cripta

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin crypta from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós). Doublet of gruta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈkɾip.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈkɾip.ta]

Noun

cripta f (plural criptes)

1. crypt

Related terms

• críptic

Further reading

• “cripta”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
• “cripta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “cripta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “cripta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin crypta from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós). Doublet of gruta.

Noun

cripta f (plural criptas)

1. crypt

Further reading

• “cripta”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrip.ta/
• Rhymes: -ipta
• Hyphenation: crìp‧ta

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin crypta, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek κρυπτή (kruptḗ). Doublet of grotta, which Italian inherited from Latin.

Noun

cripta f (plural cripte)

1. crypt

Etymology 2

Verb

cripta

1. inflection of criptare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• cripta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin crypta from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós). Doublet of gruta.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾi.pi.tɐ/, /ˈkɾip.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾi.pi.tɐ/, /ˈkɾip.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾip.ta/, /ˈkɾi.pi.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾi.ptɐ/

• Hyphenation: crip‧ta

Noun

cripta f (plural criptas)

1. crypt (undergound vault)

Related terms

• encriptar
• gruta

Further reading

• “cripta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin crypta from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós). Doublet of gruta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾibta/ [ˈkɾiβ̞.t̪a]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ibta
• Syllabification: crip‧ta

Noun

cripta f (plural criptas)

1. crypt

Further reading

• “cripta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10