crista
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin crista. Doublet of crest.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
crista (plural cristae or (obsolete) cristæ)
- (cytology) Any of the internal compartments formed by the inner membrane of a mitochondrion, where many chemical reactions take place.
- (dentistry) A dental crest.
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Translations edit
the internal compartments formed by the inner membrane of a mitochondrion, where many chemical reactions take place
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Galician edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese cresta, crista, from Latin crista.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
crista f (plural cristas)
- crest
- comb, tuft (of animals)
- ridge
- (botany) hydropiper (Polygonum hydropiper)
- (botany) lady's thumb (Persicaria maculosa)
- Synonym: crista de galo
- rim
References edit
- “cresta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “crista” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “crista” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “crista” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “crista” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “crista” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Cognate with crinis (“hair”), crispus (“curly”). Compare Ancient Greek κόρση (kórsē, “temple (anatomy)”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkris.ta/, [ˈkrɪs̠t̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkris.ta/, [ˈkrist̪ä]
Noun edit
crista f (genitive cristae); first declension
- (of a helmet) the crest, the plume
- Crista galeae.
- The plume of a helmet.
- Galea decora comanti cristae.
- An helmet decorated with a plumed crest.
- the comb or tuft on the head of animals (most frequently of a rooster or a cock)
- Illi surgunt cristae.
- He carries his head high.
- Crista galli.
- The comb of a rooster.
- the tuft of leaves on plants
- Crista foliorum.
- The tuft of the leaves.
- (anatomy) the clitoris
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | crista | cristae |
Genitive | cristae | cristārum |
Dative | cristae | cristīs |
Accusative | cristam | cristās |
Ablative | cristā | cristīs |
Vocative | crista | cristae |
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Descendants edit
- Eastern Romance:
- Italian: cresta
- → Old English: cræsta
- Old French: creste
- Old Occitan:
- Old Galician-Portuguese: crista, cresta
- Old Spanish:
- Spanish: cresta
- Rhaeto-Romance:
- Sicilian: crista
- Venetian: gresta
- → Albanian: kreshtë
- → English: crista
- → Spanish: crista
See also edit
References edit
- “crista”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “crista”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- crista in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- crista in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “crista”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “crista”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese crista, cresta, from Latin crista.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
crista f (plural cristas)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin crista. See also the inherited doublet cresta.
Noun edit
crista f (plural cristas)
- crest (of a helmet)
Further reading edit
- “crista”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014