Crane

//kɹeɪn//

Synonyms for "crane" (77 found)

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Closest matches (16)

Strong matches (23)

Related words (38)

Verb(1 words)
stretch out

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More general

5 entries

Synonyms

3 entries

Related terms

5 entries

capable of

9 entries

derived

65 entries

Showing 16 of 65 words.

has context

3 entries

is a

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manner of

1 entries

related to

73 entries

Showing 16 of 73 words.

Translations

286 translations across 124 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • kraanvoël noun (bird)

Albanian

3 entries
  • kurrillë noun (bird)
  • tojë noun (bird)
  • vinç noun (machinery)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • γέρανος noun (bird)

Arabic

4 entries
  • رَافِعَة noun (machinery)
  • غُرْنُوق noun (bird)
  • كُرْكِيّ noun (bird)
  • رَفَعَ verb (to extend (one's neck))

Aragonese

1 entries
  • gruda noun (bird)

Armenian

2 entries
  • կռունկ noun (bird)
  • վերամբարձ կռունկ noun (machinery)

Assamese

2 entries
  • বগ noun (bird)
  • বগলী noun (bird)

Asturian

1 entries
  • grúa noun (bird)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • durna noun (bird)
  • kran noun (machinery)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • торна noun (bird)

Basque

2 entries
  • garabi noun (machinery)
  • kurrilo noun (bird)

Bats

1 entries
  • წჵერაჼ noun (bird)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • жураве́ль noun (bird)
  • кран noun (machinery)
  • пад'ёмны кран noun (machinery)

Bengali

2 entries
  • কপিকল noun (machinery)
  • সারস noun (bird)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • жера́в noun (bird)
  • кран noun (machinery)
  • прото́чвам verb (to extend (one's neck))
  • протя́гам verb (to extend (one's neck))

Burmese

2 entries
  • ကရိန်း noun (machinery)
  • ဝန်ချီစက် noun (machinery)

Catalan

2 entries
  • grua noun (bird)
  • grua noun (machinery)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • قوڵنگ noun (bird)

Chechen

1 entries
  • гӏарагӏули noun (bird)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᎧᎾᏍᎦᏫ noun (bird)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • 起重機 /起重机 noun (machinery)
  • 鶴 /鹤 noun (bird)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 吊車 /吊车 noun (machinery)
  • 起重機 /起重机 noun (machinery)
  • 鶴 /鹤 noun (bird)
  • 伸長 /伸长 verb (to extend (one's neck))

Chukchi

1 entries
  • ӄэтчаӈыр noun (bird)

Chuvash

1 entries
  • тӑрна noun (bird)

Cornish

1 entries
  • garan noun (bird)

Czech

2 entries
  • jeřáb noun (bird)
  • jeřáb noun (machinery)

Danish

2 entries
  • kran noun (machinery)
  • trane noun (bird)

Dutch

4 entries
  • hefkraan noun (machinery)
  • hijskraan noun (machinery)
  • kraan noun (bird)
  • kraan noun (machinery)

Eastern Mari

1 entries
  • турня noun (bird)

Egyptian

1 entries
  • U28-X1:O39-G39 noun (bird)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • argano noun (machinery)
  • gruo noun (bird)

Estonian

2 entries
  • kraana noun (machinery)
  • kurg noun (bird)

Faroese

1 entries
  • trani noun (bird)

Finnish

4 entries
  • kurki noun (bird)
  • nostokurki noun (machinery)
  • nosturi noun (machinery)
  • kurkottaa (kaulaansa) verb (to extend (one's neck))

French

3 entries
  • grue noun (bird)
  • grue noun (machinery)
  • étirer (le cou) verb (to extend (one's neck))

Galician

3 entries
  • grou noun (bird)
  • grúa noun (bird)
  • guindastre noun (machinery)

Georgian

3 entries
  • ამწე noun (machinery)
  • ამწეკრანი noun (machinery)
  • წერო noun (bird)

German

3 entries
  • Kran noun (machinery)
  • Kranich noun (bird)
  • den Hals recken verb (to extend (one's neck))

Greek

2 entries
  • γερανός noun (bird)
  • γερανός noun (machinery)

Greenlandic

1 entries
  • qarluutitoorsuaq noun (bird)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • ઊંટડો noun (machinery)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • מָנוֹף noun (machinery)
  • עֲגוּרָן noun (machinery)
  • עָגוּר noun (bird)

Hiligaynon

1 entries
  • dogwak noun (bird)

Hindi

2 entries
  • क्रेन noun (machinery)
  • सारस noun (bird)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • daru noun (bird)
  • daru noun (machinery)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • krani noun (machinery)
  • trana noun (bird)

Indonesian

4 entries
  • bangau noun (bird)
  • derek noun (machinery)
  • jenjang noun (bird)
  • katrol noun (machinery)

Iranian Persian

4 entries
  • جَر ثَقیل noun (machinery)
  • جَرِ ثَقیل noun (machinery)
  • جَرِّ ثَقیل noun (machinery)
  • جَرّ ثَقیل noun (machinery)

Irish

4 entries
  • corr noun (bird)
  • corr mhóna noun (bird)
  • craein noun (machinery)
  • grús noun (bird)

Italian

2 entries
  • gru noun (bird)
  • gru noun (machinery)

Japanese

4 entries
  • クレーン noun (machinery)
  • ツル noun (bird)
  • 起重機 noun (machinery)
  • 鶴 noun (bird)

Jeju

2 entries
  • 뚜럼 noun (bird)
  • 하기새 noun (bird)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • кран noun (machinery)
  • тырна noun (bird)

Khmer

4 entries
  • ក្រៀល noun (bird)
  • ត្រាក់ទ័រស្ទូច noun (machinery)
  • ម៉ាស៊ីនស្ទូច noun (machinery)
  • រថស្ទូច noun (machinery)

Komi-Permyak

1 entries
  • тури noun (bird)

Korean

4 entries
  • 기중기 noun (machinery)
  • 두루미 noun (bird)
  • 크레인 noun (machinery)
  • 학 noun (bird)

Kumyk

1 entries
  • турна noun (bird)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • каркыра noun (bird)
  • кран noun (machinery)

Latgalian

1 entries
  • dzērve noun (bird)

Latin

3 entries
  • grūs noun (bird)
  • polyspaston noun (machinery)
  • tollēnō noun (machinery)

Latvian

2 entries
  • celtnis noun (machinery)
  • dzērve noun (bird)

Lithuanian

3 entries
  • gervė noun (bird)
  • ger̃vinas noun (bird)
  • kranas noun (machinery)

Louisiana Creole

1 entries
  • gru noun (bird)

Low German

4 entries
  • Kraan noun (bird)
  • Kraan noun (machinery)
  • Kraun noun (bird)
  • Kroon noun (bird)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • žorawa noun (bird)

Luhya

1 entries
  • ekolongolo noun (bird)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • же́рав noun (bird)
  • кран noun (machinery)

Malay

3 entries
  • burung jenjang noun (bird)
  • jenjang noun (bird)
  • kren noun (machinery)

Maltese

2 entries
  • grawwa noun (bird)
  • għarnuq noun (bird)

Manchu

1 entries
  • ᠪᡠᠯᡝᡥᡝᠨ noun (bird)

Manx

1 entries
  • coar noun (bird)

Mi'kmaq

1 entries
  • tmgwatignej noun (bird)

Mingrelian

1 entries
  • წერო noun (bird)

Mongolian

4 entries
  • кран noun (machinery)
  • тогоруу noun (bird)
  • өргүүл noun (machinery)
  • ᠡᠷᠭᠦᠭᠦᠯ noun (machinery)

Māori

4 entries
  • kareni noun (bird)
  • tokorangi noun (machinery)
  • whakaneinei verb (to extend (one's neck))
  • whakataretare verb (to extend (one's neck))

Nahuatl

1 entries
  • quetzalaztatl noun (bird)

Nanticoke

1 entries
  • ah!secque noun (bird)

Navajo

1 entries
  • dééł noun (bird)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • quling noun (bird)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • kran noun (machinery)
  • trane noun (bird)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries
  • kran noun (machinery)
  • krane noun (machinery)
  • trane noun (bird)

Occitan

1 entries
  • grua noun (bird)

Okinawan

1 entries
  • 鶴 noun (bird)

Old English

1 entries
  • cran noun (bird)

Old Prussian

1 entries
  • gerwe noun (bird)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries
  • طورنه noun (bird)
  • كركی noun (bird)
  • وینچ noun (machinery)

Pashto

1 entries
  • زاڼۍ noun (bird)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Kraunkje noun (bird)

Polish

3 entries
  • dźwig noun (machinery)
  • żuraw noun (bird)
  • żuraw noun (machinery)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • grou noun (bird)
  • grua noun (machinery)
  • guindaste noun (machinery)

Romanian

4 entries
  • cocor noun (bird)
  • grui noun (bird)
  • macara noun (machinery)
  • întinde (gâtul) verb (to extend (one's neck))

Russian

4 entries
  • жура́вль noun (bird)
  • кран noun (machinery)
  • подъёмный кран noun (machinery)
  • вы́тянуть verb (to extend (one's neck))

Sanskrit

2 entries
  • बक noun (bird)
  • सारस noun (bird)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • corra-mhonaidh noun (bird)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • dȉzalica noun (machinery)
  • krȃn noun (machinery)
  • ždrȃl noun (bird)
  • žèrāv noun (bird)

Shor

1 entries
  • туруна noun (bird)

Slovak

2 entries
  • žeriav noun (bird)
  • žeriav noun (machinery)

Slovene

2 entries
  • žerjav noun (bird)
  • žerjav noun (machinery)

Southern Altai

1 entries
  • турна noun (bird)

Spanish

4 entries
  • cabria noun (machinery)
  • grulla noun (bird)
  • grúa noun (bird)
  • grúa noun (machinery)

Svan

2 entries
  • მჷყრო̄ნტ noun (bird)
  • წა̈̄რუ̂ noun (bird)

Swahili

2 entries
  • korongo noun (bird)
  • songeza verb (to extend (one's neck))

Swedish

3 entries
  • kran noun (machinery)
  • lyftkran noun (machinery)
  • trana noun (bird)

Tagalog

3 entries
  • grua noun (machinery)
  • kreyn noun (machinery)
  • tipol noun (machinery)

Tajik

3 entries
  • кран noun (machinery)
  • куланг noun (bird)
  • турна noun (bird)

Tamil

1 entries
  • கொக்கு noun (bird)

Tatar

1 entries
  • торна noun (bird)

Telugu

1 entries
  • కొంగ noun (bird)

Thai

3 entries
  • กระเรียน noun (bird)
  • ปั้นจั่น noun (machinery)
  • เครน noun (machinery)

Turkish

2 entries
  • turna noun (bird)
  • vinç noun (machinery)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • kran noun (machinery)

Udmurt

1 entries
  • тури noun (bird)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • двигу́н noun (machinery)
  • жураве́ль noun (bird)
  • кран noun (machinery)
  • підйо́мний кран noun (machinery)

Unami

1 entries
  • taleka noun (bird)

Urdu

2 entries
  • سارَس noun (bird)
  • کْرین noun (machinery)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • كران noun (machinery)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • kran noun (machinery)
  • turna noun (bird)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • cần cẩu noun (machinery)
  • hạc noun (bird)
  • sếu noun (bird)

Volapük

3 entries
  • glulit noun (bird)
  • grud noun (bird)
  • krän noun (machinery)

Welsh

3 entries
  • crehyrod noun (bird)
  • crëyr noun (bird)
  • garan noun (bird)

Western Mari

2 entries
  • тырня noun (bird)
  • тыртня noun (bird)

Woiwurrung

1 entries
  • karween noun (bird)

Yakut

1 entries
  • туруйа noun (bird)

Yoruba

2 entries
  • kérénì noun (machinery)
  • wádòwádò noun (bird)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

On top of the statue, Sadako is holding a golden crane over her head.

Source: tatoeba (20187)

"I can't even make a crane," she said to herself.

Source: tatoeba (31521)

The crane was standing on one leg.

Source: tatoeba (44971)

It was the last crane she ever made.

Source: tatoeba (44972)

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