cripta

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin crypta from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

cripta f (plural criptes)

1. crypt

Further reading

• “cripta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “cripta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “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.

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Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin crypta from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós).

Noun

cripta f (plural criptas)

1. crypt

Further reading

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

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Italian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin crypta, from Ancient Greek κρυπτή (kruptḗ). Cognate to the inherited doublet grotta.

Noun

cripta f (plural cripte)

1. crypt

Etymology 2

Verb

cripta

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

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin crypta from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós).

Noun

cripta f (plural criptas)

1. crypt (undergound vault)

Related terms

• encriptar
• gruta

Further reading

• Template:R:Priberam

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin crypta from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós).

Noun

cripta f (plural criptas)

1. crypt

Further reading

• “cripta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014