English
Etymology 1
13th century, of Celtic origin; compare Scots craig , Scottish Gaelic creag , Irish creag , Welsh craig , Manx creg .
Pronunciation
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Rhymes: -æɡ
Noun
crag (plural crags )
A crag.
A rocky outcrop ; a rugged steep rock or cliff .
Sir Walter Scott
From crag to crag the signal flew.
A rough broken fragment of rock.
( geology ) A partially compacted bed of gravel mixed with shells , of the Tertiary age.
Derived terms
Translations
a rocky outcrop
Albanian: shkrep (sq) m , skërkë (sq) f
Arabic: جُرْفٌ m ( jurfun )
Belarusian: скала́ f ( skalá )
Bulgarian: чукар (bg) m ( čukar ) , канара (bg) f ( kanara )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 峭壁 (zh) ( qiàobì ) , 崖 (zh) ( yá )
Czech: útes (cs) m , převis (cs) m
Finnish: kalliojyrkänne
Galician: penedo m
Georgian: კლდე ( ḳlde )
German: Felsen (de) m
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Greek:
Ancient: κρημνός m ( krēmnós )
Italian: costone (it) m , dirupo (it) m , strapiombo (it) m , precipizio (it) m , bricco m , bric m
Japanese: 巨岩 (ja) ( きょがん, kyogan ) , 崖 (ja) ( がけ, gake )
Latin: scopulus m
Polish: skała (pl) f
Portuguese: rochedo (pt) m , penha (pt) m
Russian: скала́ (ru) f ( skalá ) , утёс (ru) m ( utjós )
Scottish Gaelic: creag f , carraig f
Spanish: afloramiento rocoso m , peñón m
Ukrainian: ске́ля f ( skélja )
Etymology 2
A variant of craw .
Noun
crag (plural crags )
( obsolete or dialect ) The neck or throat .
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