кран

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See also: Крањ

Belarusian

Noun

кра́н (kránm inan (genitive кра́на, nominative plural кра́ны)

  1. tap
  2. crane (machine)

Declension

References

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

Bulgarian

устройствo кран

Etymology 1

From Dutch kraan through Russian кран (kran).

Pronunciation

Noun

кран (kranm (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 чешма́zavǎ́rtam (otvárjam/zatvárjam) krán na češmáto turn (on/off) a sink's faucet
Declension
машина кран

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Kran.

Pronunciation

IPA(key):

Noun

кран (kranm

  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

Alternative scripts
Arabic كران
Cyrillic кран
Latin kran

Etymology

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

Noun

кран (kran)

  1. (machine) crane

Declension

Macedonian

кран

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kran.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: кран

Noun

кран (kranm (plural кранови, diminutive кранче)

  1. crane (machinery)
    Synonym: дигалка (digalka)

Declension

Russian

Russian Wikipedia has an article on:
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кран
кран

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -an

Noun

кран (kranm inan (genitive кра́на, nominative plural кра́ны or краны́*, genitive plural кра́нов or крано́в*, relational adjective краново́й or кра́новый, diminutive кра́ник) (* professional usage)

  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

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Derived terms

Descendants

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Kran.

Pronunciation

Noun

кра̑н m (Latin spelling krȃn)

  1. (machine) crane

Declension

Ukrainian

Ukrainian Wikipedia has an article on:
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кран
кран

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kran.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. tap, faucet, spigot
    водопрові́дний кранvodoprovídnyj kranwater tap

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Noun

кран (kranm 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 кранmostovýj kranbridge crane, overhead crane

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Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1989), “кран”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 3 (Кора – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 75

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