different between critique vs crisis

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French critique, from New Latin critica (“critique”), feminine of criticus (“critical”); see critic.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k???ti?k/
• IPA^(key): /k???tik/

Noun

critique (plural critiques)

1. The art of criticism.
2. An essay in which another piece of work is criticised, reviewed, etc.
3. A point made to criticize something.

4. (obsolete) A critic; one who criticises.
   • 1625, John Williams, Great Britains Salomon (sermon)

     a question amongst critiques in the ages to come

Related terms

• critic

Translations

Verb

critique (third-person singular simple present critiques, present participle critiquing, simple past and past participle critiqued)

1. (US, proscribed) To review something; to criticize.

Translations

Further reading

• “critique”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “critique”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).
• critique in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• critique in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• critique on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From Latin criticus, from Ancient Greek ???????? (kritikós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?i.tik/

Adjective

critique (plural critiques)

1. critical (urgent)

2. critical (of great importance)
3. critical (related to criticism)
4. (of a person) judgemental

Descendants

• German: kritisch

Noun 1

critique f (plural critiques)

1. criticism
2. review, usually written
3. reason; logic

Derived terms

• la critique est aisée mais l’art est difficile

Noun 2

critique m or f (plural critiques)

1. critic (profession)

Related terms

• critiquer

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• citrique

Portuguese

Verb

critique

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of criticar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of criticar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of criticar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of criticar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?i?tike/, [k?i?t?i.ke]

Verb

critique

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of criticar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of criticar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of criticar.

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)

1. A crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point.
2. An unstable situation, in political, social, economic or military affairs, especially one involving an impending abrupt change.
3. A sudden change in the course of a disease, usually at which point the patient is expected to either recover or die.
4. (psychology) A traumatic or stressful change in a person's life.

5. (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)

1. crisis

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?k?i.zis/
• Rhymes: -izis

Noun

crisis

1. 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)

1. crisis
2. 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)

1. 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)

1. crisis
2. 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.