Creta

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See also: creta and cretă

Asturian

Proper noun

Creta f

  1. Crete (island)

Catalan

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Creta f

  1. Crete (an island and region of Greece)

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Galician

Proper noun

Creta f

  1. Crete (island)

Italian

Etymology

From Latin Crēta.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Creta f

  1. Crete (an island in Greece)

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κρήτη (Krḗtē).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Crēta f sg (genitive Crētae); first declension

  1. Crete (an island in Greece)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Crēta
Genitive Crētae
Dative Crētae
Accusative Crētam
Ablative Crētā
Vocative Crēta
Locative Crētae

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Descendants

  • Catalan: Creta
  • → English: Crete
  • Italian: Creta
  • → Welsh: Creta

References

  • “Creta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Creta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “Creta”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Cre‧ta

Proper noun

Creta f

  1. Crete (an island and region of Greece)

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Creta, from Latin Crēta, from Ancient Greek Κρήτη (Krḗtē).

Proper noun

Creta f

  1. Crete (an island in Greece)

Spanish

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɾeta/
  • Rhymes: -eta
  • Syllabification: Cre‧ta

Proper noun

Creta f

  1. Crete (an island in Greece)

Derived terms

Welsh

Etymology

Proper noun

Creta (not mutable)

  1. Crete (an island in Greece)

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