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crampon

See also: crampón

English

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Crampons being used to climb ice.
 
Argent, a heraldic crampon gules.

Etymology

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Borrowed from French crampon.

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Noun

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crampon (plural crampons)

  1. An attachment to a shoe or boot that provides traction by means of spikes for climbing or walking on slippery surfaces, especially ice.
    Synonyms: climbing iron, climber
  2. (botany) An aerial rootlet for support in climbing, as of ivy.
  3. (heraldry) A heraldic figure in the form of a bar bent at the ends into the form of a hook.

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Verb

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crampon (third-person singular simple present crampons, present participle cramponning or (US) cramponing, simple past and past participle cramponned or (US) cramponed)

  1. To walk or climb using crampons.

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French

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Etymology

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Diminutive of Old French crampe.

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Noun

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crampon m (plural crampons)

  1. cleat, crampon (a protrusion on the bottom of a shoe for better traction)
  2. spike
  3. clinger, hanger-on

Descendants

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  • → English: crampon
  • → Romanian: crampon
  • → Spanish: crampón
  • → Turkish: krampon

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French crampon.

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Noun

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crampon n (plural crampoane)

  1. (rail transport) square-headed spike used to fasten rails on sleepers / railroad ties
  2. cleat; crampon (protrusion on the bottom of a shoe for better traction)
  3. (botany) crampon (aerial root a climbing plant uses to affix itself to vertical support)

Declension

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Declension of crampon
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative crampon cramponul crampoane crampoanele
genitive-dative crampon cramponului crampoane crampoanelor
vocative cramponule crampoanelor

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