English Explanatory Dictionary

cockcrow

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The time of day at which the first crow of a cockerel is heard; dawn or daybreak; first light

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-cockcrow.wav

Word forms

cockcrow cockcrows cock-crow

Etymology

From Middle English cok crowe (also as cokkes crowe), equivalent to cock + crow. Likely a suppletive variation of Old English hancrǣd (“cockcrow, dawn”, literally “cock-crowing”), from hana (“cock, rooster”) + crǣd (“crowing”).

Synonyms

break of day sunup sparrow-fart

Related words

cockcrower cockcrowing cockscrow
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