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See also: Crane, crâne, and crâné

English

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crane

A crane (bird).

A crane (mechanical).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɹeɪn/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -eɪn

Etymology 1

From Middle English cran, from Old English cran (“crane”), from Proto-Germanic *kranô (“crane”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to cry hoarsely”). Cognate with Scots cran (“crane”), Dutch kraan (“crane”), German Kran (“crane”). The mechanical devices are named from their likeness to the bird.

Noun

crane (plural cranes)

Any bird of the family Gruidae, large birds with long legs and a long neck which is extended during flight.
- 1876, "Burmah" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, p. 552:
  Aquatic birds of various kinds are very numerous, such as geese, darters (Flotus melanogaster), scissor-bills (Rhynchops nigra), adjutants (Leptoptilos argala), pelicans, cormorants, cranes (Grus antigone, in Burmese gyoja), whimbrels, plovers, and ibises.
(US, dialect) Ardea herodias, the great blue heron.
A mechanical lifting machine or device, often used for lifting heavy loads for industrial or construction purposes.
An iron arm with horizontal motion, attached to the side or back of a fireplace for supporting kettles etc. over the fire.
A siphon, or bent pipe, for drawing liquors out of a cask.
(nautical) A forked post or projecting bracket to support spars, etc.; generally used in pairs.

Hyponyms

Category:Gruidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Derived terms

black crested crane (Balearica pavonina)
black crowned crane^{(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace {{vern}} with a regular link if already defined. Add novern=1 if not defined.)} (Balearica pavonina)
black-necked crane^{(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace {{vern}} with a regular link if already defined. Add novern=1 if not defined.)} (Grus nigricollis)
blue crane^{(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace {{vern}} with a regular link if already defined. Add novern=1 if not defined.)} (Grus paradisea)
common crane (Grus grus)
cranefly (Tipulomorpha)
demoiselle crane (Grus virgo)
grey crowned crane^{(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace {{vern}} with a regular link if already defined. Add novern=1 if not defined.)} (Balearica regulorum)
hooded crane^{(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace {{vern}} with a regular link if already defined. Add novern=1 if not defined.)} (Grus monacha)
paradise crane^{(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace {{vern}} with a regular link if already defined. Add novern=1 if not defined.)} (Grus paradisea)
red-crowned crane^{(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace {{vern}} with a regular link if already defined. Add novern=1 if not defined.)} (Grus japonensis)
sandhill crane (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
sarus crane (Grus antigone)
Siberian crane (Grus leucogeranus)
Stanley crane^{(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace {{vern}} with a regular link if already defined. Add novern=1 if not defined.)} (Grus paradisea)
wattled crane^{(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace {{vern}} with a regular link if already defined. Add novern=1 if not defined.)} (Grus carunculata)
white-naped crane^{(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace {{vern}} with a regular link if already defined. Add novern=1 if not defined.)} (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
whooping crane (Grus americana)

Related terms

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

Descendants

→ Burmese: ကရိန်း (ka.rin:)
→ Hindi: क्रेन (kren)
→ Irish: craein
→ Japanese: クレーン (kurēn)
→ Korean: 크레인 (keurein)
→ Malay: kren
→ Maori: kareni
→ Tagalog: kreyn
→ Thai: เครน (kreen)

Translations

bird

Afrikaans: kraanvoël (af)
Albanian: kurrillë (sq), tojë (sq)
Arabic: كُرْكِيّ m (kurkiyy), غُرْنُوق m (ḡurnūq)
Armenian: կռունկ (hy) (kṙunk)
Assamese: বগ (bog), বগলী (bogoli)
Azerbaijani: durna (az)
Bashkir: торна (torna)
Belarusian: жураве́ль m (žuravjélʹ)
Bengali: সারস (śaroś)
Bulgarian: жера́в (bg) m (žeráv)
Catalan: grua (ca) f
Chechen: гӏарагӏули (ğarağuli)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 鶴／鹤, 鹤 (hok⁶)

Mandarin: 鶴／鹤 (zh), 鹤 (zh) (hè)
Chukchi: ӄэтчаӈыр (qėtčaṇyr)
Chuvash: тӑрна (tărna)
Czech: jeřáb (cs) m
Danish: trane (da) c
Dutch: kraanvogel (nl) m, kraan (nl) m
Esperanto: gruo (eo)
Estonian: kurg (et)
Faroese: trani m
Finnish: kurki (fi)
French: grue (fr) f
Galician: grou (gl) m, grúa (gl) f
Georgian: წერო (c̣ero)
German: Kranich (de) m
Greek: γερανός (el) m (geranós)
Ancient: γέρανος m (géranos)
Greenlandic: qarluutitoorsuaq
Hebrew: עָגוּר (he) m (agúr)
Hiligaynon: dogwak
Hindi: सारस (hi) m (sāras)
Hungarian: daru (hu)
Icelandic: trana f
Indonesian: bangau (id)
Irish: grús m, corr mhóna f
Italian: gru (it) f
Japanese: 鶴 (ja) (つる, tsuru), ツル (ja) (tsuru)
Komi-Permyak: тури (turi)
Korean: 두루미 (ko) (durumi), 학 (ko) (hak) (鶴 (ko))
Kurdish:
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Latgalian: dzērve f
Latin: grūs m or f
Latvian: dzērve (lv) f
Lithuanian: gervė (lt) f
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
Low German:
German Low German: Kraan m, Kroon m, Kraun m
Luhya: ekolongolo
Macedonian: жерав m (žerav)
Malay: burung jenjang
Maltese: għarnuq, grawwa f
Manx: coar f
Maori: kareni
Mi'kmaq: tmgwatignej anim
Mongolian: тогоруу (mn) (togoruu)
Nahuatl: quetzalaztatl
Nanticoke: ah!secque
Navajo: dééł
Norwegian:
Bokmål: trane (no) m or f

Nynorsk: trane f
Old English: cran m
Old Prussian: gērwē
Pashto: زاڼۍ f (zānnəi)
Persian: درنا (fa) (dornâ), کلنگ (fa) (kolang) (archaic)
Polish: żuraw (pl) m
Portuguese: grou (pt)
Romanian: cocor (ro) m, grui
Russian: жура́вль (ru) m (žurávlʹ)
Sanskrit: बक (sa) m (baka), सारस (sa) m (sārasa)
Scottish Gaelic: corra-mhonaidh f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ждра̑л m, жѐра̄в m

Roman: ždrȃl (sh) m, žèrāv (sh) m
Shor: туруна (turuna)
Slovak: žeriav m
Slovene: žerjav (sl) m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: žorawa f
Southern Altai: турна (turna)
Spanish: grulla (es) f
Swahili: korongo (sw)
Swedish: trana (sv) c
Tajik: турна (turna)
Tamil: கொக்கு (ta) (kokku)
Tatar: торна (tt) (torna)
Telugu: కొంగ (te) (koṅga)
Thai: กระเรียน (th) (grà-riian)
Turkish: turna (tr)
Udmurt: тури (turi)
Ukrainian: жураве́ль m (žuravélʹ)
Vietnamese: sếu (vi), hạc (vi)
Volapük: grud (vo), glulit (obsolete)
Welsh: garan, crëyr m, crehyrod m pl

machinery

Albanian: vinç (sq)
Arabic: رَافِعَة‎ f (rāfiʕa)
Armenian: վերամբարձ կռունկ (verambarj kṙunk)
Azerbaijani: kran
Basque: garabi (eu)
Belarusian: кран m (kran)
Bengali: কপিকল (kopikol)
Bulgarian: кран (bg) (kran)
Burmese: ကရိန်း (my) (ka.rin:), ဝန်ချီစက် (my) (wanhkyicak)
Catalan: grua (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 吊車／吊车 (zh) (diàochē), 吊车 (zh) (diàochē), 起重機／起重机 (zh) (qǐzhòngjī), 起重机 (zh) (qǐzhòngjī)
Czech: jeřáb (cs) m
Danish: kran (da) c
Dutch: hijskraan (nl) m or f, kraan (nl) m or f, hefkraan (nl) m or f
Estonian: kraana
Finnish: nostokurki (fi)
French: grue (fr) f
Galician: guindastre (gl) m
Georgian: ამწე (amc̣e), ამწეკრანი (amc̣eḳrani)
German: Kran (de) m
Greek: γερανός (el) m (geranós)
Gujarati: ઊંટડો (ū̃ṭaḍo)
Hebrew: עֲגוּרָן (he) m (agurán), מָנוֹף m (manóf)
Hindi: क्रेन m (kren)
Hungarian: daru (hu)
Icelandic: krani m
Indonesian: katrol (id), kran (id)
Irish: craein f
Italian: gru (it) f
Japanese: クレーン (ja) (kurēn), 起重機 (ja) (きじゅうき, kijūki)
Kazakh: кран (kk) (kran)
Khmer: រថស្ទូច (rŭət stuuc), ម៉ាស៊ីនស្ទូច (maasɨn stuuc), ត្រាក់ទ័រស្ទូច (traktɔə stuuc)
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
Korean: 기중기 (ko) (gijunggi) (起重機 (ko)), 크레인 (ko) (keurein)
Kyrgyz: кран (kran)
Latin: tollēnō m, polyspaston n
Latvian: celtnis m
Lithuanian: kranas m
Low German:
German Low German: Kraan m, Kroon m
Macedonian: кран m (kran)
Malay: kren
Maori: tokorangi
Mongolian: кран (mn) (kran)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kran (no) m or f

Nynorsk: kran f, krane m
Persian: جر ثقیل
Polish: dźwig (pl) m, żuraw (pl) m
Portuguese: guindaste (pt), grua (pt) f
Romanian: macara (ro) f
Russian: кран (ru) m (kran), подъёмный кран (ru) m (podʺjómnyj kran)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ди̏залица f

Roman: dȉzalica (sh) f
Slovak: žeriav m
Slovene: žerjav (sl) m
Spanish: grúa (es) f
Swedish: kran (sv) c
Tagalog: grua, kreyn, tipol
Tajik: кран (kran)
Thai: เครน (th) (kreen), ปั้นจั่น (th) (bpân-jàn)
Turkish: vinç (tr)
Turkmen: kran
Ukrainian: кран m (kran), двигу́н (uk) m (dvyhún)
Uyghur: كران (kran)
Uzbek: kran (uz)
Vietnamese: cần cẩu
Volapük: krän (vo)

See also

Verb

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(transitive, intransitive) To extend (one's neck).
(Can we find and add a quotation of George Eliot to this entry?)
(transitive) To raise or lower with, or as if with, a crane.
- (Can we date this quote by Bates and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
  What engines, what instruments are used in craning up a soul, sunk below the centre, to the highest heavens.
- (Can we date this quote by Massinger and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
  an upstart craned up to the height he has
(intransitive) To pull up before a jump.

Translations

to extend (one's neck)

Arabic: رَفَعَ (ar) (rafaʕa)
Bulgarian: протягам (bg) (protjagam), проточвам (bg) (protočvam)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 伸长 (zh) (shēncháng),探头 (zh) (tàntóu)
Finnish: kurkottaa (kaulaansa)
French: étirer (le cou)
German: ^{(please verify)} den Hals recken (to extend one's neck), ^{(please verify)} strecken (de) (to extend), ausstrecken (de)
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
Italian: ^{(please verify)} allungare (il collo)
Maori: whātinotino, whakaneinei, whātare, whātaretare
Romanian: întinde (gâtul)
Russian: вытя́гивать (ru) (vytjágivatʹ)
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} estirar (el cuello)
Swahili: songeza

Etymology 2

Noun

crane (plural cranes)

(obsolete) The cranium.

Anagrams

Caren, Cerna, Rance, caner, caren, crena, nacre, nacré, rance, recan

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English cran, *crana, from Proto-Germanic *kranô.

Alternative forms

krane, cranne, craane, crone, craune

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkraːn(ə)/, /kran/

Noun

crane (plural cranes)

crane (bird)
crane (machine)

Derived terms

cranage

Descendants

English: crane (see there for further descendants)
Scots: cran

References

“crāne (n.(1))”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-07.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old French cran, from Medieval Latin crānium.

Alternative forms

cranee

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kraːn/

Noun

crane

cranium

References

“crāne (n.(2))”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-07.

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