stork

== English == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English stork, from Old English storc, from Proto-West Germanic *stork, from Proto-Germanic *sturkaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sr̥ǵos (“stork”). Near cognates include Dutch stork, German Storch, Swedish stork, and Icelandic storkur. Compare also Latvian stārķis (“stork”), borrowed from Germanic. === Pronunciation === (General American) enPR: stôrk, IPA(key): /stɔɹk/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /stɔːk/ (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /stoːk/ Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)k Homophone: stalk (non-rhotic) === Noun === stork (plural storks) A large wading bird with long legs and a long beak of the order Ciconiiformes and its family Ciconiidae. (folklore or euphemistic) The mythical bringer of babies to families, or good news. (cartomancy) The seventeenth Lenormand card. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === === Anagrams === Korts, skort, torsk == Danish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Danish stork, from Old Norse storkr (“stork”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /stɔːrk/, [sd̥ɒːɡ̊] === Noun === stork c (singular definite storken, plural indefinite storke) stork ==== Declension ==== === References === “stork” in Den Danske Ordbog == Dutch == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle Dutch storke, from Old Dutch *stork, from Proto-West Germanic *stork, from Proto-Germanic *sturkaz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /stɔrk/ Hyphenation: stork Rhymes: -ɔrk === Noun === stork m (plural storken, diminutive storkje n) (dialectal, uncommon) synonym of ooievaar (“Ciconia ciconia”) 1700, Mosaïze historie der Hebreeuwse kerke, part 2, publ. by Willem & David Goeree, page 461, quoting a saying. ==== Derived terms ==== zwarte stork == Icelandic == === Noun === stork indefinite accusative singular of storkur == Middle English == === Alternative forms === storc, storck, storke === Etymology === Inherited from Old English storc, from Proto-Germanic *sturkaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sr̥ǵos. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈstɔrk/ === Noun === stork (plural storkes) stork ==== Descendants ==== English: stork Scots: stork ==== References ==== “stork, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 6 July 2018. == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Norse storkr. === Noun === stork m (definite singular storken, indefinite plural storker, definite plural storkene) stork ==== Derived terms ==== storkenebb == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Norse storkr. === Noun === stork m (definite singular storken, indefinite plural storkar, definite plural storkane) stork ==== Derived terms ==== storkenebb == Old Danish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Norse storkr (“stork”). === Noun === stork stork ==== Descendants ==== Danish: stork == Swedish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Swedish storker, from Old Norse storkr. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /stɔrk/ === Noun === stork c (zoology) stork ==== Inflection ==== === References === “stork”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “stork”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “stork”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) == Volapük == === Etymology === Borrowed from English stork. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /stoɾk/ === Noun === stork (genitive storka, plural storks) stork (sex unspecified) Synonym: stor (obsolete, Old Volapük (OV), Original Volapük (OV)) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== storasmabed (“stork's nest, Old Volapük (OV)”) === Further reading === “stork”, in Vödabuk (in English, Esperanto, and Volapük)