different between crepitant vs crepitate

English

Adjective

crepitant (comparative more crepitant, superlative most crepitant)

1. crackling; rattling

   Pneumonia is often characterized by crepitant rales coming from within the patient's chest.

Related terms

• crepitate
• crepitation

Anagrams

• pertactin, pittancer

Latin

Verb

crepitant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of crepit?

Romanian

Etymology

From French crépitant.

Adjective

crepitant m or n (feminine singular crepitant?, masculine plural crepitan?i, feminine and neuter plural crepitante)

1. crackling

Declension

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

Translations

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

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

Latin

Verb

crepit?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of crepit?