krater

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See also: Krater and kráter

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κρατήρ (kratḗr).

Noun

krater (plural kraters)

  1. (historical) An ancient Greek vessel for mixing water and wine.
    • 2014, François Lissarrague, The Aesthetics of the Greek Banquet: Images of Wine and Ritual, Princeton University Press (→ISBN), page 34:
      In the tondo of a cup in the Louvre we see a young slave, a pais, dip an oenochoe into a garlanded krater; he is holding a cup in the other hand and is about to serve drinks (fig. 20).” By isolating this detail, the painter implies all the aspects of a []

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Danish

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

From Ancient Greek κρατήρ (kratḗr, mixing bowl, wassail-bowl).

Noun

krater n (definite singular krateret, indefinite plural kratere or kratre, definite plural kraterne or kratrene)

  1. a crater

References


Dutch

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Wikipedia nl

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aːtər

Noun

krater m (plural kraters, diminutive kratertje n)

  1. (astronomy) crater
  2. (geology) crater
  3. (archaeology) krater

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

From Ancient Greek κρατήρ (kratḗr, mixing bowl, wassail-bowl).

Noun

krater n (definite singular krateret or kratret, indefinite plural krater or kratre, definite plural kratra or kratrene)

  1. a crater

Usage notes

The indefinite plural kratere and definite plural kraterne are also used; these occur in Danish and may be acceptable in Riksmål, but not in Bokmål.

Derived terms

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κρατήρ (kratḗr, mixing bowl, wassail-bowl).

Noun

krater n (definite singular krateret, indefinite plural krater, definite plural kratera)

  1. a crater

Derived terms

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Polish

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Pronunciation

Noun

krater m inan

  1. (astronomy) crater
  2. (geology) crater
  3. (historical) krater

Declension

Further reading


Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Krater, from Latin crater.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /krǎːter/
  • Hyphenation: kra‧ter

Noun

kráter m (Cyrillic spelling кра́тер)

  1. crater

Declension


Slovene

Pronunciation

Noun

kráter m inan

  1. crater

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., soft o-stem
nom. sing. kráter
gen. sing. kráterja
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
kráter kráterja kráterji
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
kráterja kráterjev kráterjev
dative
(dajȃlnik)
kráterju kráterjema kráterjem
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
kráter kráterja kráterje
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
kráterju kráterjih kráterjih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
kráterjem kráterjema kráterji

Swedish

Noun

krater c

  1. a crater (astronomy: hemispherical pit)

Declension

Declension of krater 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative krater kratern kratrar kratrarna
Genitive kraters kraterns kratrars kratrarnas