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Meaning of "crasis" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CRASIS

From Greek krasis a mingling, from kerannunai to mix.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CRASIS

crasis  [ˈkreɪsɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CRASIS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Crasis is 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.

WHAT DOES CRASIS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Crasis

Crasis is a type of contraction in which two vowels or diphthongs merge into one new vowel or diphthong — making one word out of two. Crasis occurs in Portuguese and Arabic as well as in Ancient Greek, where it was first described. In some cases, as in the French examples below, crasis involves the grammaticalization of two individual lexical items into one, but in other cases, as in the Greek examples, crasis is the orthographic representation of the encliticization and vowel reduction of one grammatical form with another. The difference between the two is that the Greek examples involve two grammatical words and a single phonological word and the French examples involve a single phonological word and grammatical word.

Definition of crasis in the English dictionary

The definition of crasis in the dictionary is the fusion or contraction of two adjacent vowels into one Also called: syneresis.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CRASIS


Acis
ˈeɪsɪs
analysis
əˈnælɪsɪs
anastasis
ˌænəˈsteɪsɪs
bacteriostasis
bækˌtɪərɪəʊˈsteɪsɪs
basis
ˈbeɪsɪs
cataclasis
ˌkætəˈkleɪsɪs
cholestasis
ˌkəʊlɪˈsteɪsɪs
crisis
ˈkraɪsɪs
ectasis
ɛkˈteɪsɪs
Fornacis
fɔːˈneɪsɪs
genesis
ˈdʒɛnɪsɪs
haemostasis
ˌhiːməʊˈsteɪsɪs
hemostasia
ˌhiːməʊˈsteɪsɪs
hemostasis
ˌhiːməʊˈsteɪsɪs
homeostasis
ˌhəʊmɪəʊˈsteɪsɪs
homoeostasis
ˌhəʊmɪəʊˈsteɪsɪs
Isis
ˈaɪsɪs
oasis
əʊˈeɪsɪs
stasis
ˈsteɪsɪs
synthesis
ˈsɪnθɪsɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CRASIS

crash test dummy
crash-and-burn
crash-dive
crash-hot
crash-land
crash-landing
crash-test
Crashaw
crasher
crashing
crashingly
crashworthiness
crashworthy
crass
crassamentum
crassitude
crassly
crassness
crassulacean acid metabolism
crassulaceous

WORDS THAT END LIKE CRASIS

amebiasis
amoebiasis
anabasis
antiphrasis
ascariasis
candidiasis
ekphrasis
elephantiasis
emphasis
epistasis
giardiasis
metaphrasis
metastasis
mydriasis
onchocerciasis
periphrasis
psoriasis
trial basis
trypanosomiasis
urolithiasis

Synonyms and antonyms of crasis in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «crasis» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CRASIS

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

Translator English - Chinese

crasis
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

crasis
570 millions of speakers

English

crasis
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

crasis
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

crasis
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

crasis
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

crase
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

crasis
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

crase
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kesusahan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Krase
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

crasis
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

crasis
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Crasis
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

crasis
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

crasis
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

क्रैसिस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

crasis
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

crasi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

crasis
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

crasis
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

crasis
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κράση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

crasis
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

crasis
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

crasis
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of crasis

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CRASIS»

The term «crasis» is normally little used and occupies the 136.933 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CRASIS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «crasis» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «crasis» 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 crasis

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CRASIS»

Discover the use of crasis in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to crasis and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Greek Grammar for the Use of High Schools and Universities
Crasis. 1. When of two successive words the first ends, and the second begins, with a vowel, the breathing (spiritus) which is heard between them, whether rough or smooth, produces an effect called Hiatus. This hiatus between two words was ...
Philipp Buttmann, 1833
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A Lexicon Abridged from Liddell and Scott's Greek-English ...
11's. 11w, enclit., gen. of enclit. Pron. 1w. 106Bohof1, Att. crasis for 106 oflotroii. 1015K, Att. crasis for 1017 étc. 1oi5huo-o'ov, Att. crasis for 1r) é'Aaa'o'or. Tvhhdxw'lrov, Att. crasis for To éAdxto'rov. roithedeepov, Att. crasis for 1h éAeu' Gepov.
‎1876
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Dietetic and Hygienic Gazette
About 700 calories, or more, may be necessary to repair the loss in one crasis than are necessary in another, and this is the case in individuals who otherwise appear similar. For a normal diet (metriodiet), those of crasis No. 1 (lean but strong ...
4
The American Journal of the Medical Sciences
By the term “crasis” he means that special constitution or organization of the blood, produced by the admixture, in particular proportions, of the various ingredients (albumen, fibrin, fat, salts, &c.) of a particular quality. The crasis may, therefore, ...
5
A manual of pathological anatomy
matous, and with the crasis in nervous affections. The liquefaction with discoloration of the blood and, as a consequence thereof, the tendency to transudation of blood-serum, are for the most part more developed. The fat is wont to separate ...
Karl Rokitansky (Freiherr von), 1854
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Euripidou Andromachē: The "Andromache" of Euripides
tffTiJJii, arfyrw, (atrp>, (arVaa, iarriKa, (arafiai, iaridriv, to make to stand, set up ; ( arriv, ZarijKci, eara/Aat, iard6tjv, in- trans. , to stand. IittCov, ov, rb, sai1. io-top&o, , qaw, to inquire of. io-xvii>, iatw, to be strong. ii4, 0 I xd-ya6ds = crasis for koX ...
Euripides, Gilbert Norwood, 1906
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An appendix to the Eton Greek grammar, compiled for the use ...
Obs. 3. When, in a crasis, a lene consonant (ir, K, T) is combined with an aspirated vowel, the lene is always changed (except in the Ionic dialect) into the corresponding aspirate tp, x, or B : To €Tepa=flarepa, To lluiTuiv=dolfj.dTiov, KoL e?
William Edward Jelf, 1849
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Accidence
Crasis. §.13. 1. Crasis, which is used in prose as well as poetry, to obviate a harshness in the pronunciation of two following vowels, takes place when the final vowel or diphthong of one word coalesces (K(KptiTai) with the incipient vowel or ...
William Edward Jelf, 1881
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A Greek Grammar: For Schools and Colleges
This, though not agreeable to the Attic ear, was often endured in prose : often, however, it was obviated by crasis or elision or ths addition of a movable consonant. Crasis and elision occur especially when the first of the two words is short and ...
James Hadley, 1883
10
A Grammar of the Greek Language for the Use of Schools and ...
See examples below of these three forms, chiefly marked with corresponding numbers. The first word, as the less important, is commonly most affected. Hence the rule above respecting 1. b. Crasis prevails most in Attic poetry. Jt is commonly  ...
Alpheus Crosby, 1873

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CRASIS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term crasis is used in the context of the following news items.
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Israel turns to high-rises as cemeteries are too full
Israeli rabbis have given approval to the creation of a series of high-rise cemeteries to alleviate the country's grave yard crasis. Architects ... «Daily Mail, Oct 14»
2
Crasis: A Bold Fusion of Local Music, Art & Technology
Entitled "Crasis" after the word meaning the fusion of two vowels to make one word (from the Greek word meaning "to blend"), the show brings ... «Houston Press, Feb 14»
3
Mas Ysa to hit Rickshaw Stop with Lawrence Rothman, DJ Cool Greg
Working with the likes of Delorean, Deerhunter, and Purity Ring, Mas Ysa has become quite adept at developing his own evocative synth crasis ... «The Bay Bridged, Feb 14»
4
Culture Scene: Feb. 20-26
Crasis: A night of music, art and technology performance and installation by Houston artists, 6 p.m.-2 a.m. Saturday, the Brandon, 1709 ... «Houston Chronicle, Feb 14»
5
Sutherland Hussey triumphs in St Andrews housing competition
I wouldn't think it's necessary here personally, otherwise might it be: complexion, constitution, crasis, disposition, emotions, ethos, frame of mind ... «Building Design, Feb 13»
6
Ochre - Circadies
Alpha Crasis - The Drawbridge /The Gatehouse /The Creep - Duration: 2:57. by UntitledTrack01 296 views. 2:57. Play next; Play now. «YouTube, May 10»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Crasis [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/crasis>. Apr 2024 ».
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