caw

English

Etymology

Onomatopoeic

Pronunciation

• enPR: kô, IPA: /kɔː/, X-SAMPA: /kO:/
• Rhymes: -ɔː

Noun

caw (plural caws)

1. The harsh cry of a crow.

Translations

cry of a crow

• Bulgarian: грачене (bg) (gračene) n, грак (bg) (grak) m
• Faroese: krá (fo) n
• Finnish: raakkuminen, raakunta (fi)
• French: croassement (fr) m
• Georgian: ჩხავილი (ka) (č’xavili)
• Greek: κρωγμός (el) (krogmós) m

• Hungarian: károgás (hu)
• Italian: gracchio (it) m
• Malay: gauk (ms)
• Russian: карканье (ru) (kárkan'je) n, кар (ru) (kár)
• Spanish: graznido (es)
• Turkish: gak (tr), gaklama (tr)

Verb

caw (third-person singular simple present caws, present participle cawing, simple past and past participle cawed)

1. To make the harsh cry of a crow, rook, or raven.
   • Shakespeare

     Rising and cawing at the gun's report.

Translations

to make the cry of a crow, rook, or raven

• Armenian: կռռալ (hy) (kṙṙal), կռկռալ (hy) (kṙkṙal)

  Old Armenian: կռչեմ (kṙčʿem)

• Bulgarian: грача (bg) (grača)
• Finnish: raakkua (fi)
• French: croasser (fr)
• Georgian: ჩხავილი (ka) (č’xavili)
• Greek: κρώζω (el) (krózo)

• Hungarian: károg (hu)
• Italian: gracchiare (it)
• Malay: menggauk (ms)
• Russian: ка́ркать (ru) (kárkat') impf., ка́ркнуть (ru) (kárknut') pf.
• Spanish: graznar (es)
• Turkish: gaklamak (tr)

Anagrams

• CWA
• WAC

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Mapudungun

Noun

caw (using Raguileo Alphabet)

1. father

References

• Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.