Значение

значений: 6
  1. (исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)Any of various birds, of the family Cuculidae within the order Cuculiformes, famous for laying its eggs in the nests of other species; but especially a common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus), that has a characteristic two-note call.

  2. (исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)The sound of that particular bird.

    Kuckuck, kuckuck

    куку́шкаkukúška, ку-куku-ku

    зозу́ляzozúlja

  3. (исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)The bird-shaped figure found in cuckoo clocks.

  4. (исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)The cuckoo clock itself.

  5. (исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)A person who inveigles themselves into a place where they should not be (used especially in the phrase a cuckoo in the nest).

  6. (исчисляемое, сленг, неисчисляемое)Someone who is crazy.

    a man who is a stupid incompetent fool

Примеры

предложений: 22
  1. Have you ever seen a cuckoo?

    Ты когда-нибудь видел кукушку?

    ukТи бачив коли-небудь зозулю?

    deHast du schon mal einen Kuckuck gesehen?

  2. I think we're all a bit cuckoo.

    Я думаю, мы все немного с приветом.

    ukДумаю, ми всі трохи божевільні.

  3. Tom has gone cuckoo.

    ukТом поїхав головую.

  4. This bird is known as a cuckoo.

    Эта птица известна как кукушка.

  5. People call this kind of bird a cuckoo.

    Люди называют эту птицу кукушкой.

Переводы

языков: 9
Українська
По значениям 1
the bird:
Русский
По значениям 3
someone crazy — see also crazy:
the bird:
the sound:
Deutsch
По значениям 2
the bird:
the sound:

Происхождение

From Middle English cokkou, kokkow, cukkuk, gokkouȝ, probably from Old French cocu, coquu,

From Middle English cokkou, kokkow, cukkuk, gokkouȝ, probably from Old French cocu, coquu, cucu (whence French coucou); ultimately onomatopoeic of the song of the male Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus), perhaps via Latin cucūlus (“cuckoo”).

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