krater

• crater

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κρατήρ (kratḗr).

• Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)

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 […]

• Karter, karter

From Ancient Greek κρατήρ (kratḗr, “mixing bowl, wassail-bowl”).

krater n (definite singular krateret, indefinite plural kratere or kratre, definite plural kraterne or kratrene)

1. a crater

• “krater” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed from Latin crātēr, from Ancient Greek κρᾱτήρ (krātḗr).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkraː.tər/

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• Hyphenation: kra‧ter
• Rhymes: -aːtər

krater m (plural kraters, diminutive kratertje n)

1. (astronomy) meteoric crater

   Synonyms: inslagkrater, meteorietkrater

2. (geology) volcanic crater

   Synonym: vulkaankrater

3. crater caused by an explosion
4. (archaeology) krater (Ancient Greek vessel)

• (krater): mengvat

• bomkrater
• granaatkrater
• inslagkrater
• kratermeer
• kratertrechter
• maankrater
• meteorietkrater
• vulkaankrater

• Afrikaans: krater
• → West Frisian: krater

From Ancient Greek κρατήρ (kratḗr, “mixing bowl, wassail-bowl”).

krater n (definite singular krateret or kratret, indefinite plural krater or kratre, definite plural kratra or kratrene)

1. a crater

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.

• bombekrater
• kratersjø

• “krater” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Ancient Greek κρατήρ (kratḗr, “mixing bowl, wassail-bowl”).

krater n (definite singular krateret, indefinite plural krater, definite plural kratera)

1. a crater

• bombekrater
• kratersjø

• “krater” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkra.tɛr/

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• Rhymes: -atɛr
• Syllabification: kra‧ter

krater m inan

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

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

From German Krater, from Latin crater.

• IPA^(key): /krǎːter/
• Hyphenation: kra‧ter

kráter m (Cyrillic spelling кра́тер)

1. crater

• IPA^(key): /kràːtɛr/

kráter m inan

1. crater

krater c

1. a crater (astronomy: hemispherical pit)