krater

See also: Krater and kráter

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κρατήρ (kratḗr).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

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 []

Translations

Anagrams

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cráter.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /krater/ [kra.t̪er]
  • Rhymes: -ater, -er
  • Hyphenation: kra‧ter

Noun

krater inan

  1. crater

Declension

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

Further reading

  • krater”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]

Danish

Etymology

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

Noun

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

  1. a crater

References

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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)

Hypernyms

  • (krater): mengvat

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: krater
  • West Frisian: krater

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Noun

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

  1. a crater

Usage notes

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.

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

Noun

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

  1. a crater

Derived terms

References

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkra.tɛr/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -atɛr
  • Syllabification: kra‧ter

Noun

krater m inan

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

Declension

Further reading

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Krater, from Latin crater.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kráter m inan (Cyrillic spelling кра́тер)

  1. crater

Declension

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kràːtɛr/

Noun

kráter m inan

  1. crater

Declension

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

Etymology

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

Noun

krater c

  1. a crater (astronomy: hemispherical pit)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading