kres

See also: kres'

Cornish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krɛːz/

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

kres

1. central, mid

Derived terms

• kresafrikanek (“Central African”)
• kresek (“average”)
• kresel (“central”)
• kresen (“centre”)
• kresenna (“centralise”, verb)
• kresfoesik (“centrifugal”)
• kreshwilus (“centripetal”)
• kreslinen (“halfway line”)
• kresriv (“median”)
• Kresvor (“Mediterranean”)
• kreswedhek (“medium”)

Noun

kres m (plural kresyow)

1. centre, middle
2. waist

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

kres m

1. peace

Derived terms

• ankresya (“disturb”, verb)
• gwithyas kres (“police officer”)
• kreslu (“police”)
• kreswas (“police officer”)
• kresydh, kresydhes (“pacifist”)

Mutation

Mutation of kres

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
kres	gres	hres	unchanged	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Danish

Noun

kres c (singular definite kresen, plural indefinite krese)

1. obsolete spelling of kreds

Declension

Declension of kres

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kres	kresen	krese	kresene
genitive	kres'	kresens	kreses	kresenes

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch kruis, from Middle Dutch cruce, from Latin crux (“cross”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkrɛs]
• Hyphenation: krès

Noun

kres (plural kres-kres)

1. (music) sharp, higher than usual by one semitone (denoted by the symbol ♯ after the name of the note)

Synonyms

• syap (Standard Malay)

Further reading

• “kres” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrɛs/

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• Rhymes: -ɛs
• Syllabification: kres

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle Low German krēs, from Middle High German kreiz, from Old High German kreiz, from Proto-Germanic *kraitaz.

Noun

kres m inan

1. limit, boundary
2. (mathematics) bound; supremum or infimum

Declension

Declension of kres

	singular	plural
nominative	kres	kresy
genitive	kresu	kresów
dative	kresowi	kresom
accusative	kres	kresy
instrumental	kresem	kresami
locative	kresie	kresach
vocative	kresie	kresy

Derived terms

adjective

• kresowy

nouns

• bezkres
• kresowicz
• kresowiec
• kresy

Related terms

adjective

• bezkresny

adverb

• bezkreśnie

nouns

• bezkresność
• kresowiaczka
• kresowiak
• kresowianin
• kresowianka
• kresowizm
• kresowość
• Kresy Wschodnie

verbs

• położyć kres pf, kłaść kres impf

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

kres f

1. genitive plural of kresa

Further reading

• kres in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kres in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *krěsъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kréːs/

Noun

krẹ̑s m inan

1. bonfire

Declension

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., hard o-stem, plural in -ôv-
nom. sing.	krés
gen. sing.	krésa
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	krés	kresôva	kresôvi
genitive (rodȋlnik)	krésa	kresôv	kresôv
dative (dajȃlnik)	krésu	kresôvoma	kresôvom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	krés	kresôva	kresôve
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	krésu	kresôvih	kresôvih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	krésom	kresôvoma	kresôvi

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., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	krés
gen. sing.	krésa
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	krés	krésa	krési
genitive (rodȋlnik)	krésa	krésov	krésov
dative (dajȃlnik)	krésu	krésoma	krésom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	krés	krésa	krése
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	krésu	krésih	krésih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	krésom	krésoma	krési

Further reading

• “kres”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025