bocian

From Proto-Germanic *bōkōną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈboː.ki.ɑn/

bōcian

1. to give by charter, to charter

• Middle English: booken, boken
  • English: book
  • Scots: buik, beuk

Inherited from Old Polish bocian, from Proto-Slavic *botьjanъ.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.t͡ɕan/

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• Rhymes: -ɔt͡ɕan
• Syllabification: bo‧cian
• Homophone: Bocian

bocian m animal (female equivalent bocianica, diminutive bocianek)

1. stork (any bird of the genus Ciconia)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:bocian

   młode bociany ― young storks

   dzikie bociany ― wild storks

   pierwsze bociany ― the first storks

   bocian na/w gnieździe ― a stork in a nest

   bocian na łące ― a stork in a meadow

   pisklę bociana ― a stork hatchling

   dziób bociana ― the beak of a stork

   głowa bociana ― the head of a stork

   nogi bociana ― the legs of a stork

   szyja bociana ― the neck of a stork

   gniazdo bociana ― a stork's nest

   ochrona bociana ― stork protection

   para bocianów ― a pair of storks

   klekot bocianów ― the clacking of storks

   miłośnik bocianów ― a stork enthusiast

   liczenie bocianów ― counting storks

   spis bocianów ― a list of storks

   liczba bocianów ― the number of storks

   populacja bocianów ― the stork population

   zobaczyć bociana ― to see a stork

   uratować bociana ― to save a stork

   obserwować bociany ― to stork-watch

2. Skeffington's daughter (type of torture device)
3. (children's folklore) stork (mythical bringer of babies to families)

   wierzyć w bociany ― to believe in storks

   bocian przynosi dzieci ― a stork brings children

• bocian in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• bocian in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *botьjanъ.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔt͡si̯an/

bocian m anim (genitive singular bociana, nominative plural bociany, genitive plural bocianov, declension pattern of dub)

1. stork

• bocianica
• bocianí

• “bocian”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024