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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CRAMPON

From French, from Middle Dutch crampe hook.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CRAMPON

crampon  [ˈkræmpən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CRAMPON

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Crampon is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb crampon in English.

WHAT DOES CRAMPON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

crampon

Crampons

A crampon is a traction device used to improve mobility on snow and ice during ice climbing. Not only are crampons used during ice climbing, but they are also used for secure travel on snow and ice, such as crossing glaciers, snowfields and icefields, ascending snow slopes, and scaling ice-covered rock. There are three main attachment systems for footwear: step-in, hybrid, and strap bindings. The first two require boots with welts, as a tension lever attaches the crampon to the heel. The last type are more versatile and can adapt to virtually any boot or shoe, but often do not fit as precisely as the other two types. Oscar Eckenstein designed the first 10-point crampon in 1908, dramatically reducing the need for step cutting. This design was then made commercially available by the Italian Henry Grivel.

Definition of crampon in the English dictionary

The first definition of crampon in the dictionary is one of a pair of pivoted steel levers used to lift heavy objects; grappling iron. Other definition of crampon is one of a pair of frames each with 10 or 12 metal spikes, strapped to boots for climbing or walking on ice or snow. Crampon is also to climb using crampons.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CRAMPON

PRESENT

Present
I crampon
you crampon
he/she/it crampons
we crampon
you crampon
they crampon
Present continuous
I am cramponing
you are cramponing
he/she/it is cramponing
we are cramponing
you are cramponing
they are cramponing
Present perfect
I have cramponed
you have cramponed
he/she/it has cramponed
we have cramponed
you have cramponed
they have cramponed
Present perfect continuous
I have been cramponing
you have been cramponing
he/she/it has been cramponing
we have been cramponing
you have been cramponing
they have been cramponing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I cramponed
you cramponed
he/she/it cramponed
we cramponed
you cramponed
they cramponed
Past continuous
I was cramponing
you were cramponing
he/she/it was cramponing
we were cramponing
you were cramponing
they were cramponing
Past perfect
I had cramponed
you had cramponed
he/she/it had cramponed
we had cramponed
you had cramponed
they had cramponed
Past perfect continuous
I had been cramponing
you had been cramponing
he/she/it had been cramponing
we had been cramponing
you had been cramponing
they had been cramponing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will crampon
you will crampon
he/she/it will crampon
we will crampon
you will crampon
they will crampon
Future continuous
I will be cramponing
you will be cramponing
he/she/it will be cramponing
we will be cramponing
you will be cramponing
they will be cramponing
Future perfect
I will have cramponed
you will have cramponed
he/she/it will have cramponed
we will have cramponed
you will have cramponed
they will have cramponed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been cramponing
you will have been cramponing
he/she/it will have been cramponing
we will have been cramponing
you will have been cramponing
they will have been cramponing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would crampon
you would crampon
he/she/it would crampon
we would crampon
you would crampon
they would crampon
Conditional continuous
I would be cramponing
you would be cramponing
he/she/it would be cramponing
we would be cramponing
you would be cramponing
they would be cramponing
Conditional perfect
I would have crampon
you would have crampon
he/she/it would have crampon
we would have crampon
you would have crampon
they would have crampon
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been cramponing
you would have been cramponing
he/she/it would have been cramponing
we would have been cramponing
you would have been cramponing
they would have been cramponing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you crampon
we let´s crampon
you crampon
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to crampon
Past participle
cramponed
Present Participle
cramponing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CRAMPON


aspen
ˈæspən
copen
ˈkəʊpən
dampen
ˈdæmpən
deepen
ˈdiːpən
happen
ˈhæpən
hempen
ˈhɛmpən
lampern
ˈlæmpən
lippen
ˈlɪpən
lumpen
ˈlʌmpən
open
ˈəʊpən
plumpen
ˈplʌmpən
reopen
riːˈəʊpən
Ripon
ˈrɪpən
saucepan
ˈsɔːspən
sharpen
ˈʃɑːpən
tampan
ˈtæmpən
tapen
ˈteɪpən
tarpon
ˈtɑːpən
tympan
ˈtɪmpən
weapon
ˈwɛpən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CRAMPON

cramboclink
crame
crammable
crammed
crammer
cramming
cramoisie
cramoisy
cramp
cramp ball
cramp iron
cramp someone´s style
crampbark
cramped
cramper
crampet
crampfish
crampon technique
cramponning
crampy

WORDS THAT END LIKE CRAMPON

bioweapon
capon
come upon
coupon
crepon
hereupon
ippon
jupon
murder weapon
Nippon
nuclear weapon
offensive weapon
particle beam weapon
pompon
secret weapon
set upon
tampon
thereupon
upon
whereupon

Synonyms and antonyms of crampon in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «crampon» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CRAMPON

Find out the translation of crampon to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of crampon from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «crampon» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

冰爪
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

crampón
570 millions of speakers

English

crampon
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

crampon
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

كلاب لرفع الأثقال
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

скоба
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

crampon
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্ক্রুত্তয়ালা লৌহসাঁড়াশি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

crampon
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Crampon
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Steigeisen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

スパイク底
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

쇠 갈고리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Crampon
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

rể cây leo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

crampon
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ढेकूळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

krampon
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ramponi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bosak
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

скоба
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

crampon
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

crampon
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Crampon
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

crampon
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

crampon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of crampon

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CRAMPON»

The term «crampon» is regularly used and occupies the 72.843 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CRAMPON» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «crampon» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «crampon» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about crampon

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CRAMPON»

Discover the use of crampon in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to crampon and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Snow and Ice Techniques
Crampon Technique At the present time there are three so called different crampon techniques. 1 . The French technique, flat footed or pied a plat, utilizing the downward pointing spikes on the base of the feet. This is used on slopes up to 65° ...
Bill March, Bill Birkett, 1997
2
Catalogue of the Library of Alfred Crampon: Comprising First ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Alfred Crampon, 2011
3
Ice & Mixed Climbing: Modern Technique
because a solid connection really improves the crampon's performance. Building your own fruit boots is surprisingly easy. Any fairly stiff shoe will work okay, but over-the-ankle light boots work better— low-cut shoes tend to come off your feet in ...
Will Gadd, 2003
4
Mountaineerin
The safety strap is threaded through the metal strap to prevent the crampon from popping off the boot. hybrid. Hybrid bindings feature toe straps combined with a heel clip (fig. 16-7d). These bindings are popular because they work well on ...
Ronald C. Eng, 2010
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The Hillwalker's Guide to Mountaineering: Essential Skills ...
It is also, even at the best of times, very awkward to fix your crampon on to your boot while sitting down. The following simple technique will have your crampons on quickly and easily: Step 1 — Find a small clear area of ground or hard snow.
Terry Adby, Stuart Johnston, 2013
6
No Place but UP!
Despite duct tape and a couple extra screws, mine had held together well, so I could only hope they would last until we reached crampon point at base camp. Before our final voyage up the mountain I discovered my crampons took a terrible  ...
Lance Fox, 2012
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On the Ridge Between Life and Death: A Climbing Life Reexamined
The day we met, he told me that a friend of his in Flagstaff, Arizona, had found a “ very old crampon” on our route on Mount Huntington a few years before. The friend, Dan Foster, had brought the crampon home as a relic from the pioneers.
David Roberts, 2006
8
Rucksack Guide - Winter Mountaineering
B O O T S A N D C R A M P O N S SHARPENING CRAMPON POINTS ○ Sharpen the points with a hand file, not a grinder – the heat generated makes the points brittle. ○ For moderate mountaineering, sharpen front points once a season and ...
Alun Richardson, 2013
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La Sainte Bible, Tome Quatrieme
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Augustin Crampon, 2009
10
Silent Heroes: Downed Airmen and the French Underground
Crampon had been arrested while Legrelle was in Belgium, and in the course of his interrogation the Gestapo had threatened his pregnant wife with harm. Unlike the cold betrayal of traitors such as Desoubrie, Crampon had collapsed under ...
Sherri Greene Ottis, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CRAMPON»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term crampon is used in the context of the following news items.
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How To Gain Traction When You're Running Or Walking On Snow …
Disadvantages: Boots need to be specifically designed for crampon compatibility and their weigh, aggression and price rule them out for casual ... «Gizmodo Australia, Jul 15»
2
Animoca to unleash Paris Hilton-themed games
... issued a further downgrade in February, this one was like catching a falling knife while balancing on a crampon half way up the north face. «The Australian, Jun 15»
3
La Sportiva's Spring 2015 Trekking Boots
The boot's a nice-looking, all-round three-season trekking boot that has a sole that's also stiff enough to take a flexible crampon if needed. «OUTDOORSmagic, Jun 15»
4
Patagonia is worth the trek
... raising glasses of whiskey sprinkled with crushed ice from the frozen water beneath our crampon-strapped boots. We dubbed it Scotch on the ... «Boston Globe, Jun 15»
5
Dedicated Ralphfest organizers track down golden-age clarinet for …
Ralphfest organizer Jeff Sweat says it took him three weeks to track down a 1960 ("the golden age of clarinets") Buffet Crampon R-13. After that ... «Orlando Weekly, Jun 15»
6
First light from the summit
... there was a lot of scrambling, and because I shot a lot of the book in the winter, there was a good deal of crampon and ice ax work,” he says. «Boulder Weekly, Jun 15»
7
Read an Everest Guide's Diary of Chaos Amid Quake, Avalanche
A Norwegian flag, trekking company Jagged Globe's blue and white banner, and the trail we have traversed to “crampon point” are all gone, ... «National Geographic, Apr 15»
8
The Trader In the Wild
A year later she took an International Mountain Guides course on Mt. Rainier and learned crampon techniques and how to build snow caves ... «Bloomberg, Apr 15»
9
What if a bionic leg is so good that someone chooses to amputate?
He developed a bladed device that could wedge itself into smaller crevices than a human foot, welded a crampon to a prosthesis so that he ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»
10
How I get ready: Ranulph Fiennes
I am mostly getting ready to climb. When I climbed Everest in 2009, I needed oxygen, climbing boots with crampon spikes, a down jacket and ... «The Guardian, Mar 15»

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