corncrake

See also: corn-crake and corn crake

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

corn +‎ crake

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔːnkɹeɪk/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɹnˌkɹeɪk/

Noun

corncrake (plural corncrakes)

A bird of the rail family, Crex crex, that breeds in meadows and arable farmland across Europe and western Asia, migrating to Africa in winter.

Synonyms

landrail

Translations

the bird Crex crex

Afrikaans: kwartelkoning
Armenian: մարգահավ (margahav)
Asturian: guión de falpayares m
Azerbaijani: adi çivdimdik
Bashkir: тартай (tartay)
Basque: giloi
Belarusian: дзярга́ч m (dzjarháč)
Bengali: কর্ন ক্রেক (korno krek)
Breton: rakig-melchon
Bulgarian: дърдавец m (dǎrdavec)
Carpathian Rusyn: деркач m (derkač)
Catalan: guatlla maresa f, rei de guàtleres m
Czech: chřástal polní (cs) m
Danish: engsnarre (da) c, vagtelkonge c
Dutch: kwartelkoning (nl) m
Erzya: дерьгун (ďeŕgun)
Esperanto: krekso
Estonian: rukkirääk (et)
Faroese: akurskritt n
Finnish: ruisrääkkä (fi)
French: râle des genêts (fr) m, roi des cailles (fr) m, roi caille (fr) m
Georgian: ღალღა (ɣalɣa)
German: Wachtelkönig (de) m, Wiesenralle f
Greek:
Ancient: κρέξ f (kréx)
Hungarian: haris (hu)
Icelandic: engirella (is) f
Ingrian: ruiskrääkkä
Irish: traonach m
Italian: re di quaglie m, gallinella terrestre f
Japanese: 鶉水鶏 (ウズラクイナ, uzurakuina)
Kabardian: мэкъупӏэджэд (kbd) (mɛqʷupʼɛdžɛd)
Kashubian: kasper
Kazakh: шәукілдек (şäukıldek)
Komi-Zyrian: герчкан (gerćkan)
Korean: 메추라기뜸부기 (mechuragitteumbugi)
Kumyk: тартар (tartar)
Latvian: grieze f
Lithuanian: griežlė (lt) f
Livvi: ruislindu
Macedonian: прдавец m (prdavec), крекс m (kreks)
Mari:
Western Mari: кӓрш (kärš)
Mongolian: явган түнжин (javgan tünžin)
Navajo: Tó wónaanídę́ę́ʼ dáʼákʼehdi noołnahii
Norman: râle dé g'nêt f
North Frisian: knalangefal n
Norwegian:
Bokmål: åkerrikse m or f

Nynorsk: åkerrikse f
Occitan: rei de catla m
Polish: derkacz (pl) m
Portuguese: codornizão m
Romanian: cristei (ro) m
Russian: дерга́ч (ru) m (dergáč), коросте́ль (ru) m (korostélʹ)
Samogitian: grėižielie f, girgždielie f, grėižie f
Scottish Gaelic: traon m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: пр̏давац m

Roman: pȑdavac (sh) m
Slovak: chrapkáč poľný m, chriašteľ poľný m
Slovene: kosec m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: šarak m

Upper Sorbian: carž m
Southern Altai: талтар (taltar)
Spanish: guión de codornices m, rey de codornices m
Swedish: kornknarr (sv) c
Turkish: bıldırcın kılavuzu (tr)
Ukrainian: дерка́ч m (derkáč)
Venda: tähklind
Volapük: kräg
Welsh: rhegen yr ŷd f
West Frisian: teapert c
Yakut: лахаатта (laqaatta), кииллэни (kiilleni)

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