crampon

See also: crampón

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French crampon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɹæmpɑn/, /ˈkɹæmpən/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

crampon (plural crampons)

1. An attachment to a shoe or boot that provides traction by means of spikes. Used for climbing or walking on slippery surfaces, especially ice.
2. (botany) An aerial rootlet for support in climbing, as of ivy.
3. (heraldry) A heraldic figure in the form of a bar bent at the ends into the form of a hook.

Translations

attachment to a shoe used for climbing or walking on ice

• Bashkir: тырнаҡ (tırnaq)
• Catalan: tac (ca) m, grampó (ca) m
• Czech: mačka (cs)
• Finnish: jäärauta (fi)
• French: crampon (fr) m
• German: Steigeisen (de) n, Klettereisen n
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: ἐγκεντρίς f (enkentrís)

• Icelandic: mannbroddar m pl
• Italian: rampone (it) m
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• Japanese: アイゼン (ja) (aizen)
• Kannada: ಕೊಕ್ಕೆಯೆತ್ತಿಗೆ (kn) (kokkeyettige)
• Korean: 아이젠 (aijen)
• Macedonian: де́реза f (déreza)
• Polish: rak (pl) m
• Russian: шип (ru) m (šip), ко́шки (ru) f (kóški) (usually plural, of mountain climbers)
• Spanish: taco (es) m, crampón
• Swedish: stegjärn (sv) n
• Turkish: tırmanma demiri, krampon (tr)

Verb

crampon (third-person singular simple present crampons, present participle cramponning or (US) cramponing, simple past and past participle cramponned or (US) cramponed)

1. To walk or climb using crampons.

Further reading

• crampon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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French

Etymology

Diminutive of Old French crampe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʁɑ̃.pɔ̃/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

crampon m (plural crampons)

1. cleat, crampon (a protrusion on the bottom of a shoe for better traction)
2. spike
3. clinger, hanger-on

Further reading

• “crampon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French crampon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kramˈpon/

Noun

crampon n (plural crampoane)

1. (rail transport) square-headed spike used to fasten rails on sleepers / railroad ties
2. cleat; crampon (protrusion on the bottom of a shoe for better traction)
3. (botany) crampon (aerial root a climbing plant uses to affix itself to vertical support)

Declension

Declension of crampon

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) crampon	cramponul	(niște) crampoane	crampoanele
genitive/dative	(unui) crampon	cramponului	(unor) crampoane	crampoanelor
vocative	cramponule		crampoanelor

Further reading

• crampon in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)