cric
English
Noun
cric (plural crics)
- (medicine, colloquial) Cricothyrotomy; cricothyroidotomy.
Anagrams
- ICRC, circ
French
Etymology
From Middle French cric, from Middle High German kriec (“jack, winch”). Of uncertain further origin, but supposed to be from the adjective kriege (“recalcitrant”), which is related with kriec (“war”). The last noun can hardly be the direct origin, although the word first occurs mostly in military context. Its onomatopoeic nature is probably accidental, but may have facilitated the borrowing into French.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʁik/
Audio (file) - Homophones: crics, crique, criques
- IPA(key): /kʁi/ (dated)
- Homophones: cri, crics, crie, crient, cries, cris
Noun
cric m (plural crics)
- jack (device for raising and supporting a heavy object)
Further reading
- “cric”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- CICR
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French cric.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkrik/
- Rhymes: -ik
- Hyphenation: crìc
Noun
cric m (invariable)
- creak
- jack (of a car)
Romanian
Etymology
From French cric.
Noun
cric n (plural cricuri)
- lifter
Declension
Declension of cric
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) cric | cricul | (niște) cricuri | cricurile |
| genitive/dative | (unui) cric | cricului | (unor) cricuri | cricurilor |
| vocative | cricule | cricurilor | ||