creak

Etymology
From, , metathesis of , from , from , from , ultimately of origin.

Compare also 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬. More at.

Noun

 * 1) The sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: скърцане, скрибуцане
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 吱呀,, , ,
 * Czech: vrzání,, skřípot, zaskřípění, zavrzání, skřípění
 * Danish: knagen, knirken
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * Galician:, ,
 * German:, Quietschen
 * Hungarian:, , , ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: きいきい
 * Portuguese: rangido
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,

Verb

 * 1)  To make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances.
 * 2) * 1856, (translator),  (author),, Part III, Chapter 10:
 * Then when the four ropes were arranged the coffin was placed upon them. He watched it descend; it seemed descending for ever. At last a thud was heard; the ropes creaked as they were drawn up.
 * 1)  To produce a creaking sound with.
 * 2)  To suffer from strain or old age.
 * 1)  To suffer from strain or old age.
 * 1)  To suffer from strain or old age.
 * 1)  To suffer from strain or old age.

Translations

 * Arabic: زَيَّقَ, صَرَّ
 * Armenian: ,
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 發吱吱聲, 發嘎吱聲, 發軋軋聲
 * Czech: vrzat, skřípat
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: grinci, knari
 * Finnish:, natista,
 * French:
 * Galician:, garrir, , , ,
 * German: ,
 * Alemannic German: giire
 * Hawaiian: ʻeʻeʻina
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Icelandic: ískra
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 軋む
 * Latin: crepō
 * Maori: whēke, kekē, ngakeke, pātētē, kokē, kongangi, pakē
 * Old English: þunian
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Ukrainian: скрипіти, рипіти


 * Finnish:, natisuttaa, kitisyttää
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:, ,