crypte
See also: crypté
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Probably borrowed from Middle French cripte, from Latin crypta, from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós). Doublet of krocht, grot, and gruft.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
crypte f (plural cryptes, diminutive cryptetje n)
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Latin crypta, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek κρυπτή (kruptḗ). Doublet of grotte, a borrowing from Italian.
Noun edit
crypte f (plural cryptes)
- a crypt
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
crypte
- inflection of crypter:
Further reading edit
- “crypte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.