scarecrow

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈskɛəkɹəʊ/
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• General-American: /ˈskɛɚˌkɹoʊ/
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• CMU ARPABET: S K AE1 R K R OW2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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The noun is derived from scare (“to frighten, startle, terrify”) + crow (“bird of the genus Corvus”). The word displaced other terms such as bogle (now dialectal, dated), sewel or shewel, and shoy-hoy (perhaps imitative of the cry of crows). The verb is derived from the noun.

188 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: voëlverskrikker — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Afrikaans: strooipop — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Albanian: dordolec — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Albanian: rone — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Albanian: vovë — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Southern Altai: ӱркӱткиш (ürkütkiš) — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Arabic: فَزَّاعَة (fazzāʕa) — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Arabic: خيال مآتة (ḵayāl maʔāta) — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Arabic: فَزَّاعَة (fazzāʕa) — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Armenian: խրտվիլակ (xrtvilak) — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Assamese: চৌ (sou) — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Azerbaijani: müqəvva — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Azerbaijani: oyuq — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Azerbaijani: qorxuluq — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Bashkir: ҡарасҡы (qarasqı) — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Basque: arranpalo — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Basque: txorimalo — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Basque: txori-izugarri — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Belarusian: пу́дзіла (púdzila) — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Bengali: কাকতাড়ুয়া (kaktaṛuẏa) — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Breton: spontailh — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Breton: spontailh-brini — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Breton: bouga — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Bulgarian: плаши́ло (plašílo) — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Bulgarian: чу́чело (čúčelo) — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Burmese: စာချောက်ရုပ် (cahkyauk-rup) — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Catalan: babarota — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Catalan: espantall — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Catalan: espantaocells — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Catalan: espantapardals — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Chinese Cantonese: 稻草人 (dou6 cou2 jan4) — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Chinese Mandarin: 稻草人 (dàocǎorén) — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Chuvash: катемпи (kat̬emp̬i) — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Czech: strašák — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Danish: fugleskræmsel — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Dutch: vogelschrik — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Dutch: vogelverschrikker — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Erzya: тандавкс (tandavks) — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Esperanto: birdotimigilo — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Esperanto: ĉifonfiguro — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Estonian: hernehirmutis — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Finnish: linnunpelätin — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Finnish: linnunpelätti — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Finnish: variksenpelätin — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Finnish: variksenpelätti — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• French: épouvantail — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Galician: espantallo — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Georgian: საფრთხობელა (saprtxobela) — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• German: Vogelscheuche — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• German: Gehuuri — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Greek: σκιάχτρο (skiáchtro) — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Gujarati: ચાડિયો (cāḍiyo) — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Hebrew: דַּחְלִיל (dakhlíl) — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Hindi: बिजूका (bijūkā) — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Hindi: धड़खा (dhaṛkhā) — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Hungarian: madárijesztő — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Icelandic: fuglahræða — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Ido: terorigilo — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Ido: ucel-terorigilo — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Indonesian: orang-orangan — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Indonesian: orang-orangan sawah — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Indonesian: penakut burung — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Ingrian: variksiinvahti — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Irish: fear bréige — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Irish: fear falsa — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Italian: spauracchio — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Italian: spaventapasseri — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Japanese: 案山子 — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Japanese: 僧都 (sōzu) — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Japanese: 鹿威し (shishiodoshi) — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Japanese: スケアクロウ — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Kannada: ಬೆದರುಗೊಂಬೆ (bedarugombe) — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Kannada: ಬೆಚ್ಚು (beccu) — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Kannada: ಬೆಚ್ಚಿಗ (becciga) — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Kannada: ಗುಮ್ಮ (gumma) — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Kannada: ಬೆರ್ಚಪ್ಪ (bercappa) — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Kashubian: strôszk — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Kavalan: pasnawa — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Kazakh: қарақшы (qaraqşy) — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Khmer: ចំឡោង (cɑmlaong) — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Khmer: តាដុង (taadong) — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Khmer: ទីងមោង (tiingmoong) — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Korean: 허수아비 (heosuabi) — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Central Kurdish: داھۆڵ (daholl) — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Northern Kurdish: mamik — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Northern Kurdish: reşkê bûstanan — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Southern Kurdish: داوِڵ (dawill) — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Kyrgyz: каракчы (karakcı) — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Kyrgyz: карачкы (karackı) — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Ladin: spantedl — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Lao: ຫຸ່ນໄລ່ກາ (hun lai kā) — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Latin: formīdo avium — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Latin: terricula — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Latin: terriculum avium — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Latvian: biedēklis — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Latvian: putnubiedēklis — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Lithuanian: baidyklė — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Lithuanian: kaliausė — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Macedonian: стра́шило (strášilo) — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Macedonian: пла́шило (plášilo) — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Malay: orang-orang — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Malayalam: നോക്കുകുത്തി (nōkkukutti) — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Maranao: parayong — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Maricopa: chiyer thʼer — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Mongolian: мануухай (manuuxaj) — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Norwegian Bokmål: fugleskremsel — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fugleskremme — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fugleskremsel — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fugleskremsle — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Occitan: espaurugal — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• O'odham: vaṣai gakidagĭ odham — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Iranian Persian: مَتَرْسَک (matarsak) — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Plautdietsch: Goadengrul — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Plautdietsch: Hieezhgrul — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Polish: strach — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Polish: strach na wróble — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Portuguese: espantalho — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Punjabi: ਡਰੋਣਾ (ḍaroṇā) — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Romanian: momâie — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Romanian: sperietoare — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Romansh: spaventegl — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Russian: чу́чело (čúčelo) — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Russian: пу́гало (púgalo) — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Russian: страши́ло (strašílo) — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Russian: страши́ла (strašíla) — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Russian: пу́галище (púgališče) — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Scots: bogle — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Scots: craw-bogle — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Scots: tattie-bogle — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Scots: tattie-boodie — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Scottish Gaelic: bodach-ròcais — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Scottish Gaelic: bodach-starraig — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Scottish Gaelic: bodach-fhaoileag (Scalpay) — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Serbo-Croatian: пла̏шило — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Serbo-Croatian: стра̏шило — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Serbo-Croatian: plȁšilo — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Serbo-Croatian: strȁšilo — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Slovak: strašiak — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Slovene: ptičje strašilo — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Slovene: strašilo — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Sotho: setshosa — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Spanish: espantapájaros — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Spanish: espantajo — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Sundanese: bebegig — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Swedish: fågelskrämma — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Tagalog: alay-ay — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Tagalog: balyan — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Tagalog: espantaho — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Tajik: хӯса (xüsa) — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Tamil: சொக்கன் (cokkaṉ) — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Tamil: சோளக்காட்டுபொம்மை (cōḷakkāṭṭupommai) — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Tamil: சோளக்கொல்லைப்பொம்மை (cōḷakkollaippommai) — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Tamil: வெருளி (veruḷi) — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Tatar: карачкы (qaraçqı) — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Telugu: దిష్టిబొమ్మ (diṣṭibomma) — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Telugu: వెరబొమ్మ (verabomma) — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Telugu: దృష్టిబొమ్మ (dr̥ṣṭibomma) — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Thai: หุ่นไล่กา (hùn-lâi-gaa) — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Turkish: bostan korkuluğu — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Turkish: korkuluk — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Turkish: oyuk — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Turkmen: garakçy — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Ukrainian: опу́дало (opúdalo) — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Ukrainian: поторо́ча (potoróča) — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Unami: nuthakakàn — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Uyghur: قارانچۇق (qaranchuq) — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Uzbek: qoʻriqchi — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Vietnamese: bẹo chim — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Vietnamese: bồ nhìn — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Vietnamese: bù nhìn — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Vietnamese: mặt mả — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Walloon: noret — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Welsh: bwbach — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Welsh: bwbach brain — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Welsh: bwgan brain — effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there
• Finnish: variksenpelätin — person regarded as resembling a scarecrow in some way
• Chinese Mandarin: 骨瘦如柴的人 (gǔshòurúchái de rén) — tall, thin, awkward person
• Finnish: variksenpelätin — tall, thin, awkward person
• French: épouvantail — tall, thin, awkward person
• Hebrew: דַּחְלִיל (dakhlíl) — tall, thin, awkward person
• Italian: spilungone — tall, thin, awkward person
• Italian: spilungona — tall, thin, awkward person
• Slovene: strašilo — tall, thin, awkward person
• Spanish: espantajo — tall, thin, awkward person
• Finnish: variksenpelätin — person wearing ragged and tattered clothes
• Finnish: pelottelutaktiikka — military equipment or tactics used to scare and deter rather than cause actual damage
• Finnish: saada näyttämään jäykältä — to cause (a person, their body, etc.) to look awkward and stiff, like a scarecrow
• Finnish: häiritä — to spoil the appearance of (something, such as the landscape or a view), as scarecrows may be regarded as doing