cron

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See also: Cron and crón

English

Etymology

From chrono-, from Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos, “time”). Originating as the name of a specific program, but since generalized to analogous ones.

Noun

cron (uncountable)

  1. (computing) A scheduler or timer that automatically starts a job, program, task.

Derived terms

Irish

Etymology

Middle Irish cron (“crime, blame, fault”).

Noun

cron m (genitive singular croin)

  1. fault, defect, blemish
  2. Reproving look, notice.

Declension

Declension of cron (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative cron
vocative a chruin
genitive cruin
dative cron
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an cron
genitive an chruin
dative leis an gcron
don chron

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of cron
radical lenition eclipsis
cron chron gcron

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

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Middle Irish cron (“crime, blame, fault”).

Noun

cron m (genitive singular croin, plural croin)

  1. harm, injury, defect
  2. delinquency, blame, fault

Derived terms

  • cronachadh m (“criticism, denunciation, reproach, reproof”)
  • cronaich (“rebuke, chide, scold”, verb)
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