cripta

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Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin crypta from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós). Doublet of gruta.

Pronunciation

Noun

cripta f (plural criptes)

  1. crypt

Further reading

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin crypta from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós). Doublet of gruta.

Noun

cripta f (plural criptas)

  1. crypt

Further reading

Italian

 cripta on Italian Wikipedia

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkrip.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ipta
  • Hyphenation: crìp‧ta

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin crypta, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek κρυπτή (kruptḗ). Doublet of grotta, which Italian inherited from Latin.

Noun

cripta f (plural cripte)

  1. crypt

Etymology 2

Verb

cripta

  1. inflection of criptare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin crypta from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós). Doublet of gruta.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkɾi.pi.tɐ/, /ˈkɾip.tɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkɾip.ta/, /ˈkɾi.pi.ta/

  • Hyphenation: crip‧ta

Noun

cripta f (plural criptas)

  1. crypt (undergound vault)

Further reading

Spanish

 cripta on Spanish Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin crypta from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós). Doublet of gruta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɾibta/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ibta
  • Syllabification: crip‧ta

Noun

cripta f (plural criptas)

  1. crypt

Further reading