cripta

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin crypta from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós). Doublet of gruta.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾip.tə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾip.ta/

Noun

cripta f (plural criptes)

1. crypt

Related terms

• críptic

Further reading

• “cripta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “cripta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “cripta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “cripta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin crypta from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós). Doublet of gruta.

Noun

cripta f (plural criptas)

1. crypt

Further reading

• “cripta” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrip.ta/
• Rhymes: -ipta
• Syllabification: crìp‧ta

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin crypta, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek κρυπτή (kruptḗ). Doublet of grotta, which Italian inherited from Latin.

Noun

cripta f (plural cripte)

1. crypt

Etymology 2

Verb

cripta

1. inflection of criptare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• cripta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin crypta from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós). Doublet of gruta.

Noun

cripta f (plural criptas)

1. crypt (undergound vault)

Related terms

• encriptar
• gruta

Further reading

• “cripta” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin crypta from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós). Doublet of gruta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾibta/ [ˈkɾiβ̞.t̪a]

• Audio (Colombia)

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• Rhymes: -ibta
• Syllabification: crip‧ta

Noun

cripta f (plural criptas)

1. crypt

Further reading

• “cripta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014