cravate

See also: cravaté

French

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian Hr̀vāt (“Croat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʁa.vat/

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• Rhymes: -at

Noun

cravate f (plural cravates)

1. necktie
2. headlock (wrestling move)
3. (Quebec) Situation in which a canoe is stuck on a rock.

Derived terms

• cravater
• (slang) cravate de notaire

Descendants

• → Gulf Arabic: كرفتة (karafitta)
• → English: cravat
• → German: Krawatte
• → Persian: کراوات (kerâvât)
• → Polish: krawat

Verb

cravate

1. first-person singular present indicative of cravater
2. third-person singular present indicative of cravater
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of cravater
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of cravater
5. second-person singular imperative of cravater

Further reading

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

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Noun

cravate f (plural cravates)

1. necktie