krater

See also: Krater and kráter

English

Alternative forms

• crater

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κρατήρ (kratḗr).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)

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 […]

Translations

Greek vessel

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雙耳噴口杯／双耳喷口杯 (shuāng'ěrpēnkǒubēi)

• Dutch: krater (nl) m
• Finnish: krateeri (fi)
• French: cratère (fr) m
• German: Krater (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: κρατήρ m (kratḗr)

• Italian: anfora (it) f
• Persian: باطیه (bâtiye)

Anagrams

• Karter, karter

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cráter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krater/, [kra.t̪e̞r]

Noun

krater inan

1. crater

Declension

Declension of krater (inanimate, ending in -r)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	krater	kraterra	kraterrak
ergative	kraterrek	kraterrak	kraterrek
dative	kraterri	kraterrari	kraterrei
genitive	kraterren	kraterraren	kraterren
comitative	kraterrekin	kraterrarekin	kraterrekin
causative	kraterrengatik	kraterrarengatik	kraterrengatik
benefactive	kraterrentzat	kraterrarentzat	kraterrentzat
instrumental	kraterrez	kraterraz	kraterrez
inessive	kraterretan	kraterrean	kraterretan
locative	kraterretako	kraterreko	kraterretako
allative	kraterretara	kraterrera	kraterretara
terminative	kraterretaraino	kraterreraino	kraterretaraino
directive	kraterretarantz	kraterrerantz	kraterretarantz
destinative	kraterretarako	kraterrerako	kraterretarako
ablative	kraterretatik	kraterretik	kraterretatik
partitive	kraterrik	—	—
prolative	kratertzat	—	—

Further reading

• “krater”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia, Euskaltzaindia

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

References

• “krater” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkraː.tər/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: kra‧ter
• Rhymes: -aːtər

Noun

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)

Hypernyms

• (krater): mengvat

Derived terms

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

Descendants

• Afrikaans: krater
• → West Frisian: 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.

Derived terms

• bombekrater
• kratersjø

References

• “krater” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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

• bombekrater
• kratersjø

References

• “krater” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English crater, French cratère, German Krater, ultimately from Latin crātēr, from Ancient Greek κρατήρ (kratḗr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkra.tɛr/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -atɛr
• Syllabification: kra‧ter

Noun

krater m inan

1. (astronomy) crater
2. (geology) crater
3. (Ancient Greece, historical) krater

Declension

Declension of krater

	singular	plural
nominative	krater	kratery
genitive	krateru	kraterów
dative	kraterowi	kraterom
accusative	krater	kratery
instrumental	kraterem	kraterami
locative	kraterze	kraterach
vocative	kraterze	kratery

Further reading

• krater in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• 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

Declension of krater

	singular	plural
nominative	krater	krateri
genitive	kratera	kratera
dative	krateru	kraterima
accusative	krater	kratere
vocative	krateru	krateri
locative	krateru	kraterima
instrumental	kraterom	kraterima

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kràːtɛr/

Noun

kráter m inan

1. crater

Inflection

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.

Masculine inan., soft o-stem
nom. sing.	kráter
gen. sing.	kráterja
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	kráter	kráterja	kráterji
genitive (rodȋlnik)	kráterja	kráterjev	kráterjev
dative (dajȃlnik)	kráterju	kráterjema	kráterjem
accusative (tožȋlnik)	kráter	kráterja	kráterje
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	kráterju	kráterjih	kráterjih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	kráterjem	kráterjema	kráterji

Swedish

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek κρατήρ (kratḗr). Cognate of German Krater, French cratère, Latin crater.

Noun

krater c

1. a crater (astronomy: hemispherical pit)

Declension

Declension of krater

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	krater	kraters
	definite	kratern	kraterns
plural	indefinite	kratrar	kratrars
	definite	kratrarna	kratrarnas

Derived terms

• bombkrater
• kraterformig
• kraterhål
• kraterlandskap
• kratermynning
• kratersjö
• meteoritkrater
• vulkankrater

Further reading

• krater in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker