kruchta
Czech edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Kruft, from Latin crypta, from Ancient Greek κρυπτή (kruptḗ), female form of the adjective κρυπτός (kruptós). Doublet of krypta (“crypt”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kruchta f
- choir (raised area in a church for the organ, singers and musicians)
- (Common Czech, dated) stage (for musicians) in an inn
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Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Czech kruchta, from German Kruft, from Latin crypta, from Ancient Greek κρυπτή (kruptḗ), female form of the adjective κρυπτός (kruptós). Doublet of krypta (“crypt”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kruchta f
- (architecture) church porch
- Synonym: (archaic) babiniec
- (derogatory) orthodoxy, conformity to established and accepted religious (particularly Catholic) beliefs
- (derogatory) people who conform to Catholic orthodoxy
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Declension of kruchta
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adjectives