krita

From Middle Low German krite, from Latin creta. The credit sense is from marking credit with a piece of chalk.

• IPA^(key): /²kriːta/
• Rhymes: -iːta

krita c

1. (uncountable) chalk; white powdery limestone
2. (countable) a piece of chalk, used for drawing on a blackboard
3. (countable, by extension) any crayon, regardless of color and material
4. (geology, indeclinable) Cretaceous; a geologic period
5. (uncountable, colloquial) credit, tick; a privilege of delayed payment

• på krita

• svart tavla (“blackboard”)

krita (present kritar, preterite kritade, supine kritat, imperative krita)

1. (transitive) to apply chalk
2. (transitive, colloquial) to buy (something) on credit or with an agreement to pay later

• → English: Krita

• krita in Svensk ordbok (SO)

• arkit., rikta, tikar