kris

Alternative forms

• crease, creese, keris, kreese

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay keris. Recognized as part of English ca. 1580.

Noun

kris (plural krises or krisses)

1. an Indonesian or Malay dagger with a wavy, or rigid serpentine blade
2. a Moro sword with an asymmetrical blade

Verb

kris (third-person singular simple present krises, present participle krising, simple past and past participle krised)

1. (transitive) to stab with a kris

See also

• kalis

Anagrams

• Risk, irks, kirs, riks, risk

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek κρίση (krísi, “judgement, decision”).

Noun

kris f (plural krisa)

1. law, rule

Etymology

Borrowed from English kris, creese, from Malay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krîːs/

Noun

krȋs m (Cyrillic spelling кри̑с)

1. kris

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Noun

kris c

1. crisis (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)