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crisis
English
Etymology
From Latin crisis, from Ancient Greek ?????? (krísis, “a separating, power of distinguishing, decision, choice, election, judgment, dispute”), from ????? (krín?, “pick out, choose, decide, judge”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?a?s?s/
Noun
crisis (plural crises)
- A crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point.
- An unstable situation, in political, social, economic or military affairs, especially one involving an impending abrupt change.
- A sudden change in the course of a disease, usually at which point the patient is expected to either recover or die.
- (psychology) A traumatic or stressful change in a person's life.
- (drama) A point in a drama at which a conflict reaches a peak before being resolved.
Derived terms
Related terms
- critic
- critical
- criticize
- critique
- criterion
Translations
Further reading
- crisis in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- crisis in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Asturian
Noun
crisis f (plural crisis)
- crisis
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /?k?i.zis/
- Rhymes: -izis
Noun
crisis
- plural of crisi
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin crisis, from Ancient Greek ?????? (krísis).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kri.z?s/
- Hyphenation: cri?sis
Noun
crisis f (plural crises or crisissen, diminutive crisisje n)
- crisis
- financial crisis
Derived terms
Related terms
- kritiek
- kritisch
Descendants
- ? Indonesian: krisis
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin crisis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kri.?zis/
Noun
crisis f (oblique plural crisis, nominative singular crisis, nominative plural crisis)
- crisis, emergency; urgent situation
Spanish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ?????? (krísis, “a separating, power of distinguishing, decision, choice, election, judgment, dispute”), from ????? (krín?, “pick out, choose, decide, judge”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?isis/, [?k?i.sis]
Noun
crisis f (plural crisis)
- crisis
- attack; fit
Derived terms
- anticrisis
- crisis de comportamiento
- crisis de migraña
Related terms
- crítico
Further reading
- “crisis” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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clutch
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kl?t??/
- Rhymes: -?t?
Etymology 1
From Middle English clucchen, clicchen, cluchen, clechen, cleken, from Old English cly??an (“to clutch, clench”), from Proto-Germanic *klukjan?, from Proto-Germanic *klu- (“to ball up, conglomerate, amass”), from Proto-Indo-European *glew- (“to ball up; lump, mass”).Cognate with Swedish klyka (“clamp, fork, branch”). The noun is from Middle English cleche, cloche, cloke ("claw, talon, hand"; compare Scots cleuk, cluke, cluik (“claw, talon”)), of uncertain origin, with the form probably assimilated to the verb.
Alternative etymology derives Old English cly??an from Proto-Germanic *kl?k- (“claw, hand”), from Proto-Indo-European *gl?k-, *?l??- (“claw, hand; to clutch, snatch”). If so, then cognate with Irish glac (“hand”).
Alternative forms
- cletch, clitch, cleach (dialectal)
- cleak, cleek, cleik, click (dialectal)
- clouch (obsolete)
Verb
clutch (third-person singular simple present clutches, present participle clutching, simple past and past participle clutched)
- To seize, as though with claws. [from 14th c.]
- a. 1700, Jeremy Collier, A Thought
- A man may set the poles together in his head, and clutch the whole globe at one intellectual grasp.
- a. 1700, Jeremy Collier, A Thought
- To grip or grasp tightly. [from 17th c.]
Synonyms
- (grip or grasp tightly): clasp, grasp, grip; See also Thesaurus:grasp
Translations
Noun
clutch (plural clutches)
- The claw of a predatory animal or bird. [from 13th c.]
- (by extension) A grip, especially one seen as rapacious or evil. [from 16th c.]
- the clutch of poverty
- 1676, Edward Stillingfleet, A defence of the discourse concerning the idolatry practised in the Church of Rome […]
- I must have […] little care of myself, if I ever more come near the clutches of such a giant.
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 57
- You scold yourself; you know it is only your nerves—and yet, and yet... In a little while, it is impossible to resist the terror that seizes you, and you are helpless in the clutch of an unseen horror.
- A device to interrupt power transmission, commonly used to separate the engine and gearbox in a car. [from 19th c.]
- The pedal in a car that disengages power and torque transmission from the engine (through the drivetrain) to the drive wheels.
- Any device for gripping an object, as at the end of a chain or tackle.
- A small handbag or purse with no straps or handle.
- 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 4
- The clutch which I had made to save myself in falling had torn away from this chin-band and let the lower jaw drop on the breast, but little else was disturbed, and there was Colonel John Mohune resting as he had been laid out a century ago.
- 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 4
Synonyms
- (small handbag): clutch bag
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
Variant form of cletch, from Middle English cleken (“to hatch”), perhaps from Old Norse klekja (“to hatch”).
Noun
clutch (plural clutches) (collective)
- A brood of chickens or a sitting of eggs. [from 18th c.]
- A group or bunch (of people or things). [from 20th c.]
- 2012, The Economist, 22nd Sep., Innovation in Government: Britain's Local Labs
- No longer would Britons routinely blame the national government when things went wrong. Instead they would demand action from a new clutch of elected mayors, police commissioners and the like.
- 2012, The Economist, 22nd Sep., Innovation in Government: Britain's Local Labs
Derived terms
- clutch initiation
- subclutch
Translations
Verb
clutch (third-person singular simple present clutches, present participle clutching, simple past and past participle clutched)
- (transitive) To hatch.
Etymology 3
Unknown; possibly analagous to clinch, pinch, which have similar senses.
Noun
clutch (plural clutches)
- (US) An important or critical situation.
Translations
Adjective
clutch (comparative more clutch, superlative most clutch)
- (US, Canada) Performing or tending to perform well in difficult, high-pressure situations.
Derived terms
- clutch artist
- clutch hitter
References
- clutch at OneLook Dictionary Search
- clutch in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- cultch
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- kløtsj
Etymology
From English clutch
Noun
clutch m (definite singular clutchen, indefinite plural clutcher, definite plural clutchene)
- a clutch (device between engine and gearbox)
- clutch pedal
- trå in clutchen - step on the clutch
Synonyms
- kobling
- kopling
References
- “clutch” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- kløtsj
Etymology
From English clutch
Noun
clutch m (definite singular clutchen, indefinite plural clutchar, definite plural clutchane)
- a clutch (device between engine and gearbox)
- (short form of) clutch pedal (as in English)
Synonyms
- kopling
References
- “clutch” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?klot??/, [?klot??]
Noun
clutch m (plural clutches)
- Alternative form of cloche
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