kres

See also: kres'

Danish

Noun

kres c (singular definite kresen, plural indefinite krese)

1. Obsolete spelling of kreds.

Declension

Declension of kres

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kres	kresen	krese	kresene
genitive	kres'	kresens	kreses	kresenes

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch kruis, from Middle Dutch cruce, from Latin crux (“cross”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkrɛs]
• Hyphenation: krès

Noun

kres (first-person possessive kresku, second-person possessive kresmu, third-person possessive kresnya)

1. (music) sharp, higher than usual by one semitone (denoted by the symbol ♯ after the name of the note).

Synonyms

• syap (Standard Malay)

Further reading

• “kres” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krɛs/

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• Rhymes: -ɛs
• Syllabification: kres

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle Low German krēs, from Middle High German kreiz, from Old High German kreiz, from Proto-Germanic *kraitaz.

Noun

kres m inan

1. limit, boundary
2. (mathematics) bound; supremum or infimum

Declension

Declension of kres

	singular	plural
nominative	kres	kresy
genitive	kresu	kresów
dative	kresowi	kresom
accusative	kres	kresy
instrumental	kresem	kresami
locative	kresie	kresach
vocative	kresie	kresy

Derived terms

adjective

• kresowy

 

nouns

• bezkres
• kresowicz
• kresowiec
• kresy

 

Related terms

adjective

• bezkresny

 

adverb

• bezkreśnie

 

nouns

• bezkresność
• kresowiaczka
• kresowiak
• kresowianin
• kresowianka
• kresowizm
• kresowość
• Kresy Wschodnie

 

verbs

• położyć kres pf, kłaść kres impf

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

kres f

1. genitive plural of kresa

Further reading

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

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *krěsъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kréːs/

Noun

krẹ̑s m inan

1. bonfire

Inflection

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., hard o-stem, plural in -ôv-
nom. sing.	krés
gen. sing.	krésa
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	krés	kresôva	kresôvi
genitive (rodȋlnik)	krésa	kresôv	kresôv
dative (dajȃlnik)	krésu	kresôvoma	kresôvom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	krés	kresôva	kresôve
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	krésu	kresôvih	kresôvih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	krésom	kresôvoma	kresôvi

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., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	krés
gen. sing.	krésa
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	krés	krésa	krési
genitive (rodȋlnik)	krésa	krésov	krésov
dative (dajȃlnik)	krésu	krésoma	krésom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	krés	krésa	krése
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	krésu	krésih	krésih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	krésom	krésoma	krési

Further reading

• “kres”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran