different between croat vs croatian

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /k?o?at/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /k?u?at/
• 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)

1. (obsolete) having the shape of a cross
2. (obsolete) decorated with one or more crosses

Synonyms

• creuat

Noun

croat m (plural croats)

1. (historical, military) crusader (a Christian warrior who went on a crusade)
2. (obsolete but later revived) crusader (anyone engaged in a concerted effort to do good)
3. (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 Hr?v?t (“Croat”).

Adjective

croat (feminine croata, masculine plural croats, feminine plural croates)

1. Croatian (pertaining to Croatia, to the Croatian people, or to the Croatian language)

Noun

croat m (plural croats, feminine croata)

1. Croat (an inhabitant of Croatia or an ethnic Croat)

Related terms

• Croàcia (“Croatia”)

Noun

croat m (uncountable)

1. 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.
• “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

From French Croate, from German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kro?at/

Noun

croat m (plural croa?i, feminine equivalent croat?)

1. Croat, Croatian

Adjective

croat m or n (feminine singular croat?, masculine plural croa?i, feminine and neuter plural croate)

1. Croatian