crake

Significado (Inglês)

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.

Conceitos

saracura

Sinônimos

landrail

rail

corncrake

water hen

Traduções

Porzana

Ralle

polluela

marouette

waterhoen

rascón

guatlla maresa

su yelvesi

râle

porciglione

rallus

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈkɹeɪk/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de inglês médio: 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.