stork

Meaning

1. A large wading bird with long legs and a long beak of the order Ciconiiformes and its family Ciconiidae.
2. (euphemistic) The mythical bringer of babies to families, or good news.
3. The seventeenth Lenormand card.

Synonyms

heron

crane

jabiru

marabou

marabou stork

adijutant

white crane

abdin’s

egret

flamingo

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Translations

cigogne

Storch

cicogna

cigüeña

ooievaar

cegonha

πελαργός

cigonya

ciconia

leylek

λελέκι

لقلق

cigonha

Ciconia spp.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/stɔɹk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: stork

Inherited from Old English: storc

Cognate with Dutch: stork

Cognate with German: Storch

Cognate with Swedish: stork

Cognate with Icelandic: storkur

In summary

From Middle English stork, from Old English storc, from Proto-West Germanic *stork, from Proto-Germanic *sturkaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sr̥ǵos (“stork”). Near cognates include Dutch stork, German Storch, Swedish stork, and Icelandic storkur. Compare also Latvian stārķis (“stork”), borrowed from Germanic.