крен

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Russian

Etymology

Back-formation from крени́ть (krenítʹ).

Pronunciation

Noun

крен (krenm inan (genitive кре́на, nominative plural кре́ны, genitive plural кре́нов)

  1. (nautical) list, heel, careen, roll, tilt
  2. (aviation) bank, roll
  3. (general) list, roll, tilt

Declension

Further reading

  • крен in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “крен”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress