different between crase vs craye

English

Etymology

See craze.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?e?z/

Verb

crase (third-person singular simple present crases, present participle crasing, simple past and past participle crased)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To break in pieces; to crack.

   • The pot was crased.

Anagrams

• CERAs, Cares, Ceras, Cesar, Creas, Races, SERCA, acers, acres, cares, carse, caser, ceras, e-cars, races, sacre, scare, serac, sérac

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?az/

Noun

crase f (plural crases)

1. (linguistics) crasis (contraction of a vowel at the end of a word with the start of the next word)

Further reading

• “crase” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• âcres, caser, César, créas, races, sacre, sacré, scare

Portuguese

Etymology

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?k?a.zi/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /?k?a.ze/

Noun

crase f (plural crases)

1. Assimilation of sounds of two identical vowels, throughout the evolution process of a language. For instance, the Old Portuguese word door (“pain”) has become, with time, the word dor (“pain”). Compare elisão: elision.
2. (grammar) Name given to the process of the contraction of “a + a”, that is, a merge (assimilation) of the Portuguese preposition “a” [to, for] + the article “a” [the].

Usage notes

The article a has feminine gender in Portuguese. Accordingly, both it and the contraction à are used only before feminine words. The translation of à into English, hence, is to the. It is a common mistake for people to write "a" when they should write "à" and vice-versa.

Related terms

crasear – v.

craseado – adj.

à, às, ao, aos, àquele, àqueles, àquela, àquelas

English

Etymology

French craie (apparently unrelated to craie (“chalk”)).

Noun

craye (plural crayes)

1. A type of vessel, which was notably used in Denmark and Sweden

Translations

Anagrams

• Carey, Cayer

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *kr?ia, from Proto-Germanic *kr??.

Noun

crâye f

1. crow

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: kraai
  • Afrikaans: kraai
• Limburgish: krej

Further reading

• “craye”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “craeye”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page craeye