creak
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Inglese
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Sostantivo
creak sing (pl.: creaks)
- scricchiolio, cigolio
- the door opened with a loud creak - la porta si aprì con un forte scricchiolio
Verbo
Intransitivo
creak (vai alla coniugazione) (3ª persona sing. presente creaks, participio presente creaking, passato semplice e participio passato creaked)
- scricchiolare, cigolare
- the door creaked when opened - la porta scricchiolò quando venne aperta
Pronuncia
- IPA: /kɹiːk/
Etimologia / Derivazione
voce di origine onomatopeica appunto rispetto al suono di qualcosa che scricchiola
- The Free Dictionary, edizione online
- Merriam-Webster, Versione on-line
- WordReference.com, Versione on-line Inglese-Italiano
- Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary