See also: Cron and crón

English

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Etymology

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From chrono-, from Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos, time). Originating as the name of a specific program, but since generalized to analogous ones.

Noun

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cron (uncountable)

  1. (computing) A scheduler or timer that automatically starts a job, program, task.

Derived terms

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Irish

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Etymology

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Middle Irish cron (crime, blame, fault).

Noun

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cron m (genitive singular croin)

  1. fault, defect, blemish
  2. Reproving look, notice.

Declension

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Declension of cron (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative cron
vocative a chruin
genitive cruin
dative cron
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an cron
genitive an chruin
dative leis an gcron
don chron

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of cron
radical lenition eclipsis
cron chron gcron

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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Middle Irish cron (crime, blame, fault).

Noun

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cron m (genitive singular croin, plural croin)

  1. harm, injury, defect
  2. delinquency, blame, fault

Derived terms

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  • cronachadh m (criticism, denunciation, reproach, reproof)
  • cronaich (rebuke, chide, scold, verb)

Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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cron f

  1. feminine singular of crwn (curved)

Noun

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cron f

  1. cow parsnip, hogweed (Heracleum Sphondylium)

Synonyms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of cron
radical soft nasal aspirate
cron gron nghron chron

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cron”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies