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krater

See also: Krater and kráter

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek κρατήρ (kratḗr).

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Noun

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krater (plural kraters)

  1. (historical) An ancient Greek vessel for mixing water and wine.
    • 2014, François Lissarrague, The Aesthetics of the Greek Banquet: Images of Wine and Ritual, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 34:
      In the tondo of a cup in the Louvre we see a young slave, a pais, dip an oenochoe into a garlanded krater; he is holding a cup in the other hand and is about to serve drinks (fig. 20).” By isolating this detail, the painter implies all the aspects of a […]

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Basque

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish cráter.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /krater/, [kra.t̪e̞r]

Noun

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krater inan

  1. crater

Declension

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Declension of krater (inanimate, ending in -r)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive krater kraterra kraterrak
ergative kraterrek kraterrak kraterrek
dative kraterri kraterrari kraterrei
genitive kraterren kraterraren kraterren
comitative kraterrekin kraterrarekin kraterrekin
causative kraterrengatik kraterrarengatik kraterrengatik
benefactive kraterrentzat kraterrarentzat kraterrentzat
instrumental kraterrez kraterraz kraterrez
inessive kraterretan kraterrean kraterretan
locative kraterretako kraterreko kraterretako
allative kraterretara kraterrera kraterretara
terminative kraterretaraino kraterreraino kraterretaraino
directive kraterretarantz kraterrerantz kraterretarantz
destinative kraterretarako kraterrerako kraterretarako
ablative kraterretatik kraterretik kraterretatik
partitive kraterrik — —
prolative kratertzat — —

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Danish

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek κρατήρ (kratḗr, “mixing bowl, wassail-bowl”).

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krater n (definite singular krateret, indefinite plural kratere or kratre, definite plural kraterne or kratrene)

  1. a crater

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin crātēr, from Ancient Greek κρᾱτήρ (krātḗr).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkraː.tər/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: kra‧ter
  • Rhymes: -aːtər

Noun

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krater m (plural kraters, diminutive kratertje n)

  1. (astronomy) meteoric crater
    Synonyms: inslagkrater, meteorietkrater
  2. (geology) volcanic crater
    Synonym: vulkaankrater
  3. crater caused by an explosion
  4. (archaeology) krater (Ancient Greek vessel)

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: krater
  • → West Frisian: krater

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek κρατήρ (kratḗr, “mixing bowl, wassail-bowl”).

Noun

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krater n (definite singular krateret or kratret, indefinite plural krater or kratre, definite plural kratra or kratrene)

  1. a crater

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The indefinite plural kratere and definite plural kraterne are also used; these occur in Danish and may be acceptable in Riksmål, but not in Bokmål.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek κρατήρ (kratḗr, “mixing bowl, wassail-bowl”).

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krater n (definite singular krateret, indefinite plural krater, definite plural kratera)

  1. a crater

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Polish

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Etymology

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Internationalism; compare English crater, French cratère, German Krater, ultimately from Latin crātēr, from Ancient Greek κρατήρ (kratḗr).

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Noun

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krater m inan

  1. (astronomy) crater
  2. (geology) crater
  3. (Ancient Greece, historical) krater

Declension

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Declension of krater
singular plural
nominative krater kratery
genitive krateru kraterów
dative kraterowi kraterom
accusative krater kratery
instrumental kraterem kraterami
locative kraterze kraterach
vocative kraterze kratery

Further reading

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  • krater in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • krater in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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From German Krater, from Latin crater.

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  • IPA(key): /krǎːter/
  • Hyphenation: kra‧ter

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kráter m (Cyrillic spelling кра́тер)

  1. crater

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Declension of krater
singular plural
nominative krater krateri
genitive kratera kratera
dative krateru kraterima
accusative krater kratere
vocative krateru krateri
locative krateru kraterima
instrumental kraterom kraterima

Slovene

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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kráter m inan

  1. crater

Inflection

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 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., soft o-stem
nom. sing. kráter
gen. sing. kráterja
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		kráter kráterja kráterji
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		kráterja kráterjev kráterjev
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		kráterju kráterjema kráterjem
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		kráter kráterja kráterje
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		kráterju kráterjih kráterjih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		kráterjem kráterjema kráterji

Swedish

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Etymology

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Derived from Ancient Greek κρατήρ (kratḗr). Cognate of German Krater, French cratère, Latin crater.

Noun

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krater c

  1. a crater (astronomy: hemispherical pit)

Declension

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Declension of krater 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative krater kratern kratrar kratrarna
Genitive kraters kraterns kratrars kratrarnas

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