Kreta

See also: kreta, Kréta, krętą, kręta, kréta, and Kretą

Danish

Etymology

Via German Kreta and Latin Crēta from Ancient Greek Κρήτη (Krḗtē).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkʰʁ̥ɛːtˢa], [ˈkʰʁ̥æːtˢa]

Proper noun

Kreta

  1. Crete

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

Kreta n

  1. Crete (Greek island in the Mediterranean Sea)

See also

  • Kretenzisch

Anagrams


German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Crēta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʁeːta/
  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

Kreta n (proper noun, genitive Kretas or (optionally with an article) Kreta)

  1. Crete (an island and administrative region of Greece in the Mediterranean Sea)

Lithuanian

Proper noun

Kreta f

  1. Crete (island)

Declension

Declension of Kreta
nominative Kreta
genitive Kretos
dative Kretai
accusative Kretą
instrumental Kreta
locative Kretoje
vocative Kreta

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Kreta

  1. Crete (Greek island)

Anagrams

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Kreta

  1. Crete (Greek island)

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Crēta, from Ancient Greek Κρήτη (Krḗtē). Doublet of kreda.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkrɛ.ta/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛta
  • Syllabification: Kre‧ta
  • Homophone: kreta

Proper noun

Kreta f (related adjective kreteński)

  1. Crete (Greek island in the Mediterranean Sea)

Declension

Derived terms

nouns
  • Kretenka
  • Kreteńczyk

Further reading

  • Kreta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /krěːta/
  • Hyphenation: Kre‧ta

Proper noun

Kréta f (Cyrillic spelling Кре́та)

  1. (Bosnia, Croatia) Crete
    Synonym: (Bosnian, Serbian) Krȋt

Declension

References

  • Kreta”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kréːta/

Proper noun

Krẹ̑ta f

  1. Crete

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.
Feminine, a-stem
nominative Kréta
genitive Kréte
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
Kréta
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
Kréte
dative
(dajȃlnik)
Kréti
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
Kréto
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
Kréti
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
Kréto

Swedish

Proper noun

Kreta n (genitive Kretas)

  1. Crete

Anagrams