crane

See also crâne

English

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A crane (bird).

A crane (mechanical).

Etymology

From Old English cran, from Proto-Germanic *kran-, from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to cry hoarsely”).

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eɪn

Noun

crane (plural cranes)

1. A large bird of the order Gruiformes and the family Gruidae having long legs and a long neck which it extends when flying.
2. A mechanical lifting device, often used for lifting heavy loads for industrial or construction purposes.

Derived terms

Related terms

black crowned crane black-necked crane blue crane common crane

cranefly demoiselle crane grey crowned crane hooded crane

red-crowned crane sandhill crane sarus crane Siberian crane

wattled crane white-naped crane whooping crane

Related terms

• cranberry, via Low German Kraan (“crane”)

Translations

bird

• Albanian: lejlek (sq)
• Arabic: كركي (ar) (kurkiy) m, غرنوق (ar) (ğurnūq) m
• Armenian: կռունկ (hy) (kṙunk)
• Bulgarian: жерав (bg) (žeráv) m
• Chechen: гIарагIули
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鶴 (cmn), 鹤 (cmn) (hè)

• Czech: jeřáb (cs) m
• Danish: trane (da)
• Dutch: kraanvogel (nl)
• Esperanto: gruo (eo)
• Estonian: kurg (et)
• Finnish: kurki (fi)
• French: grue (fr) f
• German: Kranich (de) m
• Greek: γερανός (el) (geranós) m
• Hebrew: עגור (he) (agur) m
• Hiligaynon: dogwak
• Hungarian: daru (hu)
• Icelandic: trana (is) f
• Indonesian: bangau (id)
• Italian: gru (it) f
• Japanese: 鶴 (ja) (つる, tsuru)
• Korean: 두루미 (ko) (durumi), 학 (ko) (hak) (鶴 (ko))
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: قۆڵه‌نگ (ku) (qoleng)

• Latgalian: dzērve f

• Latin: grus (la) m
• Latvian: dzērve (lv) f
• Lithuanian: gervė (lt) f
• Low German: Kraan m
• Luhya: ekolongolo
• Malay: burung jenjang (ms)
• Navajo: dééł
• Norwegian: trane (no) m and f
• Pashto: زاڼۍ (ps) (zānnəi) f
• Polish: żuraw (pl) m
• Portuguese: grou (pt)
• Romanian: cocor (ro) m, grui
• Russian: журавль (ru) (žurávl') m
• Scottish Gaelic: corra-mhonaidh (gd) f
• Serbo-Croatian: ždral (sh) m, žerav (sh) m
• Slovak: žeriav (sk) m
• Slovene: žerjav (sl) m
• Spanish: grulla (es) f
• Swahili: korongo (sw)
• Swedish: trana (sv)
• Tamil: கொக்கு (ta) (kokku)
• Tatar: торна (tt) (torna)
• Telugu: కొంగ (komga)
• Turkish: turna (tr)
• Ukrainian: журавель (uk) (žuravél’) m
• Vietnamese: con hạc (vi)

machinery

• Albanian: vinç (sq)
• Armenian: վերամբարձ կռունկ (hy) (verambardz kṙunk)
• Basque: garabi (eu)
• Bulgarian: кран (bg) (kran)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 吊車 (cmn), 吊车 (cmn) (diàochē), 起重機 (cmn), 起重机 (cmn) (qǐzhòngjī)

• Czech: jeřáb (cs) m
• Danish: kran (da) c
• Dutch: hijskraan (nl), kraan (nl)
• Finnish: nostokurki (fi)
• French: grue (fr) f
• German: Kran (de) m
• Greek: γερανός (el) (geranós) m
• Hungarian: daru (hu)
• Icelandic: krani (is) m
• Indonesian: katrol (id)
• Irish: craein (ga) f
• Italian: gru (it) f

• Japanese: クレーン (ja) (kurēn), 起重機 (ja) (きじゅうき, kijūki)
• Korean: 기중기 (ko) (gijung-gi) (起重機 (ko))
• Low German: Kraan m
• Malay: kren (ms)
• Maori: tokorangi (mi)
• Norwegian: kran (no) f
• Persian: جر ثقیل (fa)
• Polish: dźwig (pl) m, żuraw (pl) m
• Portuguese: guincho (pt)
• Romanian: macara (ro) f
• Russian: кран (ru) (kran) m
• Serbo-Croatian: dizalica (sh) f
• Slovak: žeriav (sk) m
• Slovene: žerjav (sl) m
• Spanish: grúa (es) f
• Swahili: jeki (sw)
• Swedish: kran (sv) c
• Ukrainian: кран (uk) (kran) m, двигун (uk) (dvyhún) m

See also

• egret
• heron
• stork

Verb

crane (third-person singular simple present cranes, present participle craning, simple past and past participle craned)

1. (transitive) To extend (one's neck).
2. (transitive) To raise or lower with a crane.

Translations

to extend

• Bulgarian: протягам (bg) (protjagam), проточвам (bg) (protočvam)
• Finnish: kurkottaa (kaulaansa)
• French: allonger (le cou)
• German: (to extend one's neck) den Hals recken, (to extend) strecken, ausstrecken

• Italian: allungare (il collo)
• Maori: whātinotino (mi)
• Spanish: estirar (el cuello)
• Swahili: songeza (sw)

Anagrams

• caner, Caren, nacre, rance

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Lojban

Etymology

In Lojbanized spelling.

• Chinese: cian — 前 [qián]
• English: frant — front
• Hindi: samne — सामने [sāmanē]
• Spanish: frent — frente

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈʃrane/

Gismu

crane (rafsi cra)

1. anterior; x1 is anterior/ahead/forward/(in/on) the front of x2 which faces/in-frame-of-reference x3

Related terms

• sefta
• flira
• trixe
• mlana
• pritu
• zunle