creta

See also: Creta and cretă

Italian

Etymology

From Latin creta.

Noun

creta f (plural crete)

  1. chalk
  2. clay

Anagrams

Ladin

Alternative forms

  • crëta

Noun

creta f (plural cretes)

  1. credit (financial)
  2. confidence

Latin

Etymology 1

Noun

crēta f (genitive crētae); first declension

  1. chalk
  2. clay, clayey soil
Declension

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative crēta crētae
genitive crētae crētārum
dative crētae crētīs
accusative crētam crētās
ablative crētā crētīs
vocative crēta crētae
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

Participle

crēta

  1. nominative feminine singular of crētus
  2. nominative neuter plural of crētus
  3. accusative neuter plural of crētus
  4. vocative feminine singular of crētus
  5. vocative neuter plural of crētus

crētā

  1. ablative feminine singular of crētus

References

  • creta in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • creta in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • creta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • creta in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • creta in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin crēta. Compare greda.

Noun

creta f (uncountable)

  1. (geology) chalk (rock)
  2. (Dominican Republic) The labia minora; the vaginal lips.

Synonyms

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