croat

See also: Croat and Croat.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kɾuˈat]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [kɾoˈat]
• Rhymes: -at

Etymology 1

From the participle of the obsolete Catalan verb croar (“to cross”).

Adjective

croat (feminine croada, masculine plural croats, feminine plural croades)

1. (obsolete) having the shape of a cross
2. (obsolete) decorated with one or more crosses

Synonyms

• creuat

Noun

a croat of Pere II de Barcelona minted in 1285

croat m (plural croats)

1. (historical, military) crusader (a Christian warrior who went on a crusade)
2. (obsolete but later revived) crusader (anyone engaged in a concerted effort to do good)
3. (historical, numismatics) a silver coin of the County of Barcelona minted from 1285 to 1706 and worth 12 diners, so named on account of the large cross on the reverse

Related terms

• croada (“crusade”)

See also

• Croat (moneda) on the Catalan Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ca

Etymology 2

From Serbo-Croatian Hr̀vāt (“Croat”).

Adjective

croat (feminine croata, masculine plural croats, feminine plural croates)

1. Croatian (pertaining to Croatia, to the Croatian people, or to the Croatian language)

Noun

croat m (plural croats, feminine croata)

1. Croat (an inhabitant of Croatia or an ethnic Croat)

Related terms

• Croàcia (“Croatia”)

Noun

croat m (uncountable)

1. Croatian (a Slavic language of the Balkans)

   Synonym: serbocroat

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French Croate, German Kroate, from Latin Croata, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *xъrvatъ. Doublet of the now archaic or obsolete original form, arvat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kroˈat/

Noun

croat m (plural croați, feminine equivalent croată)

1. Croat, Croatian

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	croat	croatul		croați	croații
genitive-dative	croat	croatului		croați	croaților
vocative	croatule			croaților

Adjective

croat m or n (feminine singular croată, masculine plural croați, feminine and neuter plural croate)

1. Croatian

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	croat		croată		croați	croate
	definite	croatul		croata		croații	croatele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	croat		croate		croați	croate
	definite	croatului		croatei		croaților	croatilor