cracher

French

Etymology

Old French crachier (to eject from the mouth), from Vulgar Latin *craccare, from Proto-Germanic *hrēkijaną (to retch, vomit, spit), ultimately from an imitative Proto-Indo-European base related to Lithuanian kregeti (dry heave, grunt).

Akin to Old English hrǣcan (to retch, cough up, spit), Old Norse hrǣkja (to hawk, spit).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʁa.ʃe/
  • (file)
  • Homophone: crasher

Verb

cracher

  1. to spit

Conjugation

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