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Pronunciation
IPA|/'k�ku�/
audio|en-us-cuckoo.ogg|Audio (US)

Adjective
cuckoo

1. crazy|Crazy; not sane.

Noun
en-noun

1. Any of various birds, of the family Cuculidae, famous for laying its eggs in the nests of other species; but especially Cuculus canorus that has a characteristic two-note call
2. The sound of that particular bird. (literally <i>woo-oo</i>)
3. The bird shaped figure found in Swiss/German clocks (cuckoo clocks) or the clock itself.
4. Someone found where they shouldn't be (used especially in the phrase 'A cuckoo in the nest'.)
5. Someone who is crazy.

Related terms
cuckoo clock
cuckoo dove
cuckoo shrike
cuckoo's egg
cloud-cuckoo-land
cuculine (rare)

Translations
trans-top|the bird
Albanian: qyqja
Arabic: ARchar|���ا� (waqw�q)
Basque: kuku
Belarusian: з�з�л� (zjahzyulja)
Breton: koukoug
Bulgarian: обикновена к�к�ви�а (obiknovena kukuvica)
Catalan: cucut
Croatian: t+|hr|kukavica
Czech: t-|cs|kuka�ka|f
Danish: gøg
Dutch: t+|nl|koekoek|m
Esperanto: t-|eo|kukolo|xs=Esperanto
Estonian: t+|et|kägu
Faroese: geykur
Finnish: t+|fi|käki
French: t+|fr|coucou|m
Frisian: koekoek
Friulian: cuc, cuců, cucuc
Gallegan: cuco
German: t+|de|Kuckuck|m
Greek: κο�κο� (kúkos) m
Hebrew: ק�ק��� (quqi'a) f
Hungarian: kakukk
Icelandic: t+|is|gaukur
Irish: t-|ga|cuach|xs=Irish
Italian: t+|it|cuculo|m, t+|it|cucù|m
Japanese: ���� kakk�
Korean: �꾸기 (ppeokkugi), �견� (���, dugyeonsae)
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Ladin: cuch
Latin: cuculus m
Latvian: dzeguze
Lithuanian: gegut�
Lower Sorbian: kukawa
Low Saxon ("Low German"): Kukuuk m
Macedonian: к�кави�а (kukavica)
Maltese: daqquqa kaħla
Norwegian: gjøk
Occitan: coguol
Old English: t-|ang|geac|m|altġ�ac|xsOld English
Polish: kuku�ka f
Portuguese: cuco
Romanian: t+|ro|cuc
Romansh: cucu
Romany: kukuriezo m, chuhuriezo m, kukuriashka f, chuhuriashka f
Russian: t+|ru|к�к��ка|trkukuška|scCyrl
Sami: giehka
Sardinian: cucu, cucui, cucuperra, cucuperrai, cucuevvai, cucumarei
Scottish: cuach
Serbian: к�кави�а (kukavica)
Slovak: kuku�ka
Slovenian: kukavica
Spanish: cuco m, cuclillo m
Swedish: t+|sv|gök
Turkish: guguk
Telugu: t|te|���ిల|sc=Telu
Ukrainian: зоз�л� (zozulja)
Upper Sorbian: kokula
Welsh: t-|cy|cog|xs=Welsh
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trans-top|the sound
Finnish: kukunta, kukkuu
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trans-top|someone crazy
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Verb
en-verb

1. To make the call of a cuckoo
2. To repeat something incessantly

Translations
trans-top|to make the call of a cuckoo
Finnish: t-|fi|kukkua
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trans-top|to repeat something incessantly
Finnish: t-|fi|hokea
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• 2007-12-17 15:42 - Tbot - updated t/t-/t+ templates, added t for hr, cs, nl, eo, et, fi, fr, de, is, ga, it, ang, ro, ru, sv, cy

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