crepitate

crepitate

English

Etymology

From Latin crepitare (“to creak, rattle, clatter, crackle”), frequentative of crepare (“to creak, rattle, etc., burst or break with a noise, crash”).

Verb

crepitate (third-person singular simple present crepitates, present participle crepitating, simple past and past participle crepitated)

1. To crackle, to make a crackling sound.
   1. (medicine) to crackle, as crepitant lungs do, as some arthritic joints may do, or as some fractured bones may do.
   2. (medicine, obsolescent) to flatulate.

Derived terms

terms derived from crepitate (verb)

• crepitant

• crepitation

Translations

to crackle

Bulgarian: пращя (bg) (praštja), пукам (bg) (pukam) Czech: praskat (cs) Maori: toē, patatō

Portuguese: crepitar (pt) Russian: треща́ть (ru) (treščátʹ), тре́снуть (ru) (trésnutʹ), потре́скивать (ru) (potréskivatʹ)

Further reading

• crepitate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• crepitate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• crepitate at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Italian

Verb

crepitate

1. second-person plural present indicative of crepitare
2. second-person plural imperative of crepitare
3. feminine plural of crepitato

Anagrams

• precettai

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Latin

Verb

crepitāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of crepitō