corn crake

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [kawrn kreyk]
- /kɔrn kreɪk/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [kawrn kreyk]
- /kɔrn kreɪk/

Definitions of corn crake words

noun corn crake a short-billed Eurasian rail, Crex crex, frequenting grainfields. 1
noun corn crake Alternative form of corncrake. 0

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Origin of corn crake

First appearance:

before 1545

One of the 30% oldest English words

First recorded in 1545-55

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Corn crake

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Corn crake

corn crake popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 43% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 67% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

corn crake usage trend in Literature

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