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crow
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /k???/
- (US) enPR: kr?, IPA(key): /k?o?/
- Rhymes: -??
Etymology 1
From Middle English crowe, from Old English cr?we, from Proto-Germanic *kr?w? (compare West Frisian krie, Dutch kraai, German Krähe), from *kr?han? ‘to crow’. See below.
Noun
crow (plural crows)
- A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles; it has a harsh, croaking call.
- The cry of the rooster.
- Synonym: cock-a-doodle-doo
- Any of various dark-coloured nymphalid butterflies of the genus Euploea.
- A bar of iron with a beak, crook, or claw; a bar of iron used as a lever; a crowbar.
- Synonym: crowbar
- (historical) A gangplank (corvus) used by the Ancient Roman navy to board enemy ships.
- (among butchers) The mesentery of an animal.
- (ethnic slur, offensive, slang) A black person.
- (military, slang) The emblem of an eagle, a sign of military rank.
- 2002, Ed Goodrich, Riggers that Dive (page 46)
- A young petty officer that must have just received his “crow” (a single chevron, with an eagle over it) was showing off to several seamen.
- 2003, Jonathan T. Malay, Seraphim Sky (page 106)
- The young man had been threatened with loss of his third class rank, his “crow,” the eagle in a petty officer's sleeve insignia.
- 2002, Ed Goodrich, Riggers that Dive (page 46)
Derived terms
Related terms
- crow eater
- eat crow
Translations
See also
- caw
- murder of crows (“flock of crows”)
- raven
Further reading
- Corvus (boarding device) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
Middle English crowen, from Old English cr?wan (past tense cr?ow, past participle cr?wen), from Proto-Germanic *kr?an?, from imitative Proto-Indo-European *gerH- (“to cry hoarsely”).
Compare Dutch kraaien, German krähen, Lithuanian gróti, Russian ??????? (grájat?)). Related to croak.
Verb
crow (third-person singular simple present crows, present participle crowing, simple past crowed or (UK) crew, past participle crowed or (archaic) crown)
- (intransitive) To make the shrill sound characteristic of a rooster; to make a sound in this manner, either in gaiety, joy, pleasure, or defiance.
- (intransitive) To shout in exultation or defiance; to brag.
- (intransitive, music) To test the reed of a double reed instrument by placing the reed alone in the mouth and blowing it.
Usage notes
The past tense crew in modern usage is confined to literary and metaphorical uses, usually with reference to the story of Peter in Luke 22.60. The past participle crown is similarly poetical.
Translations
- Tashelhiyt: uddn,sqiqqiy
References
Further reading
- crow on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Worc
Middle English
Noun
crow
- Alternative form of crowe
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sioux
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?siouks/, [?s?io?uks?] (Finnicized, based on spelling)
- IPA(key): /?su?/, [?s?u?] (according to English pronunciation, less frequently used than the Finnicized pronunciation)
- Rhymes: -iouks (pronunciation 1)
- Syllabification: si?oux (pronunciation 1)
- Syllabification: sioux (pronunciation 2)
Noun
sioux
- Sioux (person)
- Sioux (language)
Declension
French
Noun
sioux m (uncountable)
- Sioux (language)
Adjective
sioux (invariable)
- (attributive) Sioux
- ingenious
Iu Mien
Etymology
From Proto-Hmong-Mien *?c?i?ouH. Cognate with White Hmong ncho and Western Xiangxi Miao [Fenghuang] sut.
Noun
sioux
- smoke
Spanish
Etymology
From English Sioux, from Canadian French Nadouessioux, from Ottawa [Term?]/Ojibwe [Term?]. See English Sioux.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sju?s/, [?sju??s]
Noun
sioux m or f (plural siouxes)
- Sioux
Proper noun
sioux m
- the Sioux language
Adjective
sioux (invariable)
- Sioux
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