crasse
French
Etymology
Feminine of the Old French adjective cras, from Latin crassus. Doublet of gras.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʁas/
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Adjective
crasse f (feminine only, feminine plural crasses)
- crass
- (of humor) dirty, filthy
Usage notes
Used only with feminine nouns, except in "humour crasse".
Noun
crasse f (plural crasses)
- filth, muck
- (especially, dirty) froth, foam
Verb
crasse
- inflection of crasser:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Related terms
- crasseux
- crasser
- décrasser
Further reading
- “crasse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- casser, sacres, sacrés
Italian
Adjective
crasse
- feminine plural of crasso
Anagrams
- cessar, scarse
Latin
Adjective
crasse
- vocative masculine singular of crassus
References
- “crasse”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “crasse”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- crasse in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette