crone

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• General-American: /kɹoʊn/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /kɹəʊn/
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• Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• rhymes with -əʊn
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• homophone: crosne
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• CMU ARPABET: K R OW1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English crone, from Anglo-Norman carogne (compare central Old French charogne (a term of abuse, literally “carrion, carcass, old sheep, hag”), whence modern French charogne). Doublet of carrion.

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: старица (starica) — old woman
• Catalan: vella — old woman
• Catalan: àvia — old woman
• Catalan: iaia — old woman
• Czech: bába — old woman
• Dutch: besje — old woman
• Finnish: kääkkä — old woman
• Finnish: muori — old woman
• Finnish: eukko — old woman
• Finnish: akka — old woman
• French: vieille — old woman
• Irish: seanchailleach — old woman
• Irish: ruacán caillí — old woman
• Japanese: クローネ — old woman
• Japanese: お婆さん (obāsan) — old woman
• Japanese: 祖母 (sobo) — old woman
• Japanese: 外祖母 (gaisobo) — old woman
• Latin: anus — old woman
• Macedonian: ста́рица (stárica) — old woman
• Polish: baba — old woman
• Portuguese: coroa — old woman
• Romanian: babă — old woman
• Russian: стару́ха (starúxa) — old woman
• Scottish Gaelic: cailleach — old woman
• Swedish: gumma — old woman
• Bulgarian: вещица (veštica) — ugly evil-looking or frightening old woman; a hag
• Czech: babizna — ugly evil-looking or frightening old woman; a hag
• Czech: baba — ugly evil-looking or frightening old woman; a hag
• Czech: babice — ugly evil-looking or frightening old woman; a hag
• Dutch: heks — ugly evil-looking or frightening old woman; a hag
• Finnish: noita — ugly evil-looking or frightening old woman; a hag
• French: sorcière — ugly evil-looking or frightening old woman; a hag
• French: mégère — ugly evil-looking or frightening old woman; a hag
• Galician: coirón — ugly evil-looking or frightening old woman; a hag
• Galician: bruxa — ugly evil-looking or frightening old woman; a hag
• Hungarian: banya — ugly evil-looking or frightening old woman; a hag
• Hungarian: szipirtyó — ugly evil-looking or frightening old woman; a hag
• Irish: seanchailleach — ugly evil-looking or frightening old woman; a hag
• Italian: strega — ugly evil-looking or frightening old woman; a hag
• Japanese: 鬼女 (kijo) — ugly evil-looking or frightening old woman; a hag
• Latin: anus — ugly evil-looking or frightening old woman; a hag
• Macedonian: ве́штерка (véšterka) — ugly evil-looking or frightening old woman; a hag
• Plautdietsch: Hakjs — ugly evil-looking or frightening old woman; a hag
• Polish: baba — ugly evil-looking or frightening old woman; a hag
• Portuguese: bruxa — ugly evil-looking or frightening old woman; a hag
• Romanian: cotoroanță — ugly evil-looking or frightening old woman; a hag
• Romanian: baborniță — ugly evil-looking or frightening old woman; a hag
• Romanian: hoașcă — ugly evil-looking or frightening old woman; a hag
• Russian: карга́ (kargá) — ugly evil-looking or frightening old woman; a hag
• Scottish Gaelic: cailleach — ugly evil-looking or frightening old woman; a hag
• Spanish: bruja — ugly evil-looking or frightening old woman; a hag
• Swedish: hagga — ugly evil-looking or frightening old woman; a hag
• Finnish: kääkkä — old man, especially one who talks and acts like an old woman
• Finnish: äijänkäppänä — old man, especially one who talks and acts like an old woman
• Finnish: äijänkäppyrä — old man, especially one who talks and acts like an old woman