crac

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Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

crac m (plural cracs)

  1. crack (onomatopoeia of a sharp sound)
  2. crash
    Synonym: fallida
  3. (obsolete) dimwit

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English crack.

Noun

crac m (plural cracs)

  1. pro, expert
  2. crack cocaine

Adjective

crac (invariable)

  1. pro, experienced
    ho va fer a la primera com un crac ― he did it from the first try like a pro

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkrak/
  • Rhymes: -ak
  • Hyphenation: cràc

Noun

crac m

  1. crack (noise)
  2. crash
    Synonyms: bancarotta, crollo
    crac finanziario ― financial crash
  3. breakdown

References

  1. ^ crac in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Further reading

  • crac in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Occitan

Etymology

Imitative.

Pronunciation

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Interjection

crac

  1. crack

Old French

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܟܪܟܐ (karəḵā).

Noun

crac

  1. crusader castle
    le Crac de Mont Real ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

  • French: krak

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Bulgarian крак (krak), cf. Serbo-Croatian krak.

Pronunciation

Noun

crac m (plural craci)

  1. (colloquial, regional) leg
    Synonym: picior
  2. trouser leg
  3. (regional) prong of various tools
  4. (regional) forked branch
  5. (regional) fork in a river

Derived terms

References

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɾak/
  • Rhymes: -ak
  • Syllabification: crac

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

crac

  1. crack, snap

Noun

crac m (plural cracs)

  1. crack (noise)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French krach, from German Krach.

Alternative forms

Noun

crac m (plural cracs)

  1. (finance) crash (sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks)
    El crac del 29 ― Crash of 1929

Further reading

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English crack.

Pronunciation

Noun

crac f (plural craciau)

  1. crack
    Synonyms: cnec, clec

Adjective

crac (feminine singular crac, plural crac, not comparable)

  1. angry; annoyed

Mutation

Mutated forms of crac
radical soft nasal aspirate
crac grac nghrac chrac

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “crac”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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