creak

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• krēk
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• homophone: creek
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• rhymes with -iːk
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• CMU ARPABET: K R IY1 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English creken, criken, metathesis of Old English cearcian (“to chatter, creak, crash, gnash”), from Proto-West Germanic *krakōn (“to crash, crack, creak”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerh2- (“to make a sound, cry hoarsely”), ultimately of imitative origin. Compare also Old English crǣccettan, crācettan (“to croak”), Albanian grykë (“throat”). More at crack.

112 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: krisëm — the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking
• Bulgarian: скърцане (skǎrcane) — the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking
• Bulgarian: скрибуцане (skribucane) — the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking
• Chinese Mandarin: 吱呀 (zhīya) — the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking
• Chinese Mandarin: 呀 (yā) — the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking
• Chinese Mandarin: 咿 (yī) — the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking
• Chinese Mandarin: 吱吱 (zhīzhī) — the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking
• Chinese Mandarin: 咯吱 (gēzhī) — the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking
• Czech: vrzání — the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking
• Czech: skřípání — the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking
• Czech: skřípot — the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking
• Czech: zaskřípění — the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking
• Czech: zavrzání — the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking
• Czech: skřípění — the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking
• Danish: knagen — the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking
• Danish: knirken — the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking
• Esperanto: knaro — the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking
• Finnish: natina — the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking
• Finnish: narina — the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking
• Finnish: kitinä — the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking
• French: craquement — the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking
• Galician: runxido — the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking
• Galician: chirlo — the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking
• Galician: renxemento — the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking
• German: Knarren — the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking
• German: Quietschen — the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking
• Hungarian: nyikorgás — the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking
• Hungarian: csikorgás — the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking
• Hungarian: recsegés — the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking
• Hungarian: ropogás — the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking
• Hungarian: reccsenés — the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking
• Italian: cric — the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking
• Italian: scricchiolio — the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking
• Japanese: きいきい (kīkī) — the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking
• Latin: crepitus — the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking
• Portuguese: rangido — the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking
• Romanian: scârțâit — the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking
• Russian: скри́п (skríp) — the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking
• Spanish: crujido — the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking
• Spanish: rechinido — the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking
• Swedish: knarr — the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking
• Swedish: knak — the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking
• Turkish: gıcırtı — the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking
• Albanian: kris — to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound
• Arabic: زَيَّقَ (zayyaqa) — to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound
• Arabic: صَرَّ (ṣarra) — to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound
• Armenian: ճռալ (čṙal) — to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound
• Armenian: ճռճռալ (čṙčṙal) — to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound
• Belarusian: рыпець (rypieć) — to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound
• Bulgarian: скърцам (skǎrcam) — to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound
• Bulgarian: скрибуцам (skribucam) — to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound
• Chinese Mandarin: 發吱吱聲 /发吱吱声 (fā zhīzhī shēng) — to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound
• Chinese Mandarin: 發嘎吱聲 /发嘎吱声 (fā gāzī shēng) — to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound
• Chinese Mandarin: 發軋軋聲 /发轧轧声 (fā yàyà shēng) — to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound
• Czech: vrzat — to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound
• Czech: skřípat — to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound
• Dutch: krassen — to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound
• Esperanto: grinci — to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound
• Esperanto: knari — to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound
• Finnish: narista — to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound
• Finnish: natista — to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound
• Finnish: kitistä — to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound
• French: craquer — to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound
• Galician: renxer — to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound
• Galician: garrir — to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound
• Galician: rinchar — to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound
• Galician: ganir — to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound
• Galician: rilar — to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound
• Galician: estarruñar — to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound
• German: knarren — to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound
• German: quietschen — to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound
• German: giire — to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound
• Hawaiian: ʻeʻeʻina — to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound
• Hindi: चरमराना (caramrānā) — to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound
• Hungarian: csikorog — to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound
• Hungarian: nyikorog — to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound
• Hungarian: recseg — to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound
• Hungarian: recseg-ropog — to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound
• Icelandic: ískra — to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound
• Italian: scricchiolare — to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound
• Japanese: 軋む (kishimu) — to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound
• Latin: crepō — to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound
• Māori: whēke — to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound
• Māori: kekē — to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound
• Māori: ngakeke — to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound
• Māori: pātētē — to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound
• Māori: kokē — to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound
• Māori: kongangi — to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound
• Māori: pakē — to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound
• Old English: þunian — to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound
• Polish: trzeszczeć — to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound
• Portuguese: ranger — to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound
• Portuguese: rangir — to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound
• Romanian: scârțâi — to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound
• Russian: скрипе́ть (skripétʹ) — to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound
• Russian: скри́пнуть (skrípnutʹ) — to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound
• Spanish: crujir — to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound
• Spanish: chirriar — to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound
• Spanish: rechinar — to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound
• Spanish: chirrisquear — to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound
• Swedish: knarra — to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound
• Swedish: knaka — to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound
• Ukrainian: скрипіти (skrypity) — to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound
• Ukrainian: рипіти (rypity) — to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound
• Finnish: narisuttaa — to produce a creaking sound with
• Finnish: natisuttaa — to produce a creaking sound with
• Finnish: kitisyttää — to produce a creaking sound with
• Russian: скрипе́ть (skripétʹ) — to produce a creaking sound with
• Russian: скри́пнуть (skrípnutʹ) — to produce a creaking sound with
• Spanish: crujir — to produce a creaking sound with
• Spanish: chirriar — to produce a creaking sound with
• Spanish: rechinar — to produce a creaking sound with