krater
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κρατήρ (kratḗr).
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)
Noun edit
krater (plural kraters)
- (historical) An ancient Greek vessel for mixing water and wine.
- 2014, François Lissarrague, The Aesthetics of the Greek Banquet: Images of Wine and Ritual, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 34:
- In the tondo of a cup in the Louvre we see a young slave, a pais, dip an oenochoe into a garlanded krater; he is holding a cup in the other hand and is about to serve drinks (fig. 20).” By isolating this detail, the painter implies all the aspects of a […]
Translations edit
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Basque edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
krater inan
Declension edit
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | krater | kraterra | kraterrak |
ergative | kraterrek | kraterrak | kraterrek |
dative | kraterri | kraterrari | kraterrei |
genitive | kraterren | kraterraren | kraterren |
comitative | kraterrekin | kraterrarekin | kraterrekin |
causative | kraterrengatik | kraterrarengatik | kraterrengatik |
benefactive | kraterrentzat | kraterrarentzat | kraterrentzat |
instrumental | kraterrez | kraterraz | kraterrez |
inessive | kraterretan | kraterrean | kraterretan |
locative | kraterretako | kraterreko | kraterretako |
allative | kraterretara | kraterrera | kraterretara |
terminative | kraterretaraino | kraterreraino | kraterretaraino |
directive | kraterretarantz | kraterrerantz | kraterretarantz |
destinative | kraterretarako | kraterrerako | kraterretarako |
ablative | kraterretatik | kraterretik | kraterretatik |
partitive | kraterrik | — | — |
prolative | kratertzat | — | — |
Further reading edit
- "krater" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek κρατήρ (kratḗr, “mixing bowl, wassail-bowl”).
Noun edit
krater n (definite singular krateret, indefinite plural kratere or kratre, definite plural kraterne or kratrene)
- a crater
References edit
- “krater” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin crātēr, from Ancient Greek κρᾱτήρ (krātḗr).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
krater m (plural kraters, diminutive kratertje n)
- (astronomy) meteoric crater
- Synonyms: inslagkrater, meteorietkrater
- (geology) volcanic crater
- Synonym: vulkaankrater
- crater caused by an explosion
- (archaeology) krater (Ancient Greek vessel)
Hypernyms edit
- (krater): mengvat
Derived terms edit
- bomkrater
- granaatkrater
- inslagkrater
- kratermeer
- kratertrechter
- maankrater
- meteorietkrater
- vulkaankrater
Descendants edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek κρατήρ (kratḗr, “mixing bowl, wassail-bowl”).
Noun edit
krater n (definite singular krateret or kratret, indefinite plural krater or kratre, definite plural kratra or kratrene)
- a crater
Usage notes edit
The indefinite plural kratere and definite plural kraterne are also used; these occur in Danish and may be acceptable in Riksmål, but not in Bokmål.
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “krater” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek κρατήρ (kratḗr, “mixing bowl, wassail-bowl”).
Noun edit
krater n (definite singular krateret, indefinite plural krater, definite plural kratera)
- a crater
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “krater” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
krater m inan
Declension edit
Further reading edit
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
From German Krater, from Latin crater.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kráter m (Cyrillic spelling кра́тер)
Declension edit
Slovene edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kráter m inan
Inflection edit
Masculine inan., soft o-stem | |||
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nom. sing. | kráter | ||
gen. sing. | kráterja | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
kráter | kráterja | kráterji |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
kráterja | kráterjev | kráterjev |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
kráterju | kráterjema | kráterjem |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
kráter | kráterja | kráterje |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
kráterju | kráterjih | kráterjih |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
kráterjem | kráterjema | kráterji |
Swedish edit
Noun edit
krater c
- a crater (astronomy: hemispherical pit)
Declension edit
Declension of krater | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | krater | kratern | kratrar | kratrarna |
Genitive | kraters | kraterns | kratrars | kratrarnas |