croat
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From the participle of the obsolete Catalan verb croar (“to cross”).
Adjective edit
croat (feminine croada, masculine plural croats, feminine plural croades)
Synonyms edit
Noun edit
croat m (plural croats)
- (historical, military) crusader (a Christian warrior who went on a crusade)
- (obsolete but later revived) crusader (anyone engaged in a concerted effort to do good)
- (historical, numismatics) a silver coin of the County of Barcelona minted from 1285 to 1706 and worth 12 diners, so named on account of the large cross on the reverse
Related terms edit
- croada (“crusade”)
See also edit
- Croat (moneda) on the Catalan Wikipedia.Wikipedia ca
Etymology 2 edit
From Serbo-Croatian Hr̀vāt (“Croat”).
Adjective edit
croat (feminine croata, masculine plural croats, feminine plural croates)
- Croatian (pertaining to Croatia, to the Croatian people, or to the Croatian language)
Noun edit
croat m (plural croats, feminine croata)
- Croat (an inhabitant of Croatia or an ethnic Croat)
Related terms edit
- Croàcia (“Croatia”)
Noun edit
croat m (uncountable)
- Croatian (a Slavic language of the Balkans)
- Synonym: serbocroat
Further reading edit
- “croat” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “croat”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “croat” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “croat” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French Croate, German Kroate, from Latin Croata, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *xъrvatъ. Doublet of the now archaic or obsolete original form, arvat.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
croat m (plural croați, feminine equivalent croată)
Declension edit
Declension of croat
Adjective edit
croat m or n (feminine singular croată, masculine plural croați, feminine and neuter plural croate)