croat

See also: Croat and Croat.

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Noun

a croat of Pere II de Barcelona minted in 1285

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

See also

Etymology 2

From Serbo-Croatian Hr̀vāt (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)

Noun

croat m (uncountable)

  1. Croatian (a Slavic language of the Balkans)
    Synonym: serbocroat

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French Croate, German Kroate, from Latin Croata, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *xъrvatъ. Doublet of the now archaic or obsolete original form, arvat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kroˈat/

Noun

croat m (plural croați, feminine equivalent croată)

  1. Croat, Croatian

Declension

Adjective

croat m or n (feminine singular croată, masculine plural croați, feminine and neuter plural croate)

  1. Croatian

Declension

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