Image:Bugeranus carunculatus.jpg|thumb|right|A crane (bird).
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Image:TowerCrane.jpg|thumb|right|A crane (mechanical).

Etymology
Old English cran, from Germanic *kran-, from Proto-Indo-European *ger�- ("to cry hoarsely").

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-crane.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪn|-eɪn

Noun
en-noun

1. A large bird of the order Gruiformes and the family Gruidae having long legs and a long neck which it extends when flying.
2. A mechanical lifting device, often used for lifting heavy loads for industrial or construction purposes.

Translations
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Albanian: lejlek
Arabic: �ر�� (Kurkiyy) m
Chinese: 鶴 (hè)
Czech: je�áb m
Dutch: kraanvogel
Danish: trane
Esperanto: gruo
Estonian: kurg
Finnish: kurki#Finnish|kurki
French: grue#French|grue f
German: Kranich m
Greek: γε�αν�� (geranos) m
Hungarian: daru
Italian: gru f
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Japanese: 鶴 (��, tsuru)
Korean: �루미 (durumi), �(鶴, hag, hak)
Latin: grus m
Lithuanian: gerv� f
Low Saxon ("Low German"): Kraan m
Polish: żuraw m
Portuguese: grou
Romanian: cocor m
Russian: ж��авл� (žurávl') m
Scottish Gaelic: corra-mhonaidh f
Slovak: žeriav m
Slovene: žerjav m
Spanish: grulla f
Swedish: trana
Telugu: ���� (komga)
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trans-top|machinery
Albanian: vinç
Czech: je�áb m
Dutch: hijskraan, kraan
Finnish: nostokurki
French: grue#French|grue f
German: Kran m
Greek: (αν����ικ��) γε�αν�� (anipsotikos geranos) m
Hungarian: daru
Italian: gru f
Low Saxon ("Low German"): Kraan m
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Romanian: macara f
Russian: к�ан (kran) m
Slovak: žeriav m
Slovene: žerjav m
Spanish: grúa f
Swedish: kran c
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Derived terms
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black crowned crane
black-necked crane
blue crane
common crane
demoiselle crane
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grey crowned crane
hooded crane
red-crowned crane
sandhill crane
sarus crane
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Siberian crane
wattled crane
white-naped crane
whooping crane

See also
egret
heron
stork

Verb
en-verb|cran|ing

1. transitive To extend (one's neck).

Translations
trans-top|to extend
Finnish: kurkottaa (kaula|kaulaansa)
French: allonger (le cou)
German: (to extend one's neck) den Hals recken, (to extend) strecken, ausstrecken
Italian: allungare (il collo)
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Spanish: estirar (el cuello)
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