Cretan

English

Alternative forms

• Cretian

Etymology

Crete +‎ -an

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɹiːtən/
• Rhymes: -iːtən
• Homophone: cretin (for some accents)

Adjective

Cretan (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to Crete or its inhabitants.

Translations

relating to Crete

• Catalan: cretenc (ca)
• Coptic: ⲕⲣⲏⲧⲉⲥ (krētes)
• Czech: krétský (cs)
• Dutch: Kretenzisch (nl)
• French: crétois (fr)
• Galician: cretense (gl)
• German: kretisch (de)
• Greek: κρητικός (el) m (kritikós)
• Icelandic: krítverskur
• Irish: Créatach
• Italian: cretese

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kretisk

  Nynorsk: kretisk

• Polish: kreteński (pl)
• Portuguese: cretense
• Russian: кри́тский (ru) (krítskij)
• Spanish: cretense (es)
• Welsh: Cretaidd

Noun

Cretan (plural Cretans)

1. An inhabitant or a resident of Crete.

Translations

inhabitant

• Catalan: cretenc (ca) m, cretenca (ca) f
• Coptic: ⲕⲣⲏⲧⲉⲥ (krētes)
• Czech: Kréťan m
• Dutch: Kretenzer (nl) m, Kretenzische (nl) f
• Esperanto: kretano m, kretanino f
• French: Crétois (fr) m, Crétoise f
• Galician: cretense (gl)
• German: Kreter (de) m, Kreterin (de) f
• Greek: Κρητικός (el) m (Kritikós), Κρής (el) m (Krís), Κρητικιά (el) f (Kritikiá), Κρήσσα f (Kríssa)

  Ancient: Κρής m (Krḗs)

• Hebrew: כְּרֵתִי‎ (he) m (kretí)

• Icelandic: Krítverji m
• Irish: Créatach m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kreter m

  Nynorsk: kretar m

• Polish: Kreteńczyk (pl) m
• Portuguese: cretense m or f
• Russian: критя́нин (ru) m (kritjánin), критя́нка f (kritjánka)
• Swedish: kretensare (sv)
• Welsh: Cretiad m

Proper noun

Cretan

1. The dialect of Greek spoken in Crete.
   • Holonym: Doric

Anagrams

• Canter, canter, carnet, centra, creant, nectar, recant, tanrec, trance