Meaning

3 senses
  1. A faint, harsh sound made in the throat.

    хрипxrip

  2. The call of a frog or toad.

    Quaken

    ква́каньеkvákanʹje

    ква́канняkvákannja

    a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog)

  3. The harsh call of various birds, such as the raven or corncrake, or other creatures.

Examples

27 sentences
  1. Can you hear the frogs croaking?

    ruСлышишь, как квакают лягушки? — odexed

  2. I've never heard a frog croak.

    ruЯ никогда не слышал, как квакает лягушка. — marafon

  3. Can you hear frogs croaking?

    ruСлышишь, как лягушки квакают? — Wezel

  4. The sound of crickets chirping and frogs croaking lulls me to sleep.

    Сюрчання цвіркунів та квакання жаб мене заколисують. — deniko

    ruСтрекотание сверчков и кваканье лягушек меня усыпляют. — Wezel

  5. Since there are rice paddies near my house, I often hear frogs croaking all night long this time of year.

    ruИз-за того, что рядом с моим домом есть рисовые поля, я в это время года часто всю ночь слышу лягушачье кваканье. — Wezel

    deWegen der Reisfelder in der Nähe meines Hauses kann ich zu dieser Jahreszeit oft die ganze Nacht lang die Frösche quaken hören. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
the sound of a frog or toad:
Русский
By meaning 2
a faint, harsh sound made in the throat:
the sound of a frog or toad:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
the sound of a frog or toad:

Origin

From Middle English *croken, crouken, (also represented by craken > crake), back-formation

From Middle English *croken, crouken, (also represented by craken > crake), back-formation from Old English crācettan (“to croak”) (also in derivative crǣcetung (“croaking”)), from Proto-Germanic *krēk-, from Proto-Indo-European *greh₂-g-, from *greh₂-k-, of onomatopoeic origin.

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Forms

plural: croaks
Singularcroak
Pluralcroaks

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog):croaking

Word family

2 related words
Relatedcroaky
Derivedcroakless

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
croak — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto