kravata

Czech

kravaty

Etymology

Borrowed from German Krawatte, from French cravate, from Serbo-Croatian Hr̀vāt (“Croat”). Named after a tied neckerchief worn by Croatian soldiers in the 17th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkravata]

Noun

kravata f

1. tie, necktie

   Synonym: vázanka

2. (martial arts) chokehold, headlock

Declension

Declension of kravata (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	kravata	kravaty
genitive	kravaty	kravat
dative	kravatě	kravatám
accusative	kravatu	kravaty
vocative	kravato	kravaty
locative	kravatě	kravatách
instrumental	kravatou	kravatami

Further reading

• “kravata”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “kravata”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “kravata”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Krawatte, from French cravate, from Serbo-Croatian Hr̀vāt. Doublet of Hrvat.

Noun

kravàta f (Cyrillic spelling крава̀та)

1. tie

Declension

Declension of kravata

	singular	plural
nominative	kravàta	kravate
genitive	kravate	kravátā
dative	kravati	kravatama
accusative	kravatu	kravate
vocative	kravato	kravate
locative	kravati	kravatama
instrumental	kravatom	kravatama

Synonyms

• (Croatia) hrvatka, vezanka, krasovez

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from German Krawatte, from French cravate, from Serbo-Croatian Hr̀vāt (“Croat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkravata/

Noun

kravata f (genitive singular kravaty, nominative plural kravaty, genitive plural kravát, declension pattern of žena)

1. necktie

Declension

Declension of kravata

	singular	plural
nominative	kravata	kravaty
genitive	kravaty	kravát
dative	kravate	kravatám
accusative	kravatu	kravaty
locative	kravate	kravatách
instrumental	kravatou	kravatami

Derived terms

• kravatový

Further reading

• “kravata”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024