cric

cric (plural crics)

1. (medicine, colloquial) Cricothyrotomy; cricothyroidotomy.

• ICRC, circ

Inherited from Middle French cric, from Middle High German kriec (“jack, winch”). Of uncertain further origin, but supposed to be from the adjective kriege (“recalcitrant”), which is related with kriec (“war”). The last noun can hardly be the direct origin, although the word first occurs mostly in military context. Its onomatopoeic nature is probably accidental, but may have facilitated the borrowing into French.

• IPA^(key): /kʁik/

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  • Homophones: crics, crique, criques
• IPA^(key): /kʁi/ (dated)
  • Homophones: cri, crics, crie, crient, cries, cris

cric m (plural crics)

1. jack (device for raising and supporting a heavy object)

• “cric”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• CICR

Unadapted borrowing from French cric.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrik/
• Rhymes: -ik
• Hyphenation: crìc

cric m (invariable)

1. creak
2. jack (of a car)

Borrowed from French cric.

cric n (plural cricuri)

1. lifter