cran

== English == === Pronunciation === === Etymology 1 === Evidently from, or at least influenced by Goidelic; compare Scottish Gaelic crann (“lot, measure of herring, tree, etc.”). ==== Alternative forms ==== crane ==== Noun ==== cran (plural crans or cran) (obsolete) A measure of herrings, either imprecise or sometimes legally specified. It has oftentimes been about 37½ imperial gallons, or ~750 herrings on average (up to 1200 or even ~2500). (obsolete, rare, by extension) A barrel made to hold such a measure. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:cran. === Etymology 2 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Noun ==== cran (plural crans) (music) An embellishment played on the lowest note of a chanter of a bagpipe, consisting of a series of grace notes produced by rapid sequential lifting of the fingers of the lower hand. === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== cran (plural crans) Alternative form of qiran. === See also === vodka cran === Anagrams === Carn, NRCA, cRNA, carn, crna, narc == French == === Etymology === Deverbal of créner (“to kern”), from crenedes (“notched”), from Vulgar Latin *crinare, probably of Celtic/Gaulish origin, from Proto-Celtic *krini-, from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (“to divide, separate”). Or, less likely, from Latin cernō (“to separate”), itself from the same root. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kʁɑ̃/ === Noun === cran m (plural crans) notch (firearms) safety catch (belt) hole (hair) wave (colloquial) guts, bottle, courage ==== Derived terms ==== cran d'arrêt être à cran monter d'un cran === References === === Further reading === “cran”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Old English == === Alternative forms === cræn === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *kranō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /krɑn/ Rhymes: -ɑn === Noun === cran m crane (bird) ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: crane, craane, cranne, craune, krane, crone (West Midland)English: crane (see there for further descendants)Scots: cran⇒ Yola: kraanberry, kraaneberry == Romanian == === Noun === cran n (plural cranuri) obsolete form of craniu ==== Declension ==== === References === cran in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN