crac

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈkɾak]

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

crac m (plural cracs)

1. crack (onomatopoeia of a sharp sound)
2. crash

   Synonym: fallida

3. (obsolete) dimwit

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English crack.

Noun

crac m (plural cracs)

1. pro, expert
2. crack cocaine

Adjective

crac (invariable)

1. pro, experienced

   ho va fer a la primera com un crac ― he did it from the first try like a pro

Further reading

• “crac” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “crac”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “crac” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Italian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrak/
• Rhymes: -ak
• Hyphenation: cràc

Noun

crac m

1. crack (noise)
2. crash

   Synonyms: bancarotta, crollo

   crac finanziario ― financial crash

3. breakdown

Further reading

• crac in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Occitan

Etymology

Imitative.

Pronunciation

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Interjection

crac

1. crack

Old French

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܟܪܟܐ (karəḵā).

Noun

crac

1. crusader castle

   le Crac de Mont Real ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

• French: krak

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Bulgarian крак (krak), cf. Serbo-Croatian krak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrak/
• Rhymes: -ac

Noun

crac m (plural craci)

1. (colloquial, regional) leg

   Synonym: picior

2. trouser leg
3. (regional) prong of various tools
4. (regional) forked branch
5. (regional) fork in a river

Derived terms

• crăci
• crăcănat

Related terms

• cracă

References

• crac in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾak/ [ˈkɾak]
• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: crac

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

crac

1. crack, snap

Noun

crac m (plural cracs)

1. crack (noise)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French krach, from German Krach.

Alternative forms

• crack

Noun

crac m (plural cracs)

1. (finance) crash (sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks)

   El crac del 29 ― Crash of 1929

Further reading

• “crac”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English crack.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krak/
• Rhymes: -ak

Noun

crac f (plural craciau)

1. crack

   Synonyms: cnec, clec

Adjective

crac (feminine singular crac, plural crac, not comparable)

1. angry; annoyed

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
crac	grac	nghrac	chrac
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “crac”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies