creper
See also: crêper
English
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editEtymology
editNoun
editcreper (plural crepers)
- A machine for making rubber into crepes (rubber sheets).
- 1973, Quarterly Journal - Rubber Research Institute of Sri Lanka, page 172:
- For continuous slabs of coagula derived from the conventional tanks, these are best subjected to one pass through a creper and to a granulator or a creper-hammermill for size reduction.
- 1985, Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Engineering, page 697:
- It is common practice to mount a creper directly above the hammermill (creper hammermill) to reduce the power requirements.
- 2010, Hari P. Singh, Bharat P. Singh, “Natural Rubber”, in Industrial Crops and Uses, CABI, →ISBN, page 372:
- The coagulum is pressed between rollers to form crepes, mashed into small pieces by a hammer mill and finally into crumbs by an extruder. An alternative method of making crumb is to add incompatible oil to coagulated latex and then feed it through a creper for transformation into crumbs.
Latin
editEtymology
editOf uncertain origin;[1] proposed derivations include:
- From a Proto-Indo-European root common to Albanian ngrys (“to have dinner, to darken”, verb).
- From a root common to Ancient Greek κνέφας (knéphas, “darkness”).
- From a root common to Ancient Greek κρύπτω (krúptō, “to hide”) or Lithuanian krópti (“to steal”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkre.per/, [ˈkrɛpɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkre.per/, [ˈkrɛːper]
Adjective
editcreper (feminine crepera, neuter creperum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
Declension
editFirst/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | creper | crepera | creperum | creperī | creperae | crepera | |
Genitive | creperī | creperae | creperī | creperōrum | creperārum | creperōrum | |
Dative | creperō | creperō | creperīs | ||||
Accusative | creperum | creperam | creperum | creperōs | creperās | crepera | |
Ablative | creperō | creperā | creperō | creperīs | |||
Vocative | creper | crepera | creperum | creperī | creperae | crepera |
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “creper”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- creper in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938) “creper”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 289
Middle English
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editcreper (plural crepers) (rare)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “crẹ̄per, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-17.
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