geranium
German:
Storchschnabel
— plant of the genus Geranium — see also geranium
German:
Kranichhals
— plant of the genus Geranium — see also geranium
Ancient Greek:
γεράνιον
(geránion)
— plant of the genus Geranium — see also geranium
Hungarian:
gólyaorr
— plant of the genus Geranium — see also geranium
Irish:
crobh fola
— plant of the genus Geranium — see also geranium
Italian:
geranio
— plant of the genus Geranium — see also geranium
Japanese:
風露草
— plant of the genus Geranium — see also geranium
Kazakh:
қазтамақ
(qaztamaq)
— plant of the genus Geranium — see also geranium
Norwegian Nynorsk:
storkenebb
— plant of the genus Geranium — see also geranium
Polish:
bodziszek
— plant of the genus Geranium — see also geranium
Polish:
geranium
— plant of the genus Geranium — see also geranium
Romanian:
geraniu
— plant of the genus Geranium — see also geranium
Russian:
гера́нь
(geránʹ)
— plant of the genus Geranium — see also geranium
Russian:
жураве́льник
(žuravélʹnik)
— plant of the genus Geranium — see also geranium
Scottish Gaelic:
crobh-preachain
— plant of the genus Geranium — see also geranium
Spanish:
geranio
— plant of the genus Geranium — see also geranium
Swedish:
näva
— plant of the genus Geranium — see also geranium
Turkish:
çobaniğnesi
— plant of the genus Geranium — see also geranium
Turkish:
leylekgagası
— plant of the genus Geranium — see also geranium
Turkish:
leylekayağı
— plant of the genus Geranium — see also geranium
Turkish:
leylekburnu
— plant of the genus Geranium — see also geranium
Ottoman Turkish:
چوبان ایكنهسی
(çoban iğnesi)
— plant of the genus Geranium — see also geranium
Welsh:
pig yr aran
— plant of the genus Geranium — see also geranium
Welsh:
troedrudd
— plant of the genus Geranium — see also geranium
