krater

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

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

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

krater m (plural kraters, diminutive kratertje n)

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

Norwegian Bokmål

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.

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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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkra.tɛr/

Noun

krater m inan

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

Declension

Further reading

  • krater in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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

  • IPA(key): /ˈkràːtɛr/
  • Tonal orthography: kráter

Noun

kráter m inan (genitive kráterja, nominative plural kráterji)

  1. crater

Declension


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
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