crake

Meaning

Noun

Any of several birds of the family Rallidae that have short bills.

Verb

To cry out harshly and loudly, like a crake.

Verb

To boast; to speak loudly and boastfully.

Synonyms

landrail

rail

corncrake

water hen

Translations

Porzana

marouette

polluela

Ralle

waterhoen

saracura

rascón

guatlla maresa

su yelvesi

râle

porciglione

rallus

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɹeɪk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: crak

In summary

From Middle English crak, crake, from Old Norse kráka (“crow”), from Proto-Germanic *krak-, *kra- (“to croak, caw”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂-, itself onomatopoeic.