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{{also|Crane|crâne|crâné}}
==English==
{{wikipedia|lang=en}}
[[Image:Журавель_сірий_(Grus_grus)_на_болоті.jpg|thumb|right|A crane (bird).]]
[[Image:TowerCrane.jpg|thumb|right|A crane (mechanical).]]

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/kɹeɪn/}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-crane.ogg|a=US}}
* {{rhymes|en|eɪn|s=1}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|en|enm|crane}}, from {{inh|en|ang|cran|t=crane}}, from {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*kran}}, from {{inh|en|gem-pro|*kranô|t=crane}}, from {{der|en|ine-pro|*gerh₂-|t=to cry hoarsely}}.

Cognate with {{cog|sco|cran|t=crane}}, {{cog|nl|kraan|t=crane}}, {{cog|de|Kran|t=crane}}. The mechanical devices are named from their likeness to the bird.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{senseid|en|Q25365}}[[any|Any]] [[bird]] of the [[family]] {{taxfmt|Gruidae|family}}, [[large]] [[bird]]s with [[long]] [[leg]]s and a [[long]] [[neck]] which is [[extend]]ed during [[flight]].
#* '''1876''', "[[:s:Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition/Burmah|Burmah]]" in the [[:s:Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition| ''Encyclopædia Britannica'', 9th ed.]], [[:s:Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition/Volume IV|Vol. IV]], [[:s:Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition/Burmah|p. 552]]:
#*: Aquatic birds of various kinds are very numerous, such as geese, [[darter]]s (''[[Anhinga melanogaster|Flotus melanogaster]]''), [[scissor-bill]]s ({{taxfmt|Rhynchops nigra|species}}), [[adjutant]]s ({{taxfmt|Leptoptilos argala|species}}), pelicans, [[cormorant]]s, [[crane]]s ({{taxfmt|Grus antigone|species}}, in [[Burmese]] ''gyoja''), [[whimbrel]]s, plovers, and ibises.
# {{lb|en|US|dialect}} {{taxfmt|Ardea herodias|species}}, the [[great blue heron]].
# A [[mechanical]] [[lift]]ing [[machine]] or [[device]], often used for lifting heavy loads for [[industrial]] or [[construction]] purposes.
#* {{quote-book|1=en|year=2000|author=Bob Foster|title=Birdum or Bust!|publisher=Seaview Press| location=Henley Beach, SA| page=111| text=Large '''cranes''' were virtually non-existent in the areas I worked with this truck, so we jacked everything on and off[.]}}
# An iron arm with horizontal motion, attached to the side or back of a fireplace for supporting kettles etc. over the fire.
# A siphon, or bent pipe, for drawing liquors out of a cask.
# {{lb|en|nautical}} A forked post or projecting bracket to support spars, etc.; generally used in pairs.

=====Hyponyms=====
* {{comcatlite|Gruidae}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{q|Lifting devices}}:
{{der3|en
|container crane|claw crane|crane game|stacker crane
|craneable
|crane engine
|crane locomotive
|crane operator
|gantry crane
|mobile crane
|overhead crane|crane driver
|platform crane
|steam crane
|Titan crane
|tower crane
|[[travelling crane]], [[traveling crane]]
}}
{{der2|en|title=Birds
|{{vern|Australian crane}} ({{taxlink|Antigone rubicunda|species}}, syn. {{taxfmt|Grus rubicunda|species}})
|{{vern|black crested crane}} ({{taxfmt|Balearica pavonina|species}})
|[[black crowned crane]] ({{taxfmt|Balearica pavonina|species}})
|[[black-necked crane]] ({{taxfmt|Grus nigricollis|species}})
|[[blue crane]] ({{taxfmt|Grus paradisea|species}})
|[[common crane]] ({{taxfmt|Grus grus|species}})
|crowned crane|Balearic crane|paper crane
|[[demoiselle crane]] ({{taxfmt|Grus virgo|species}})
|[[Eurasian crane]] ({{taxfmt|Grus grus|species}})
|[[grey crowned crane]] ({{taxfmt|Balearica regulorum|species}})
|[[hooded crane]] ({{taxfmt|Grus monacha|species}})
|[[Japanese crane]] ({{taxfmt|Grus japonensis|species}})
|[[Manchurian crane]] ({{taxfmt|Grus japonensis|species}})
|[[Numidian crane]] ({{taxfmt|Grus virgo|species}})
|[[paradise crane]] ({{taxfmt|Grus paradisea|species}})
|[[red-crowned crane]] ({{taxfmt|Grus japonensis|species}})
|[[sandhill crane]] ({{taxlink|Antigone canadensis|species}})
|[[sarus crane]] ({{taxlink|Antigone antigone|species}}, syn. {{taxfmt|Grus antigone|species}})
|[[Siberian crane]] ({{taxfmt|Grus leucogeranus|species}})
|[[wattled crane]] ({{taxfmt|Grus carunculata|species}})
|[[Stanley crane]] ({{taxfmt|Grus paradisea|species}})
|[[white-naped crane]] ({{taxfmt|Antigone vipio|species}})
|[[whooping crane]] ({{taxfmt|Grus americana|species}})}}
{{der3|en|title=other terms (unsorted)|[[cranefly]] ({{taxfmt|Tipulomorpha|infraorder}})|crane fly|phantom crane fly|trumpeter crane|water crane|white crane|aircrane|cranelike|craneman|cranequin|cranesbill|craneway|helicrane|minicrane|skycrane|White Crane
}}

=====Related terms=====
* {{l|en|cranberry}}, via {{cog|nds-de|Kraan||crane}}

=====Descendants=====
{{top2}}
* {{desc|my|ကရိန်း|bor=1}}
* {{desc|hi|क्रेन|bor=1}}
* {{desc|ga|craein|bor=1}}
* {{desc|ja|クレーン|tr=kurēn|bor=1}}
* {{desc|ko|크레인|bor=1}}
* {{desc|ms|kren|bor=1}}
* {{desc|mi|kareni|bor=1}}
* {{desc|tl|kreyn|bor=1}}
* {{desc|th|เครน|bor=1}}
{{bottom}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|bird}}
* Afrikaans: {{t+|af|kraanvoël}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|kurrillë|f}}, {{t+|sq|tojë|f}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|كُرْكِيّ|m}}, {{t|ar|غُرْنُوق|m}}
* Aragonese: {{t|an|gruda}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|կռունկ}}
* Assamese: {{t|as|বগ}}, {{t|as|বগলী}}
* Asturian: {{t+|ast|grúa}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|durna}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|торна}}
* Basque: {{t|eu|kurrilo}}
* Bats: {{t|bbl|წჵერან|alt=წჵერაჼ}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|жураве́ль|m}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|সারস}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|жера́в|m}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|grua|f}}
* Chechen: {{t|ce|гӏарагӏули}}
* Cherokee: {{t|chr|ᎧᎾᏍᎦᏫ}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|鶴|tr=hok6}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|鶴|tr=hè}}
* Chukchi: {{t|ckt|ӄэтчаӈыр|tr=qėtčaṇyr}}
* Chuvash: {{t|cv|тӑрна}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|jeřáb|m}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|trane|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|kraanvogel|m}}, {{t+|nl|kraan|m}}
* Egyptian: {{t-egy|ḏꜣt|h=U28-X1:O39-G39|f}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|gruo}}
* Estonian: {{t+|et|kurg}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|trani|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kurki}}
* French: {{t+|fr|grue|f}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|grou|m}}, {{t+|gl|grúa|f}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|წერო}}
* German: {{t+|de|Kranich|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|γερανός|m}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|γέρανος|m}}
* Greenlandic: {{t|kl|qarluutitoorsuaq}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|עָגוּר|m|tr=agúr}}
* Hiligaynon: {{t|hil|dogwak}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|सारस|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|daru}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|trana|f}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|bangau}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|grús|m}}, {{t|ga|corr|f}}, {{t|ga|corr mhóna|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|gru|f}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|鶴|tr=つる, tsuru}}, {{t+|ja|ツル|tr=tsuru}}
* Jeju: {{t|jje|하기새}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|тырна}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|ក្រៀល}}
* Komi-Permyak: {{t|koi|тури}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|두루미}}, {{t+|ko|학(鶴)}}
* Kumyk: {{t|kum|турна}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|قۆڵەنگ}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t|ky|каркыра}}
* Latgalian: {{t|ltg|dzērve|f}}
* Latin: {{t|la|grūs|m|f}}
* Latvian: {{t+|lv|dzērve|f}}
* Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|gervė|f}}
* Louisiana Creole: {{t|lou|gru}}
* Low German:
*: German Low German: {{t|nds-de|Kraan|m}}, {{t|nds-de|Kroon|m}}, {{t|nds-de|Kraun|m}}
* Luhya: {{t|luy|ekolongolo}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|же́рав|m}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|burung jenjang}}
* Maltese: {{t|mt|għarnuq}}, {{t|mt|grawwa|f}}
* Manchu: {{t|mnc|ᠪᡠᠯᡝᡥᡝᠨ}}
* Manx: {{t|gv|coar|f}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|kareni}}
* Mari:
*: Eastern Mari: {{t|mhr|турня}}
*: Western Mari: {{t|mrj|тырня}}, {{t|mrj|тыртня}}
* Mi'kmaq: {{t|mic|tmgwatignej|an}}
* Mingrelian: {{t|xmf|წერო}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t+|mn|тогоруу}}
*: Mongolian: {{t|mn|ᠲᠣᠭᠤᠷᠤᠤ}}
* Nahuatl: {{t|nah|quetzalaztatl}}
* Nanticoke: {{t|nnt|ah!secque}}
* Navajo: {{t|nv|dééł}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|trane|m|f}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|trane|f}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|grua|f}}
* Okinawan: {{t|ryu|鶴|tr=ちる, chiru}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|cran|m}}
* Old Prussian: {{t|prg|gerwe}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|طورنه|tr=turna}}, {{t|ota|كركی|tr=kürki}}
* Pashto: {{t|ps|زاڼۍ|f|tr=zānnəi}}
* Persian:
*: Iranian Persian: {{t+|fa-ira|دُرْنا}}, {{t+|fa-ira|کُلَنْگ}} {{qualifier|archaic}}
* Plautdietsch: {{t|pdt|Kraunkje|n}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|żuraw|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|grou}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|cocor|m}}, {{t+|ro|grui|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|жура́вль|m}}
* Sanskrit: {{t+|sa|बक|m}}, {{t+|sa|सारस|m}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|corra-mhonaidh|f}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|ждра̑л|m}}, {{t|sh|жѐра̄в|m}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|ždrȃl|m}}, {{t+|sh|žèrāv|m}}
* Shor: {{t|cjs|туруна|tr=turuna}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|žeriav|m}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|žerjav|m}}
* Sorbian:
*: Lower Sorbian: {{t|dsb|žorawa|f}}
* Southern Altai: {{t|alt|турна}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|grulla|f}}, {{t+|es|grúa|f}} {{qualifier|archaic}}
* Svan: {{t|sva|წა̈̄რუ̂}}, {{t|sva|მჷყრო̄ნტ}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|korongo}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|trana|c}}
* Tajik: {{t|tg|турна}}, {{t|tg|куланг}}
* Tamil: {{t+|ta|கொக்கு}}
* Tatar: {{t+|tt|торна}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|కొంగ}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|กระเรียน}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|turna}}
* Udmurt: {{t|udm|тури}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|жураве́ль|m}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|سارَس|m}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|turna}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|sếu}} ({{t|vi|鶮|sc=Hani}}), {{t+|vi|hạc}} ({{t|vi|鶴|sc=Hani}})
* Volapük: {{t+|vo|grud}}, {{t|vo|glulit}} {{q|obsolete}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|garan}}, {{t|cy|crëyr|m}}, {{t|cy|crehyrod|m-p}}
* Yakut: {{t|sah|туруйа}}
* Yoruba: {{t|yo|wádòwádò}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|machinery}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|vinç|m}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|رَافِعَة|f}}
* Armenian: {{t|hy|վերամբարձ կռունկ}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t|az|kran}}
* Basque: {{t+|eu|garabi}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|кран|m}}, {{t|be|пад'ёмны кран|m}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|কপিকল}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|кран}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|ကရိန်း}}, {{t+|my|ဝန်ချီစက်}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|grua|f}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|起重機}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|吊車}}, {{t+|cmn|起重機}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|jeřáb|m}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|kran|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|hijskraan|m|f}}, {{t+|nl|kraan|m|f}}, {{t+|nl|hefkraan|m|f}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|argano}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|kraana}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|nosturi}}, {{t+|fi|nostokurki}}
* French: {{t+|fr|grue|f}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|guindastre|m}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|ამწე}}, {{t|ka|ამწეკრანი}}
* German: {{t+|de|Kran|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|γερανός|m}}
* Gujarati: {{t|gu|ઊંટડો}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|עֲגוּרָן|m|tr=agurán}}, {{t+|he|מָנוֹף|m|tr=manóf}}
* Hindi: {{t|hi|क्रेन|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|daru}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|krani|m}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|katrol}}, {{t+|id|kran}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|craein|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|gru|f}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|クレーン|tr=kurēn}}, {{t+|ja|起重機|tr=きじゅうき, kijūki}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|кран}}
* Khmer: {{t|km|រថស្ទូច}}, {{t|km|ម៉ាស៊ីនស្ទូច}}, {{t|km|ត្រាក់ទ័រស្ទូច}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|기중기(起重機)}}, {{t+|ko|크레인}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t|ky|кран}}
* Latin: {{t|la|tollēnō|m}}, {{t|la|polyspaston|n}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|celtnis|m}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|kranas|m}}
* Low German:
*: German Low German: {{t|nds-de|Kraan|m}}, {{t|nds-de|Kroon|m}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|кран|m}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|kren}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|tokorangi}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t+|mn|кран}}, {{t+|mn|өргүүл}} {{qual|Inner Mongolia}}
*: Mongolian: {{t|mn|ᠺᠷᠠᠨ}}, {{t|mn|ᠡᠷᠭᠦᠭᠦᠯ}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|kran|m|f}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|kran|f}}, {{t|nn|krane|m}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|وینچ|tr=vinç}}
* Persian:
*: Iranian Persian: {{t|fa-ira|جَرِّ ثَقیل}}, {{t|fa-ira|جَرِ ثَقیل}}, {{t|fa-ira|جَرّ ثَقیل}}, {{t|fa-ira|جَر ثَقیل}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|dźwig|m}}, {{t+|pl|żuraw|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|guindaste}}, {{t+|pt|grua|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|macara|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|кран|m}}, {{t|ru|подъёмный кран|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|ди̏залица|f}}, {{t|sh|кра̑н|m}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|dȉzalica|f}}, {{t+|sh|krȃn|m}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|žeriav|m}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|žerjav|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|grúa|f}}, {{t+|es|güinche|m}}, {{t+|es|guinche|m}}, {{t+|es|titán|m}}, {{t+|es|cabria|f}}, {{t+|es|machina|f}} {{qualifier|used in ports}}, {{t|es|árgano|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|kran|c}}, {{t+|sv|lyftkran|c}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|grua}}, {{t|tl|kreyn}}, {{t|tl|tipol}}
* Tajik: {{t|tg|кран}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|เครน}}, {{t+|th|ปั้นจั่น}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|vinç}}
* Turkmen: {{t|tk|kran}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|кран|m}}, {{t+|uk|двигу́н|m}}, {{t|uk|підйо́мний кран|m}}, {{t|uk|підійма́льний кран|m}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|کْرین|m}}
* Uyghur: {{t|ug|كران}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|kran}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|cần cẩu}}
* Volapük: {{t+|vo|krän}}
{{trans-bottom}}

=====See also=====
* {{l|en|egret}}
* {{l|en|heron}}
* {{l|en|stork}}

====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|ambitransitive}} To [[extend]] (one's neck).
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1879|author=w:George Eliot|title=w:Impressions of Theophrastus Such
|passage=and my bachelor's hearth is imbedded where by much craning of head and neck I can catch sight of a sycamore in the Square garden,}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=1948|month=November and December|title=By Broad Gauge to Cornwall|journal=Railway Magazine|page=357|text=Didcot had one definite pleasure. We knew that little boys would be going up and down the platform singing out, "Banbury cakes! Banbury cakes!" And mother would '''crane''' out and buy some, just to encourage the crew.}}
#* {{quote-song|en|passage=I'm gonna be a star and people will '''crane''' necks<br>To get a glimpse of me and see if I am having sex|title={{w|Troublemaker (Weezer song)|Troublemaker}}|year=2008|artist=w:Weezer|album=w:Weezer (Red Album)|author=w:Rivers Cuomo}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[raise]] or [[lower]] with, or as if with, a [[crane#Noun|crane]].
#* {{quote-book|en|author={{w|William Bates (minister)|William Bates}}|year=1693|title=Sermons preach'd on Several Occasions|passage= What engines, what instruments are used in '''craning''' up a soul, sunk below the centre, to the highest heavens.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1619|author=w:Philip Massinger; w:Nathan Field|title=The Fatal Dowry
|passage=an upstart '''craned''' up to the height he has}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2024 January 24|author=Peter Plisner|title=Rising to the University challenge|journal=RAIL|issue=1001|pages=60-61|text=Several overnight weekend possessions were required to '''crane''' in new bridges and various other parts of the buildings which were manufactured offsite.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[pull up]] before a [[jump]].

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|to extend (one's neck)}}
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|رَفَعَ}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|протя́гам|impf}}, {{t+|bg|прото́чвам|impf}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|伸長}}, {{t+|cmn|探頭}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[kurkottaa]] ([[kaula|kaulaansa]])}}
* French: {{t|fr|[[étirer]] (le cou)}}
* German: {{t|de|den [[Hals]] [[recken]]}}
* Italian: {{t-check|it|[[allungare]] (il collo)}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|whātinotino}}, {{t|mi|whakaneinei}}, {{t|mi|whātare}}, {{t|mi|whātaretare}}, {{t|mi|whakataretare}}
* Romanian: {{t|ro|[[întinde]] (gâtul)}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|вытя́гивать|impf}}, {{t+|ru|вы́тянуть|pf}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|[[estirar]] (el cuello)}}
* Swahili: {{t|sw|songeza}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{inh|en|enm|crane}}, {{m|enm|cranee}}, from {{der|en|fro|cran}}, from {{der|en|ML.|crānium}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|obsolete}} The [[cranium]].

===Etymology 3===

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{alt form|en|cran||measure of herrings}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=acenr|recan|caren|Crean|Caren|rance|Carne|ancré|nacre|Rance|Nérac|nacré|Cerna|caner|crena}}

{{C|en|Cranes (birds)}}

==Middle English==

===Etymology 1===
{{dercat|enm|gmw-pro|gem-pro|inh=2}}
Inherited from {{inh|enm|ang|cran}}, {{m|ang|*crana}}.

====Alternative forms====
* {{alter|enm|krane|cranne|craane|crone|craune}}

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|enm|/ˈkraːn(ə)/|/kran/}}

====Noun====
{{enm-noun|pl=cranes}}

# {{senseid|enm|crane}} [[#English|crane]] {{gl|bird}}
# [[#English|crane]] {{gl|machine}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|enm|cranage}}

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|en|crane}} {{see desc}}
* {{desc|sco|cran}}
* {{desc|yol|kraanberry|alts=1|der=1}}

=====References=====
* {{R:MED Online|entry=crāne |pos=n.(1)  |id=MED10199 |accessdate=2018-07-07}}

===Etymology 2===
Borrowed from {{bor|enm|fro|cran}}, from {{der|enm|ML.|crānium}}.

====Alternative forms====
* {{alter|enm|cranee}}

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|enm|/kraːn/}}

====Noun====
{{head|enm|noun}}

# {{senseid|enm|skull}} [[cranium]]

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|en|crane}} {{q|obsolete}}

=====References=====
* {{R:MED Online|entry=crāne |pos=n.(2)  |id=MED10198 |accessdate=2018-07-07}}

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