crep

See also: črep

English

Etymology

From Jamaican Creole crep.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɹɛp/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɛp

Noun

crep (plural creps)

1. (MLE, slang) trainer (sports shoe)
   • 2013, Mark Dawson, The Cleaner, page 7:

     The others hollered. “He's sicked up all over his creps!” Chips exclaimed.

   • 2011, Chyna Chyna, FAM: Rolling in a London Girl Gang:

     He skulked, like his creps was made out of lead. His skin, normally like polished bronze, was drained flat, as if he'd been bleached. When I smiled and said hello to him, Husayn looked at me from fifty miles away.

Anagrams

• ERCP, PCRE, Perc, RCEP, eRCP, perc, perc., prec.

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• crepu

Etymology

From Latin crepō. Compare Romanian crăpa, crăp.

Verb

crep first-singular present indicative (past participle cripatã or cãrpate)

1. to crack, break

Related terms

• cripari/cripare/cãrpari
• cripat/cãrpat
• cripatã/cãrpate
• cripiturã/cripãturã, cripirurã, cãrpãture

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French crêpe.

Noun

crep f (plural creps)

1. crepe

Further reading

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

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɹɛp/
• Rhymes: -ɛp

Noun

crep (plural crep dem, quantified crep)

1.  athletic shoe, trainer

Descendants

• → English: crep

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• crijȇp (Ijekavian)

Etymology

From earlier *črěpъ, by liquid metathesis from Proto-Slavic *čerpъ, from Proto-Indo-European *kerpos.

Noun

crȇp m (Cyrillic spelling цре̑п)

1. tile (for the roof)

Declension

Declension of crep

	singular	plural
nominative	crȇp	crȅpovi
genitive	crepa	crepova
dative	crepu	crepovima
accusative	crep	crepove
vocative	crepe	crepovi
locative	crepu	crepovima
instrumental	crepom	crepovima

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French crêpe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾep/ [ˈkɾep]
• Rhymes: -ep
• Syllabification: crep

Noun

crep m (plural creps)

1. crepe

Further reading

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