Cradle

//ˈkɹeɪdəl//

Synonyms for "cradle" (206 found)

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Closest matches (42)

Related words (103)

maintain mollify mother mother country motherland my angel-infancy nascence nascency native land native soil nativity nest nestle nidus nourish nurse nursery nurture origin origination

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Noun(4 words)

place of origin provenance provenience rest

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

8 relation types

More general

19 entries

baby bed baby's bed beginning birth bring up cut hold launder nurture origin parent play raise rear root rootage

Showing 16 of 19 words.

Synonyms

3 entries

birthplace rest rocker

Related terms

1 entries

crib

derived

40 entries

Judas cradle Newton's cradle babe-in-a-cradle cat's cradle cradle cap cradle crust cradle hole cradle leg cradle of civilization cradle robber cradle snatch cradle snatcher cradle song cradle walk cradle-robber cradle-snatch

Showing 16 of 40 words.

has context

6 entries

baby to sleep carpentry contact juggling lacrosse mining nautical

is a

5 entries

baby bed bed birth small bed for baby storage device

manner of

5 entries

cut hold play rear wash

related to

73 entries

apparatus arch auriferous baby baby bed baby room ball basket bassinet bed bedclothes bottle burr case ceiling centrifugal force

Showing 16 of 73 words.

Translations

276 translations across 129 languages.

Abaza

1 entries

га́ра noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Abkhaz

1 entries

а-га́ра noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Adyghe

1 entries

кушъэ noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Afrikaans

1 entries

wieg noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Aklanon

1 entries

duyan noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Albanian

1 entries

djep noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Ancient Greek

2 entries

βαυκάλη noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
λίκνον noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Arabic

1 entries

مَهْد noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Armenian

3 entries

բնօրրան noun (figuratively: place of origin)
օրորոց noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
օրոցք noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Aromanian

4 entries

cunji noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
cunã noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
leagãn noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
mãnushi noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Asturian

3 entries

bierzu noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
cuna noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
trubiecu noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Avar

1 entries

кини noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

beşik noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Bashkir

2 entries

бишек noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
сәңгелдәк noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Bats

1 entries

აკვაჼ noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Belarusian

3 entries

зы́бка noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
калы́ска noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
лю́лька noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Bengali

2 entries

ঝুলনা noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
দোলনা noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Bezhta

1 entries

кед noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Breton

1 entries

kavell noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Bulgarian

4 entries

ви́лка noun (rest for the receiver of a telephone)
лю́лка noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
палама́рка noun (implement for cutting grain)
стапел noun (framework used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc.)

Burmese

1 entries

ပုခက် noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Buryat

1 entries

үлгы noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Catalan

4 entries

bressol noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
bressol noun (figuratively: place of origin)
bressar verb (to rock (a baby to sleep))
bressolar verb (to rock (a baby to sleep))

Chechen

1 entries

ага noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Chinese

2 entries

搖籃 /摇篮 noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
窩籃 /窝篮 noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

搖籃 /摇篮 noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

搖籃 /摇篮 noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
搖籃 /摇篮 noun (figuratively: place of origin)
發源地 /发源地 noun (figuratively: place of origin)

Chuvash

1 entries

сӑпка noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries

beşik noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Czech

1 entries

kolébka noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Danish

2 entries

vugge noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
vugge noun (figuratively: place of origin)

Dutch

4 entries

armsteun noun (case for a broken or dislocated limb)
bakermat noun (figuratively: place of origin)
haak noun (rest for the receiver of a telephone)
houder noun (case for a broken or dislocated limb)

Esperanto

2 entries

lulilo noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
luli verb (to rock (a baby to sleep))

Estonian

2 entries

häll noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
kätki noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Faroese

1 entries

vøgga noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Finnish

4 entries

alusta noun (framework used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc.)
kannatin noun (rest for the receiver of a telephone)
kehto noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
kehto noun (figuratively: place of origin)

French

4 entries

berceau noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
berceau noun (figuratively: place of origin)
bers noun (framework used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc.)
bercer verb (to rock (a baby to sleep))

Galician

3 entries

berce noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
rolo noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
arrolar verb (to rock (a baby to sleep))

Georgian

1 entries

აკვანი noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

German

4 entries

Guutsche noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
Wiege noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
Wiege noun (figuratively: place of origin)
Wiege noun (figuratively: infancy, or very early life)

Greek

1 entries

κούνια noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Hebrew

4 entries

עֲרִיסָה noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
עֶרֶשׂ noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
עֶרֶשׂ noun (figuratively: place of origin)
נענע verb (to rock (a baby to sleep))

Hindi

3 entries

खटोला noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
झूला noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
पालना noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Hungarian

3 entries

bölcső noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
bölcső noun (figuratively: place of origin)
bölcső noun (figuratively: infancy, or very early life)

Icelandic

2 entries

vagga noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
vagga noun (figuratively: place of origin)

Ido

2 entries

bersilo noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
bersar verb (to rock (a baby to sleep))

Indonesian

1 entries

buaian noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Ingush

1 entries

ага noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Iranian Persian

2 entries

مَهْد noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
گَهْوارِه noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Irish

3 entries

cliabháin noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
cliabhán noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
cliabhán noun (framework used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc.)

Italian

4 entries

culla noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
culla noun (figuratively: place of origin)
cuna noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
cuna noun (figuratively: place of origin)

Japanese

4 entries

ベビーベッド noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
揺り籠 noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
揺籃 noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
揺籃 noun (figuratively: infancy, or very early life)

Kabardian

1 entries

гущэ noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Kalmyk

2 entries

дүүҗң noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
өлгә noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Kannada

1 entries

ತೊಟ್ಟಿಲು noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Karachay-Balkar

1 entries

бешик noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Karaim

1 entries

бэшик noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Kazakh

1 entries

бесік noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Khakas

1 entries

пизік noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries

thūm verb (cradling a baby on lap)

Khmer

1 entries

អង្រឹង noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Korean

1 entries

요람 noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Kumyk

1 entries

бешик noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

бешик noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Lao

2 entries

ອູ່ noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
ເປ noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Latin

1 entries

cunae noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Latvian

1 entries

šūpulis noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Laz

3 entries

ომწელი noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
ონწელი noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
წენწე noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Lezgi

1 entries

кьеб noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Lithuanian

1 entries

lopšys noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Livonian

1 entries

äl noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Lombard

1 entries

cunna noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Macedonian

2 entries

колевка noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
лулка noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Malay

1 entries

buaian noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Malayalam

1 entries

തൊട്ടിൽ noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Maltese

4 entries

benniena noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
benniniet noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
nieqa noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
nwieqi noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Manchu

1 entries

ᡩᡠ᠋ᡵᡳ noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Manx

1 entries

clean noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Mingrelian

2 entries

არკვანი noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
ონწე noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Mongolian

1 entries

өлгий noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Māori

4 entries

pouraka noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
hikihiki verb (to wrap protectively, to hold gently and protectively)
okooko verb (to contain in or as if in a cradle)
okooko verb (to wrap protectively, to hold gently and protectively)

Nogai

1 entries

бесик noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Norman

1 entries

bèr noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

North Frisian

1 entries

Waag noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

dergûş noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

gaffel noun (rest for the receiver of a telephone)
vugge noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
vugge noun (figuratively: place of origin)
vugge noun (figuratively: infancy, or very early life)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

vogge noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Old English

1 entries

cradol noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Old Irish

1 entries

clíabán noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Ossetian

1 entries

авдӕн noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

بشیك noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Pashto

4 entries

زانګو noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
زنګويه noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
پينګو noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
پېنګو noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Plautdietsch

2 entries

Prosch noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
Wieej noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Polish

4 entries

kolebka noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
kolebka noun (figuratively: place of origin)
kołyska noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
kołyska noun (figuratively: infancy, or very early life)

Portuguese

3 entries

berço noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
berço noun (figuratively: place of origin)
berçar verb (to rock (a baby to sleep))

Romanian

3 entries

furcă noun (rest for the receiver of a telephone)
leagăn noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
leagăn noun (figuratively: place of origin)

Romansch

1 entries

tgina noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Russian

4 entries

ви́лка noun (rest for the receiver of a telephone)
гнездо́ noun (rest for the receiver of a telephone)
колыбе́ль noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
колыбе́ль noun (figuratively: place of origin)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

creathall noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

kòlēvka noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
kòlēvka noun (figuratively: infancy, or very early life)
ко̀ле̄вка noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
ко̀ле̄вка noun (figuratively: infancy, or very early life)

Shor

1 entries

пежик noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Sicilian

3 entries

naca noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
naca noun (figuratively: place of origin)
naca noun (figuratively: infancy, or very early life)

Slovak

1 entries

kolíska noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Slovene

1 entries

zibelka noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Southern Altai

2 entries

буубай noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
межик noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Spanish

4 entries

brezo noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
cuna noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
brezar verb (to rock (a baby to sleep))
brizar verb (to rock (a baby to sleep))

Svan

2 entries

ჰაკუ̂ა̈ნ noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
ჰენწ noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Swedish

1 entries

vagga noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Tajik

2 entries

гаҳвора noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
маҳд noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Tamil

1 entries

தொட்டில் noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Tatar

1 entries

бишек noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Thai

2 entries

อู่ noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
เปล noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Tofa

1 entries

беҷик noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Tsez

1 entries

рикини noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Turkish

4 entries

beşik noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
kızak noun (framework used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc.)
beşik sallamak verb (to rock (a baby to sleep))
beşikte sallamak verb (to rock (a baby to sleep))

Turkmen

1 entries

sallançak noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Tuvan

1 entries

кавай noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Udi

3 entries

лаьли noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
лороцӏ noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
лоьли noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Ukrainian

3 entries

коли́ска noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
лю́лька noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
лю́ля noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Urdu

4 entries

جُھولا noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
مَہْد noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
پالْنا noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
کَھٹولا noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Urum

1 entries

бешик noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Uyghur

1 entries

بۆشۈك noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Uzbek

2 entries

belanchak noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
beshik noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Vietnamese

1 entries

nôi noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Volapük

1 entries

klädöm noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Welsh

1 entries

crud noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

West-Frisian

1 entries

widze noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Yakut

1 entries

биһик noun (oscillating bed for a baby)

Yiddish

2 entries

וויג noun (oscillating bed for a baby)
וויגן verb (to rock (a baby to sleep))

Sample sentences

26 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Source: tatoeba (30100)

The baby in the cradle is very pretty.

Source: tatoeba (30101)

Look at the baby sleeping in the cradle.

Source: tatoeba (30102)

What is learned in the cradle is carried to the tomb.

Source: tatoeba (30103)

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Cradle

Synonyms for "cradle" (206 found)

Closest matches (42)

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Translations

Abaza

Abkhaz

Adyghe

Afrikaans

Aklanon

Albanian

Ancient Greek

Arabic

Armenian

Aromanian

Asturian

Avar

Azerbaijani

Bashkir

Bats

Belarusian

Bengali

Bezhta

Breton

Bulgarian

Burmese

Buryat

Catalan

Chechen

Chinese

Chinese Cantonese

Chinese Mandarin

Chuvash

Crimean Tatar

Czech

Danish

Dutch

Esperanto

Estonian

Faroese

Finnish

French

Galician

Georgian

German

Greek

Hebrew

Hindi

Hungarian

Icelandic

Ido

Indonesian

Ingush

Iranian Persian

Irish

Italian

Japanese

Kabardian

Kalmyk

Kannada

Karachay-Balkar

Karaim

Kazakh

Khakas

Khiamniungan Naga

Khmer

Korean

Kumyk

Kyrgyz

Lao