Creta

See also: creta and cretă

Asturian

Proper noun

Creta f

  1. Crete (island)

Catalan

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Creta f

  1. Crete (an island and region of Greece)

Derived terms

Galician

Proper noun

Creta f

  1. Crete (island)

Italian

Etymology

From Latin Crēta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkrɛ.ta/

Proper noun

Creta f

  1. Crete (an island of Greece)

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κρήτη (Krḗtē).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Crēta f sg (genitive Crētae); first declension

  1. Crete (an island of Greece)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Crēta
genitive Crētae
dative Crētae
accusative Crētam
ablative Crētā
vocative Crēta
locative Crētae

Descendants

  • Catalan: Creta
  • English: Crete
  • Italian: Creta
  • Welsh: Creta

References

  • Creta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Creta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Creta”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkreː.tɑ/

Proper noun

Crēta m

  1. Crete (an island of Greece)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɾɛ.tɐ/

  • Hyphenation: Cre‧ta

Proper noun

Creta f

  1. Crete (an island and region of Greece)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Creta, from Latin Crēta, from Ancient Greek Κρήτη (Krḗtē).

Proper noun

Creta f

  1. Crete (an island of Greece)

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɾeta/ [ˈkɾe.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -eta
  • Syllabification: Cre‧ta

Proper noun

Creta f

  1. Crete (an island of Greece)

Derived terms

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkrɛta/

Proper noun

Creta (not mutable)

  1. Crete (an island of Greece)

Derived terms