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Crow

Definition: Crow

Crow

Noun

1. Black birds having a raucous call.

2. The cry of a cock (or an imitation of it).

3. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in eastern Montana.

4. A small quadrilateral constellation in the southern hemisphere near Virgo.

5. An instance of boastful talk; "his brag is worse than his fight".

6. A Siouan language spoken by the Crow people.

Verb

1. Dwell on with satisfaction.

2. Express pleasure verbally; "She crowed with joy".

3. Utter shrill sounds; "The cocks crowed all morning".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "crow" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Crow

DomainDefinition

19th Century Satire

A bird that never complains without caws. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904.

Dream Interpretation

To dream of seeing a crow, betokens misfortune and grief. To hear crows cawing, you will be influenced by others to make a bad disposal of property. To a young man, it is indicative of his succumbing to the wiles of designing women. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....

Literature

Crow As the crow flies. The shortest route between two given places. The crow flies straight to its point of destination. Called the bee-line in America.
Crow. (See Raven.)
I must pluck a crow with you; I have a crow to pick with you. I am displeased with you, and must call you to account. I have a small complaint to make against you. In Howell's proverbs (1659) we find the following, "I have a goose to pluck with you," used in the same sense; and Chaucer has the phrase "Pull a finch, " but means thereby to cheat or filch. Children of distinction among the Greeks and Romans had birds for their amusement, and in their boyish quarrels used to pluck or pull the feathers out of each other's pets. Tyndarus, in his Captives, alludes to this, but instances it with a lapwing. In hieroglyphics a crow symbolises contention, discord, strife.
"If a crow help us in, sirrah, we'll pluck a crow
Together." - Shakespeare: Comedy of Errors, iii. 1.
"If not, resolve before we go,
That you and I must pull a crow."
Butler: Hudibras, part ii. 2. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Corvidae

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Corvidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Corvidae
Genera
  • Aphelocoma
  • Cissa
  • Corvus
  • Crypsirina
  • Cyanocitta
  • Cyanocorax
  • Cyanopica
  • Dendrocitta
  • Garrulus
  • Gymnorhinus
  • Nucifraga
  • Perisoreus
  • Pica
  • Podoces
  • Pyrrhocorax
  • Urocissa
  • ''Zavattariornis

The crow family Corvidae, are the largest birds of the Passeriformes. This group show themselves at the very least, to have a flexible approach to their food-finding and interaction between fellow species members, and with other animals. Some of the larger species (especially in the genus Corvus) also show levels of learned behavior of a high degree, and even insight in some examples that can be interpreted as intelligence.

There are many species in this family, but they can be divided into well-defined groups.

Hume's Ground Jay (Pseudopodoces humilis) has now been asigned to the Tit or Titmouse family (Paridae). See link below for latest details:

http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/links/doi/10.1046/j.1474-919X.2003.00170.x/abs/

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Corvidae."

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Crow

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Typical crows and allies
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Corvidae
Genus:Corvus

The true crows are in the genus Corvus; they are large Passerine birds. As a group they show remarkable examples of intelligence and one species, the New Caledonian Crow, has recently been intensively studied because of its ability to manufacture and use its own tools in the day-to-day finding of food.

All temperate continents (except, surprisingly, South America) and several offshore and oceanic islands (including Hawaii) have representatives of the 40 or so members of this genus.

Crows appear to have evolved in central Asia and radiated out into North America (including Mexico), Africa, Europe, and Australia.

They range in size from the relatively small pigeon-sized jackdaws (Eurasian and Daurian) to the Common Raven of the Palearctic region and Thick-billed Raven of the highlands of Ethiopia.

Australian species:

North American species: African species: North African & Asia Minor species: European species: Asian species: The islands between Southeast Asia and Australia have several species, as do the West Indies off the east coast of the North American continent. A few Pacific islands (including Hawaii) have representative species also.

For more information regarding crows, see the individual species. For more information regarding relatives of the crows, such as magpies and jays, see Corvidae.

Full species list of genus Corvus

See also Banishing crows from a field The constellation Corvus represents a crow.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Crow."

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Crow mythology

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The Crow Tribe of Native Americans live in the Great Plains area of the United States. The shaman of the tribe was known as an Akbaalia ("healer").

The Mannegishi are bald humanoids with large eyes and tiny bodies. They were tricksters and may be similar to fairies. They have supposedly been sighted in Massachusetts and are known there as Dover Demons.

Cirapé ("younger brother") is a companion of the old coyote trickster spirit. Awakkule is also a trickster spirit, but occasionally helps people instead.

Baaxpee is a spiritual power that can cause a person to mature, as well as unusual events or circumstances that force maturation. After transmogrification, the changed are known as Xapaaliia.

Andiciopec is a warrior hero who is invincible to bullets.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Crow mythology."

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Crow Tribe

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The Crow also called the Absaroka or Absáalooke, are a tribe of Native Americans who historically lived in the Yellowstone river valley and now live on a reservation south of Billings, Montana.

Further Reading

External links

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Crow

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

CROW

EnglishCountryside and Rights of Way ActFood & Agriculture, Politics & International Affaires

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Crow

Synonyms: brag (n), bragging (n), crowing (n), line-shooting (n), vaporing (n), gloat (v), triumph (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Crow

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Accusation

Have a rod in pickle for, keep a rod in pickle for; have a crow to pluck with.

Amusement

Smile, simper, smirk; grin, grin like a Cheshire cat; mock, laugh in one's sleeve; laugh, laugh outright; giggle, titter, crow, snicker, chuckle, cackle; burst out, burst into a fit of laughter; shout, split, roar.

Giggle, titter, snicker, crow, cheer, chuckle, shout; horse laugh, belly laugh, hearty laugh; guffaw; burst of laughter, fit of laughter, shout of laughter, roar of laughter, peal of laughter; cachinnation; Kentish fire; tiger.

Boasting

Exult, crow, crow over, neigh, chuckle, triumph; throw up one's cap; talk big, se faire valoir, faire claquer son fouet, take merit to oneself, make a merit of, sing Io triumphe, holloa before one is out of the wood.

Direction

Adverb: towards; on the road, on the high road to; en avant; versus, to; hither, thither, whither; directly; straight as an arrow, forwards as an arrow; point blank; in a bee line to, in a direct line to, as the crow flies, in a straight line to, in a bee line for, in a direct line for, in a straight line for, in a bee line with, in a direct line with, in a straight line with; in a line with; full tilt at, as the crow flies.

Disapprobation

Take down, take down a peg, set down; snub, snap one up, give a rap on the knuckles; throw a stone at, throw a stone in one's garden; have a fling, have a snap at; have words with, pluck a crow with; give one a wipe, give one a lick with the rough side of the tongue.

Discord

Verb: be discordant; Adjective: disagree, come amiss; clash, jar, jostle, pull different ways, conflict, have no measures with, misunderstand one another; live like cat and dog; differ; dissent; have a bone to pick, have a crow to pluck with.

Instrument

Mechanical powers; lever, leverage; mechanical advantage; crow, crowbar; handspike, gavelock, jemmy, jimmy, arm, limb, wing; oar, paddle; pulley; wheel and axle; wheelwork, clockwork; wheels within wheels; pinion, crank, winch; cam; pedal; capstan; (lift); wheel; (rotation); inclined plane; wedge; screw; spring, mainspring; can hook, glut, heald, heddle, jenny, parbuckle, sprag, water wheel.

Resentment

Affront, provocation, offense; indignity; (insult); grudge, crow to pluck, bone to pick, sore subject, casus belli; ill turn, outrage.

Revenge

Have accounts to settle, have a crow to pluck, have a bone to pick, have a rod in pickle.

Unskillfulness

Mistake; take the shadow for the substance; (credulity); bark up the wrong tree; be in the wrong box, aim at a pigeon and kill a crow; take the wrong pig by the tail, get the wrong pig by the tail, get the wrong sow by the ear, get the dirty end of the stick; put the saddle on the wrong horse, put a square peg into a round hole, put new wine into old bottles.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Crow

English words defined with "crow": American crow, as the crow flies ♦ Cassican, cock-a-doodle-doo, Cockcrowing, Corbie crow, Corby, Coronoid, Corvidae, corvine, corvine bird, Corvus brachyrhyncos, Corvus frugilegus, Crow shrike, Crowed, Crow-quill ♦ Doupe, Dun crow ♦ family Corvidae, Fish crow ♦ Garrulinae, Gavelock, Gorcrow ♦ Hoddy, Hooded crow, Hoody ♦ laughing gull ♦ Midden crow ♦ Organ bird, Overcrow ♦ Purple grackle ♦ rook, Royston crow ♦ Scald crow, subfamily Garrulinae ♦ Vanjas. (references)
Specialty definitions using "crow": Alighted, American Indian tribe/Selected American Indian categories, Apostles ♦ BENEDICTINES ♦ Cock-crow, CRACKING TOOLS, CROW FAIR, Crow over One, CROW PRAM ♦ JEMMY ♦ Lighted, Lit ♦ Maunciples Tale ♦ Punish a Bottle ♦ Red Cock, REVIEW OF THE BLACK CUIRASSIERS, Rooky Wood ♦ SPLIT CROW. (references)
Etymologies containing "crow": Royston crow. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Crow" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Manx (band, band of wheel).

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Modern Usage: Crow

DomainUsage

Screenplays

In fact, I hear the bite reflex is so strong they have to pry the victims jaws open with a crow bar. (The Shawshank Redemption; writing credit: Frank Darabont)

Have to fly, have to fight, have to crow, have to save Maggie, have to save Jack, Hook is back (Hook; writing credit: James V. Hart and Malia Scotch Marmo. Based on the play 'Peter Pan' by J.M. Barrie.)

Goodbye, Crow. (Minority Report; writing credit: Scott Frank)

Well look at you. Toxic as a crow, sneezing like a maniac, cigarette ash all down your front, nervous, out of breath, you've got married man written across your forehead in big neon letters (Man in the Moon; writing credit: Basil Dearden; John Foley)

I only eat crow. (The Big Valley; writing credit: Jean-Claude Carrière)

Lyrics

The wise old owl, the big black crow (Rockin' Robin; performing artist: Michael Jackson)

It's the same story the crow told me; ("Uncle John's Band"; performing artist: The Grateful Dead)

Clever

When you make a mistake, make amends immediately. It's easier to eat crow while it's still warm. (references; author: unknown)

Tongue Twisters

The crow flew over the river with a lump of raw liver. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

The Year of the Crow (1970)

Crow De Guerre (1967)

As the Crow Lies (1951)

Each Dawn I Crow (1949)

Crow Crazy (1945)

Song Titles

Crow That Wanted To Sing (performing artist: Tom Paxton)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Crow

DomainTitle

References

  • Trammell Crow Company: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  • The Crow (Collector's Series Boxed Set) (reference)

  • The Crow - Stairway To Heaven (reference)

  • Ruger Vaquero: Disassembly, Reassembly, Cleaning & Maintenance w/ Master Gunsmith Larry Crow (reference)

  • Sheryl Crow - Rockin' the Globe Live - DTS (reference)

  • Oops! Dan Crow Live (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

  

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Crow

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Photo Album: Crow

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Crow footprints in the sand. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Corvus cryptoleucus. White-necked Crow. This image was included in: Reports of Explorations and Surveys .... Volume X. 1859. Plate XXII. P. 35 of U. S. Pacific Railroad Explorations and Surveys near the 35th Parallel. Call Number F593 .U58 1855 . Credit: Treasures of the Library.

Rebecca Crow and Brandon Kames portray a pioneer couple at a wagon encampment. Credit: John Craig.

Dylan Prichertt, Rebecca Crow, and Brandon Kames portrqay oregon Trail Pioneers at a wagon encampment. Credit: John Craig.

The scars on his abdomen testify to blood-letting rituals. / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by R. Crow..

Official residence ("Executive Mansion") for Mary Newton Foote Henderson, 16th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. Perspective rendering] / Paul J. Pelz, architect ; Jules T. Crow, del. Credit: Library of Congress.

Crow. Credit: Library of Congress.

My son has just been made a director in his company : Hate to crow over you ... Credit: Library of Congress.

Something to crow about. Credit: Library of Congress.

The crow quadrilles. Piano forte by John H. Hewitt / N. Currier's lith., N.Y. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Crow
 

"Black Crow" by Aaron Gardner
Commentary: "This crow landed on the fence right next to me as I was eating, and stayed just long enough for me to photograph it. I'm not familiar with birds, and have been told it's a crow, but if that's wrong please let me know!."		"Crow toy" by Ogs
Commentary: "Crow toy."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Sounds Captioned with "Crow".

PlayCaptionPlayCaption
Rooster cock-a-doodle-doo; cock crow.Crow cawing three times.
Rooster cock-a-doodle-doo; cock crow.Rooster cock-a-doodle-doo; cock crow.
Crow call.Crow cawing once.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Crow

AuthorQuotation

(Decimus Junius Juvenalis) Juvenal

A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Crow

TitleAuthorQuote

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

No cockerels to crow nor hens to cackle in the yard

Jitterbug Perfume

Tom Robbins

It is to erase the fixed smiles of sleeping couples that Satan trained roosters to crow at five in the morning

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Crow

SubjectTopicQuote

Economic History

Chile

Some of the foreign firms now doing business in Chile include Pix partners, Cushman and Wakefield Semco, Mackenzie Hill, Tramel Crow, and CB Richard Ellis. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

BENEDICTINES, n. An order of monks otherwise known as black friars. She thought it a crow, but it turn out to be A monk of St. Benedict croaking a text. "Here's one of an order of cooks," said she -- "Black friars in this world, fried black in the next." "The Devil on Earth" (London, 1712)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Crow

"Crow" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 70.14% of the time. "Crow" is used about 278 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words		Rank in English
Noun (singular)70.14%19521,939
Noun (proper)16.91%4749,740
Lexical Verb (infinitive)9.35%2668,323
Lexical Verb (base form)3.24%9117,287
Noun (common)0.36%1339,140
                    Total100.00%278N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Crow

The following table summarizes the usage of "crow" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons		Rank in USA
CrowLast name10,0001,181
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Crow

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "crow".
 
NameGenderLanguageMeaning
CalebN/ABiblical

A crow

CrawfordMaleEnglish

A crow ford

KalebN/AEnglish

A crow

CronusMaleGreek Mythology (Latinized)

A crow

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

 

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Usage in Company Names: Crow

CountryName
USA

Trammell Crow Company

 (more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: Crow

Expressions using "crow": american crow ♦ as the crow flies ♦ carrion crow ♦ cock crow ♦ Corbie crow ♦ Crow Agency ♦ crow bar ♦ Crow blackbird ♦ crow corn ♦ crow garlic ♦ crow over ♦ Crow pheasant ♦ crow PRAM ♦ Crow shrike ♦ crow step ♦ Crow Wing County ♦ Dun crow ♦ eat a crow ♦ eat crow ♦ Fish crow ♦ gray crow ♦ grey crow ♦ have a crow to pluck ♦ have a crow to pluck with ♦ hooded crow ♦ jim crow ♦ jim crow car ♦ King crow ♦ midden crow ♦ mire crow ♦ night crow ♦ piping crow ♦ piping crow shrike ♦ royston crow ♦ scald crow ♦ sea crow ♦ To crow over ♦ To pick a crow ♦ To pluck a crow ♦ Tree crow ♦ water crow ♦ wattled crow. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "crow": crow-bar, crow-black, crow-flying, Crow-harry, crow-headed, crow-keeping, crow-like, crow-pecked, Crow-quill, crow-shrikes, Crow-silk, crow-size, crow-sized, crow-stepped, crow-style, crow-toe, Crow-trodden, crow-women.

Ending with "crow": cock-crow.

Containing "crow": jim-crow policy.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Crow

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day		ExpressionFrequency
per Day

sheryl crow

2,862

crow kid picture rock sheryl

106

counting crow

2,485

counting crow tab

103

the crow

1,558

crow soundtrack

103

crow

1,146

big counting crow lyrics taxi yellow

80

counting crow lyrics

481

crow kid lyrics rock sheryl

79

sheryl crow and kid rock

418

crow pic

79

jim crow law

318

crow city of angel

78

cheryl crow

301

crow featuring kid lyrics picture rock sheryl

78

sheryl crow lyrics

263

counting crow big yellow taxi

77

black crow

263

crow kid lyrics picture rock sheryl

75

jim crow

248

crow wallpaper

75

movie the crow

236

crow indian

73

trammell crow

197

sheryl crow nude

71

the crow picture

163

sherly crow

71

trammel crow

148

a murder of crow

66

the crow brandon lee

147

a feast for crow

66

crow bird

129

russell crow

64

cheryl crow kid rock

127

black crow lyrics

56

sheryl crow picture

126

crow the stairway to heaven

55

crow nest

122

crazy crow

55
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Crow

Language Translations for "crow"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

sorrë (Daw, rook), qysqi (crowbar, lever), levë (crowbar, handspike, helper, joystick, lever, pry), kikiriki (Cock-a-doodle-doo), këndoj (cantillate, Carol, descant, sing, troll), gugatje (babble, babblement, coo), gugas (coo). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏غراب (rook), ‏تبجح (bluster, blustery, boast, boastfulness, brag, bravado, gasconade, jactitation, plume, rant, shoot a line, swagger, swank, swell, talk big, vaporize, vaunt), ‏عتلة (crow-bar, lever, spar), ‏صيحة إبتهاج, ‏صيحة ظافرة, ‏صياح الديك, ‏صاح (bawl, call, call out, clear, cry, holler, hoot, scream, shout, sing out, squall, squawk, squeal, vociferate), ‏شمت بعدو مهزوم. (various references)

   

Blackfoot

  

mai'stóó. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

кукуригам, гукам (coo), гарван, врана. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

鴉 , 烏鴉 (raven), 乌鸦 (Crows). (various references)

   

Czech

  

chvástat se (boast, brag, fanfaronade, swagger), vrána (Corbie), výskat, radostnì vykřikovat, radostné vykřikování, kokrhat (squawk), kokrhání (squawk). (various references)

   

Danish

  

krage. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

kraai, bonte kraai. (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

korvo, korniko. (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

ravnur (raven), krákufuglur, kráka. (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

کلاغ , غراب (Crake, Raven), اهرم (Crowbar, Handspike, Lever, Pry), دیلم (Auger, Crowbar, Gad, Jimmy, Lever, Pry), بانگ زدن (Cry, Exclaim), بانگ خروس . (various references)

   

Finnish

  

varis, varikset (corvidae), kiekuminen, kiekua, jokeltaa (babble, gurgle). (various references)

   

French

  

corneille. (various references)

   

Frisian

  

skierroek, krie. (various references)

   

German

  

Krähe, krähen (crows, pipe). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κουρούνα (rook). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לצהול ולהתפאר, קריאת התרנגול, עורב (rook). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

varjú (carrion crow, carrion-crow, rook), kukorékolás (Cock-a-doodle-doo, cockcrow, crowing). (various references)

   

Icelandic

  

kráka, hrafn (raven). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

kokok ayam, dendang, burung gagak (raven). (various references)

   

Italian

  

corvo (corvus, raven, rook). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

鴉 , 烏 (raven). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

からす (raven, to dry up, to exhaust, to killto season, to let dry). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

까마귀 (Crows). (various references)

   

Manx

  

gerr (shout), fannag (crake). (various references)

   

Maya

  

ka'aw. (various references)

   

Mohawk

  

tsyòkawe. (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

kråke. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

owcray.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

corvo (corbie, raven). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

cioroi, cioarã, cântatul cocoşului (hoop), cânta cucurigu, cânta (Carol, pipe, play in, resound, sing, trill, tune, vocalize, warble). (various references)

   

Romany

  

kalò. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

кукарекать, гукать, выражаться ворона, ворона, пение петуха. (various references)

   

Scottish

  

ròcas (a crow, rook), preachan (a crow, a mean orator), garrag (a sudden yell, a young crow), gairm (a call, call, crow as a cock, proclaim, proclamation, summon), feannag (a hooded crow, a lazy-bed, hooded crow). (various references)

   

Sepedi

  

legokubu. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

vrana (raven, rook), likovati (chortle, exult, glory, jubilate, maffick, rejoice), kukureknuti. (various references)

   

Shona

  

chikunguobaya. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

cuervo (raven). (various references)

   

Swazi

  

lí-hhwabâyí. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

kråka (calash), gala (call, cuckoo, gala, gala performance). (various references)

   

Thai

  

นโยบายการแบ่งแยกคนผิวดำ (Jim Crow). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

zenci (african, black, blackamoor, Blackie, Blacky, buck, colored, coloured, coon, jim crow, moke, negro, negroid, sambo, spade, uncle), sevinmek (be glad, be happy, glory, laugh, rejoice), sevinç çığlığı atmak, sevinç çığlığı (cheer), kargaya benzer kuş, karga (corvine), horoz sesi, horoz gibi ötmek, havalara uçmak (be on cloud nine, be riding on air), hava atmak (cut a dash, flaunt, give oneself airs, make a great display, make a show of, prank, put on airs, put on an act, put on dog, put on side, queen it over, show off, splurge, swagger, swank), övünmek (be proud, be proud of, boast, brag, exult, gas, glory, pique oneself on smth., plume oneself on, plume oneself upon, praise oneself, pride oneself, pride oneself on, sing one's own praises, sport, talk big, vapor, vapour, vaunt), ötmek (caw, coo, honk, hoop, hoot, jug, sing, sing out, warble, whistle), çığlık (cry, hoop, scream, shouting, shriek, skirl, whoop, yell). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

zag (raven), garga (raven). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

співати (cantillate, carp, chant, descant, sing, vocalize, warble), спів півня, гукання (call), ворона, агукати. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

con quạ cái xà beng, có chuyện cãi cọ với ai, có chuyện bắt bẻ ai, cái nạy nắp thùng (crow-bar), tiếng gà gáy tiếng trẻ con bi bô. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

canu (chant, play, ring, sing), bra+n (raven, rook). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Crow

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

can, canam, canamus, cane, canebant, canendum, canens, canentem, canentes, canentium, canere, canerentque, caneret, canes, canet, canetis, cani, canis, canite, canitis, canitur, cano, canti, cantorum, cantu, cantum, cecinerunt, cecineruntque, cecinimus, cecinit, corniculae, Corvus, cucurri, cucurrit. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Crow

LanguageDateSourceMatthew Chapter 26, Verse 34
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintEfh autw o ihsouV amhn legw soi oti en tauth th nukti prin alektora fwnhsai triV aparnhsh me
Latin405VulgateAit illi Iesus amen dico tibi quia in hac nocte antequam gallus cantet ter me negabis
Old English990West SaxonÐa cwæð se hælend. Soð ic seggeþe. þt on þisse nihte ær þam þe coc cræweþreowe. þu wið-sæcst me.
Middle English1395WyclifJhesus seide to him, Treuli Y seie to thee, for in this nyyt bifor the cok crowe, thries thou schalt denye me.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleIesus sayde vnto him. Verely I saye vnto ye that this same night before the cocke crowe thou shalt denye me thryse.
Jacobean English1611King JamesJesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.
Victorian English1833WebsterJesus said to him, Verily I say to thee, that this night, before the cock shall crow, thou wilt deny me thrice.
Basic English1964OgdenJesus said to him, Truly I say to you that this night, before the hour of the cock's cry, you will say three times that you have no knowledge of me.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Crow

LanguageMatthew Chapter 26, Verse 34
CebuanoSi Jesus miingon kaniya, "Sa pagkatinuod, magaingon ako kanimo, nga karong gabhiona, sa dili pa motogaok ang manok, igalimod mo ako sa makatulo."
Chinese耶 穌 說 、 我 實 在 告 訴 你 、 今 夜 雞 叫 以 先 、 你 要 三 次 不 認 我 。
CroatianReèe mu Isus: "Zaista, kažem ti, još ove noæi, prije negoli se pijetao oglasi, triput æeš me zatajiti!"
DanishJesus sagde til ham: "Sandelig, siger jeg dig, i denne Nat, førend Hanen galer, skal du fornægte mig tre Gange."
DutchJezus zeide tot hem: Voorwaar, Ik zeg u, dat gij in dezen zelfden nacht, eer de haan gekraaid zal hebben, Mij driemaal zult verloochenen.
FinnishJeesus sanoi hänelle: "Totisesti minä sanon sinulle: tänä yönä, ennenkuin kukko laulaa, sinä kolmesti minut kiellät".
FrenchJésus lui dit: Je te le dis en vérité, cette nuit même, avant que le coq chante, tu me renieras trois fois.
GermanJesus sprach zu ihm: Wahrlich ich sage dir: In dieser Nacht, ehe der Hahn kräht, wirst du mich dreimal verleugnen.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari"Ingat," kata Yesus kepadanya, "Malam ini juga, sebelum ayam berkokok, engkau tiga kali mengingkari Aku."
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaMaka kata Yesus kepadanya, "Sesungguhnya Aku berkata kepadamu, bahwa pada malam ini juga, sebelum ayam berkokok kelak, engkau sudah menyangkali Aku tiga kali."
Manx GaelicDooyrt Yeesey rish, Dy firrinagh ta mee gra rhyt , Noght hene roish gerrym chellee, dy nob uss mish three keayrtyn.
MaoriKa mea a Ihu ki a ia, He pono taku e mea nei ki a koe, Ko tenei po ano, i te mea kahore ano i tangi noa te tikaokao, ka toru au whakakahoretanga i ahau.
NorwegianJesus sa til ham: Sannelig sier jeg dig: I denne natt, før hanen galer, skal du fornekte mig tre ganger.
PortugueseDisse-lhe Jesus: Em verdade te digo que esta noite, antes que o galo cante três vezes me negarás.   
Rumanian,,Adevqrat kyi spun``, i -a zis Isus, ,,cq tu, chiar kn noaptea aceasta, knainte ca sq cknte cocowul, te vei lepqda de Mine de trei ori.``
ShuarTutai Jesus Tímiayi "Nekasan Tájame, ju kashi atash shiniatsain Menaintiú natsantrurtatme."
SpanishJesús le dijo: --De cierto te digo que esta noche, antes que el gallo cante, tú me negarás tres veces.
SwahiliYesu akamwambia, "Kweli nakwambia, usiku huu kabla jogoo hajawika, utanikana mara tatu."