Meanings
stork1
nounstork (plural storks)
plural storks
- A large wading bird with long legs and a long beak of the order Ciconiiformes and its family Ciconiidae.
- euphemisticartsThe mythical bringer of babies to families, or good news.
My sister's expecting a visit from the stork.
- cartomancyThe seventeenth Lenormand card.
Stork2
Origin
stork · noun
- Proto-Indo-European*sr̥ǵos“stork”
- Proto-Germanic*sturkaz
- Proto-West Germanic*stork
- Old Englishstorc
- Middle Englishstork
- Englishstork
Inherited from Middle English stork, from Old English storc, from Proto-West Germanic *stork, from Proto-Germanic *sturkaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sr̥ǵos (“stork”). Near cognates include Dutch stork, German Storch, Swedish stork, and Icelandic storkur. Compare also Latvian stārķis (“stork”), borrowed from Germanic.
More words from Middle English, Old English, Proto-West Germanic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans ooievaar
- ooievaarlarge wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
Ancient Greek πελαργός
- πελαργός (pelargós)large wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
Arabic لَقْلَق
- لَقْلَق (laqlaq)large wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
Basque amiamoko, zikoina
- amiamokolarge wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
- zikoinalarge wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
Bulgarian щъ́ркел
- щъ́ркел (štắrkel)large wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
Catalan cigonya
- cigonyalarge wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
Chinese Mandarin 鸛 /鹳, 鸛鳥 /鹳鸟
- 鸛 /鹳 (guàn)large wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
- 鸛鳥 /鹳鸟 (guànniǎo)large wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
- 送子鳥 /送子鸟 (sòng zǐ niǎo)mythical bringer of babies
Czech čáp, čáp
- čáplarge wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
- čápmythical bringer of babies
- vránamythical bringer of babies
Danish stork
- storklarge wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
Dutch ooievaar, ooievaar
- ooievaarlarge wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
- ooievaarmythical bringer of babies
Esperanto cikonio
- cikoniolarge wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
Estonian toonekurg
- toonekurglarge wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
Finnish kattohaikara, haikara
- kattohaikaralarge wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
- haikaramythical bringer of babies
French cigogne, cigogne
- cigognelarge wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
- cigognemythical bringer of babies
German Storch, Storch
- Storchlarge wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
- Storchmythical bringer of babies
Greek πελαργός, λελέκι
- πελαργός (pelargós)large wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
- λελέκι (leléki)large wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
Hebrew חֲסִידָה
- חֲסִידָה (khasidá)large wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
Hindi राजबक, लकलक
- राजबक (rājbak)large wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
- लकलक (laklak)large wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
- सारस (sāras)large wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
Hungarian gólya
- gólyalarge wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
Icelandic storkur
- storkurlarge wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
Indonesian bangau
- bangaularge wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
Irish storc
- storclarge wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
Italian cicogna
- cicognalarge wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
Japanese 鸛
- 鸛 (kōnotori)large wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
Korean 황새
- 황새 (hwangsae)large wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
Latin cicōnia
- cicōnialarge wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
Latvian stārķis, stārks
- stārķislarge wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
- stārkslarge wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
Lithuanian gandras, starkus
- gandraslarge wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
- starkuslarge wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
Malay burung botak, ranggung
- burung botaklarge wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
- ranggunglarge wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
Māori tāka
- tākalarge wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
Norwegian Bokmål stork
- storklarge wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
Persian لکلک
- لکلک (lak-lak)large wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
Polish bocian, bociek
- bocianlarge wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
- bocieklarge wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
- bocianicalarge wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
- bocianmythical bringer of babies
Portuguese cegonha
- cegonhalarge wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
Romanian barză, barza-albă
- barzălarge wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
- barza-albălarge wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
- cocostârclarge wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
Russian а́ист, а́ист
- а́ист (áist)large wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
- а́ист (áist)mythical bringer of babies
Scottish Gaelic corra-bhàn
- corra-bhànlarge wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
Slovak bocian
- bocianlarge wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
Spanish cigüeña
- cigüeñalarge wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
Swahili kongoti
- kongotilarge wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
Swedish stork, storken
- storklarge wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
- storkenmythical bringer of babies
Tamil நாரை
- நாரை (nārai)large wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
Thai กระสา
- กระสา (grà-sǎa)large wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
Turkish leylek
- leyleklarge wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
Ukrainian леле́ка, чорногу́з
- леле́ка (leléka)large wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
- чорногу́з (čornohúz)large wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
- бу́сел (búsel)large wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
Urdu سارس
- سارس (sāras)large wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
Vietnamese cò
- còlarge wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
Welsh ciconia, storc
- ciconialarge wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
- storclarge wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
Yiddish בוטשאַן, בושל
- בוטשאַן (butshan)large wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
- בושל (bushl)large wading bird of the family Ciconiidae
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with stork
All rhymes →Sounds the same
stalk (non-rhotic)
Anagrams
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