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Definition: Cranesbill |
CranesbillNoun1. Any of numerous geraniums of the genus Geranium. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: CranesbillSynonym: crane's bill (n). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: crane's bill (food & agriculture, biology & biotechnology), geranium. |
Crosswords: Cranesbill |
| English words defined with "cranesbill": Geranium pratense ♦ meadow cranesbill. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Cranesbill, also called Richardson's Geranium, (Geranium richardsonii) found along the West Fork Trail Creek. Credit: Terry Tuttle. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Cranesbill" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Cranesbill" is used about 10 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 10 | 111,207 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "cranesbill": meadow cranesbill ♦ spotted cranesbill. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
cranesbill | 32 |
cranesbill geranium | 20 |
bloody cranesbill | 4 |
cranesbill herb spotted | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "cranesbill"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | storkenæb (crane's bill, geranium). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | ooievaarsbek (crane's-bill, geranium), geranium (geranium). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | گیاه شمعدانی(گ.ش.). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kivikkokurjenpolvi (long-stalked cranesbill, US longstalk geranium). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | géranium (crane, crane's-bill), bec-de-grue (crane's bill). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | storchschnabel (crane's-bill). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | γεράνιο (geranium). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | geranio (geranium). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | anesbillcray gerânio (crane's-bill, geranium). (various references) vilino oko (crane's bill). (various references) geranio (geranium). (various references) näva, geranium (geranium). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Geranium spp.. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "cranesbill": cranesbills. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "cranesbill" (pronounced krā"nzbi'l) |
| 3 | -b i' l | crossbill, handbill, hawkbill, hornbill, sheathbill. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-e-i-l-l-n-r-s" | |
-2 letters: ballsier, brailles, brisance, calibers, calibres, carbines, carlines, lanciers, liberals, rinsable. | |
-3 letters: ainsell, aliners, arcsine, arsenic, ascribe, bailers, ballers, ballies, berlins, billers, braille, caliber, calibre, callers, carbine, caribes, carline, carlins, carnies, cellars, claries, eclairs, inlaces, lancers, lesbian, liberal, linable, nailers, rallies, ralline, rebills, recalls, renails, sallier, sanicle, scaleni, scalier, scleral, scribal. | |
-4 letters: ablins, abseil. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-c-e-i-l-l-n-r-s" | |
+1 letter: brilliances, cranesbills. | |
+2 letters: brilliancies. | |
+4 letters: lamellibranchs. | |
+5 letters: irreconcilables. | |
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