cravate

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See also: cravaté

English

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Noun

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cravate (plural cravates)

  1. Obsolete form of cravat.
    • 1678, Jean Gailhard, The Compleat Gentleman, page 67:
      [] his Cravate is old, his Shooes are worn out, []

French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Hrvat (Croat).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kʁa.vat/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -at

Noun

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cravate f (plural cravates)

  1. necktie
  2. headlock (wrestling move)
  3. (Quebec) Situation in which a canoe is stuck on a rock

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Verb

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cravate

  1. inflection of cravater:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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Norman

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cravate f (plural cravates)

  1. necktie

Romanian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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cravate f

  1. inflection of cravată:
    1. indefinite plural
    2. indefinite genitive/dative singular