Crater

See also: crater, cratur, craytur, craythur, cráter, and cràter

English

Etymology

From Latin crater (“basin; cup”), from Ancient Greek κρατήρ (kratḗr, “mixing bowl, wassail-bowl”), from κράμα (kráma, “mixture”), from κεράννυμι (keránnumi, “to mix, to mingle”).

Proper noun

Crater

1. (astronomy) A dim spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a cup. It lies between the constellations Virgo and Hydra.

Derived terms

• Crateris

Translations

constellation

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巨爵座 (zh) (Jùjuézuò)

• Czech: Pohár (cs) m
• Dutch: Beker (nl) m
• Finnish: Malja (fi)
• French: Coupe (fr) f
• Galician: Copa (gl)
• German: Becher (de) m
• Greek: Κρατήρ m (Kratír)

  Ancient: Κρατήρ m (Kratḗr)

• Irish: an Cupán m
• Japanese: コップ座 (ja)
• Korean: 컵자리 (Keopjari)
• Norwegian: Begeret (no)
• Persian: جام (fa) (jâm), پیاله (fa) (piyâle)
• Polish: Puchar (pl) m
• Russian: Чаша (ru) (Čaša)
• Spanish: Crater

Anagrams

• Carter, arrect, carter, tracer

Spanish

Proper noun

Crater ?

1. Crater (a constellation)