Meanings
nouncorncrake (plural corncrakes)
plural corncrakes · alternative corn crake · alternative corn-crake
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA bird of the rail family, Crex crex, that breeds in meadows and arable farmland across Europe and western Asia, migrating to Africa in winter.
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Translations
Afrikaans kwartelkoning
- kwartelkoningthe bird Crex crex
Ancient Greek κρέξ
- κρέξ (kréx)the bird Crex crex
Basque giloi
- giloithe bird Crex crex
Bengali কর্ন ক্রেক
- কর্ন ক্রেক (korno krek)the bird Crex crex
Bulgarian дърдавец
- дърдавец (dărdavec)the bird Crex crex
Catalan guatlla maresa, rei de guàtleres
- guatlla maresathe bird Crex crex
- rei de guàtleresthe bird Crex crex
Chinese Mandarin 長腳秧雞 /长脚秧鸡
- 長腳秧雞 /长脚秧鸡 (chángjiǎoyāngjī)the bird Crex crex
Czech chřástal polní
- chřástal polníthe bird Crex crex
Danish engsnarre, vagtelkonge
- engsnarrethe bird Crex crex
- vagtelkongethe bird Crex crex
Dutch kwartelkoning
- kwartelkoningthe bird Crex crex
Esperanto krekso
- kreksothe bird Crex crex
Estonian rukkirääk
- rukkirääkthe bird Crex crex
Finnish ruisrääkkä
- ruisrääkkäthe bird Crex crex
French râle des genêts, roi des cailles
- râle des genêtsthe bird Crex crex
- roi des caillesthe bird Crex crex
- roi caillethe bird Crex crex
German Wachtelkönig, Wiesenralle
- Wachtelkönigthe bird Crex crex
- Wiesenrallethe bird Crex crex
Hungarian haris
- haristhe bird Crex crex
Icelandic engirella
- engirellathe bird Crex crex
Irish traonach
- traonachthe bird Crex crex
Italian re di quaglie, gallinella terrestre
- re di quagliethe bird Crex crex
- gallinella terrestrethe bird Crex crex
Japanese 鶉水鶏
- 鶉水鶏 (uzurakuina)the bird Crex crex
Korean 메추라기뜸부기
- 메추라기뜸부기 (mechuragitteumbugi)the bird Crex crex
Latvian grieze
- griezethe bird Crex crex
Lithuanian griežlė
- griežlėthe bird Crex crex
Norwegian Bokmål åkerrikse
- åkerriksethe bird Crex crex
Polish derkacz
- derkaczthe bird Crex crex
Portuguese codornizão
- codornizãothe bird Crex crex
Romanian cristei, cristel de câmp
- cristeithe bird Crex crex
- cristel de câmpthe bird Crex crex
Russian дерга́ч, коросте́ль
- дерга́ч (dergáč)the bird Crex crex
- коросте́ль (korostélʹ)the bird Crex crex
Scottish Gaelic traon
- traonthe bird Crex crex
Slovak chrapkáč poľný, chriašteľ poľný
- chrapkáč poľnýthe bird Crex crex
- chriašteľ poľnýthe bird Crex crex
Spanish guión de codornices, rey de codornices
- guión de codornicesthe bird Crex crex
- rey de codornicesthe bird Crex crex
Swedish kornknarr
- kornknarrthe bird Crex crex
Turkish bıldırcın kılavuzu
- bıldırcın kılavuzuthe bird Crex crex
Ukrainian дерка́ч
- дерка́ч (derkáč)the bird Crex crex
Welsh rhegen yr ŷd
- rhegen yr ŷdthe bird Crex crex
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corncrake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corncrake
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“corncrake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corncrake. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “corncrake,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corncrake.
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