кран

Belarusian

Noun

кра́н • (krán) m inan (genitive кра́на, nominative plural кра́ны)

1. tap
   • 1876, Mark Twain, Прыгоды Тома Соўэра (The Adventures of Tom Sawyer):

     На́шы хло́пчыкі падстаўля́лі галаву́ пад кран, каб асвяжы́цца.

     Nášy xlópčyki padstaŭljáli halavú pad kran, kab asvjažýcca.

     Some of us pumped on our heads.

     (literally, “Our boys put their heads under the taps to freshen themselves.”)

2. crane (machine)

Declension

References

• “кран” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Bulgarian

Etymology 1

From Dutch kraan through Russian кран (kran).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -an

Noun

кран • (kran) m (diminutive кра́нче)

1. faucet, tap (a device for starting and stopping liquid or gas from a tank/pipeline)

   Synonyms: кане́ла (kanéla), кла́пан (klápan), чеп (čep)

   завъ́ртам (отва́рям/затва́рям) кра́н на чешма́ ― zavǎ́rtam (otvárjam/zatvárjam) krán na češmá ― to turn (on/off) a sink's faucet

Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Kran.

Pronunciation

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Noun

кран • (kran) m

1. crane (machine for lifting and moving loads; forklift)

   Кра́нът разтова́рва парахо́да.

   Kránǎt raztovárva parahóda.

   The crane unloads the steamer.

Declension

References

• “кран”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “кран”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Kazakh

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian кран (kran), from Dutch kraan or from Low German kran.

Noun

кран • (kran)

1. (machine) crane

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Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kran.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: кран

Noun

кран • (kran) m (plural кранови, diminutive кранче)

1. crane (machinery)

   Synonym: дигалка (digalka)

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Russian

Russian Wikipedia has an article on:

кран

Wikipedia ^ru

Alternative forms

• кранъ (kran) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
• крант (krant)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch kraan or from Low German kran. Cognate to German Kranich (“crane”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

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• Rhymes: -an

Noun

кран • (kran) m inan (genitive кра́на, nominative plural кра́ны, genitive plural кра́нов, relational adjective краново́й or кра́новый, diminutive кра́ник)

1. (engineering) valve (a ball valve, a plug valve, or similar rotating device controlling flow through a pipe)
2. faucet, tap, spigot
3. (machine) crane

Declension

Derived terms

• вода́ и́з-под кра́на (vodá íz-pod krána)

Related terms

• кра́ник (kránik), крановщи́к (kranovščík), крановщи́ца (kranovščíca), стоп-кра́н (stop-krán), автокра́н (avtokrán)
• краново́й (kranovój)

Descendants

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Kran.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krâːn/
• Rhymes: -âːn

Noun

кра̑н m (Latin spelling krȃn)

1. (machine) crane

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Ukrainian

Ukrainian Wikipedia has an article on:

кран

Wikipedia ^uk

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kran.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

• Audio

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Noun

кран • (kran) m inan (genitive кра́на, nominative plural кра́ни, genitive plural кра́нів, relational adjective кра́новий, diminutive кра́ник)

1. tap, faucet, spigot

   водопрові́дний кран ― vodoprovídnyj kran ― water tap

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Noun

кран • (kran) m inan (genitive кра́на, nominative plural кра́ни, genitive plural кра́нів, relational adjective кра́новий)

1. crane (mechanical lifting machine or device, often used for lifting heavy loads for industrial or construction purposes)

   мостови́й кран ― mostovýj kran ― bridge crane, overhead crane

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Derived terms

References

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “кран”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2010), “кран”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (а – бязь), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “кран”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “кран”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
• “кран”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “кран”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)