croat
See also: Croat and Croat.
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /kɾoˈat/
- (Central) IPA(key): /kɾuˈat/
- Rhymes: -at
Etymology 1
From the participle of the obsolete Catalan verb croar (“to cross”).
Adjective
croat (feminine croada, masculine plural croats, feminine plural croades)
- (obsolete) having the shape of a cross
- (obsolete) decorated with one or more crosses
Synonyms
- creuat
Noun
![](Images/wiktionary/Pedro_III_croat_612529.jpg.webp)
a croat of Pere II de Barcelona minted in 1285
croat m (plural croats)
- (historical, military) crusader (a Christian warrior who went on a crusade)
- (obsolete but later revived) crusader (anyone engaged in a concerted effort to do good)
- (historical, numismatics) A silver coin of the County of Barcelona minted from 1285 to 1706 and worth 12 diners, so named on account of the large cross on the reverse.
Related terms
- croada (“crusade”)
See also
Croat (moneda) on the Catalan Wikipedia.Wikipedia ca
Etymology 2
From Serbo-Croatian Hr̀vāt (“Croat”).
Adjective
croat (feminine croata, masculine plural croats, feminine plural croates)
- Croatian (pertaining to Croatia, to the Croatian people, or to the Croatian language)
Noun
croat m (plural croats, feminine croata)
- Croat (an inhabitant of Croatia or an ethnic Croat)
Related terms
- Croàcia (“Croatia”)
Noun
croat m (uncountable)
- Croatian (a Slavic language of the Balkans)
- Synonym: serbocroat
Further reading
- “croat” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “croat”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “croat” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “croat” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French Croate, German Kroate, from Latin Croata, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *xъrvatъ. Doublet of the now archaic or obsolete original form, arvat.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kroˈat/
Noun
croat m (plural croați, feminine equivalent croată)
- Croat, Croatian
Declension
Declension of croat
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) croat | croatul | (niște) croați | croații |
genitive/dative | (unui) croat | croatului | (unor) croați | croaților |
vocative | croatule | croaților |
Adjective
croat m or n (feminine singular croată, masculine plural croați, feminine and neuter plural croate)
- Croatian
Declension
Declension of croat
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative | indefinite | croat | croată | croați | croate | ||
definite | croatul | croata | croații | croatele | |||
genitive/ dative | indefinite | croat | croate | croați | croate | ||
definite | croatului | croatei | croaților | croatelor |