krab

English

Etymology 1

Noun

krab (plural krabs)

1. (colloquial) Short for carabiner.

Etymology 2

Respelling of crab. Compare wyngz.

Noun

krab

1. (colloquial) imitation crab meat; crab stick; kamaboko

Anagrams

• bark, brak, kbar

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Czech

Etymology

A Germanic borrowing, from Proto-Germanic *krabbô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krap/

Noun

1. crab

Further reading

• Template:R:PSJC
• Template:R:SSJC

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Danish

Verb

krab

1. (deprecated template usage) imperative of krabbe

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krɑp/

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• Hyphenation: krab
• Rhymes: -ɑp
• Homophone: krap

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch crabbe, from Old Dutch *krabba. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

krab f or m (plural krabben, diminutive krabbetje n)

1. (zoology) crab, crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura

Derived terms

• krabvisser
• zeekrab

Descendants

• Afrikaans: krap
• Berbice Creole Dutch: krabu
• Negerhollands: krabe, krabischi, krabu, crabbo, krabbo
  • → Virgin Islands Creole: krabu (dated)
• Skepi Creole Dutch: krabu
• → Sranan Tongo: krabu
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: krabu
  • → Caribbean Javanese: krabu
  • → Saramaccan: kaábu

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

krab

1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of krabben
2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of krabben

Anagrams

• bark, brak

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Mauritian Creole

Noun

krab

1. Alternative form of krap

References

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

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Polish

krab

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krap/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ap
• Syllabification: krab

Noun

1. crab (crustacean)

Declension

Declension of krab

	singular	plural
nominative	krab	kraby
genitive	kraba	krabów
dative	krabowi	krabom
accusative	kraba	kraby
instrumental	krabem	krabami
locative	krabie	krabach
vocative	krabie	kraby

Further reading

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

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Uzbek

Noun

krab (plural krablar)

1. crab

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West Frisian

Noun

krab c (plural krabben, diminutive krabke)

1. Alternative form of krabbe