Creta

See also: creta and cretă

Asturian

Proper noun

Creta f

1. Crete (island)

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈkɾɛ.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) unknown

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Proper noun

Creta f

1. Crete (an island and region of Greece)

Derived terms

• cretenc

Galician

Proper noun

Creta f

1. Crete (island)

Italian

Etymology

From Latin Crēta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrɛ.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɛta
• Hyphenation: Crè‧ta

Proper noun

Creta f

1. Crete (an island of Greece)

Related terms

• cretese

Anagrams

• -crate, carte, certa, cetra, tacer, trace

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek Κρήτη (Krḗtē)bor.

Latin Crēta

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κρήτη (Krḗtē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkreː.ta]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkrɛː.ta]

Proper noun

Crēta f sg (genitive Crētae); first declension

1. Crete (an island of Greece)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Crēta
genitive	Crētae
dative	Crētae
accusative	Crētam
ablative	Crētā
vocative	Crēta
locative	Crētae

Related terms

• Crēs
• Crēsius
• Cressa
• crēta
• Crētaeus
• crētānus
• Crētensis
• Crēticus
• Crētis

Descendants

• Catalan: Creta
• → English: Crete
• Italian: Creta
• → Welsh: Creta

References

• “Creta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Creta”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Creta”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkreː.tɑ/

Proper noun

Crēta m

1. Crete (an island of Greece)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾɛ.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾɛ.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾɛ.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾɛ.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: Cre‧ta

Proper noun

Creta f

1. Crete (an island and region of Greece)

Related terms

• cretense
• crético

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Creta, from Latin Crēta, from Ancient Greek Κρήτη (Krḗtē).

Proper noun

Creta f

1. Crete (an island of Greece)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾeta/ [ˈkɾe.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: Cre‧ta

Proper noun

Creta f

1. Crete (an island of Greece)

Derived terms

• caliza de Creta
• cretense

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrɛta/

Proper noun

Creta (not mutable)

1. Crete (an island of Greece)

Derived terms

• ditaen Creta (“dittany of Crete, hop marjoram”)
• rhedyn Creta (“Cretan brakes, ribbon ferns”)