croat
Catalan
Etymology 1
From the participle of the obsolete Catalan verb croar (“to cross”).
Synonyms
Noun
croat m (plural croats)
- (historical, military) crusader (a Christian warrior who went on a crusade)
- (obsolete but later revived) crusader (anyone engaged in a concerted effort to do good)
- (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 Hr̀vāt (“Croat”).
Adjective
croat (feminine croata, masculine plural croats, feminine plural croates)
- Croatian (pertaining to Croatia, to the Croatian people, or to the Croatian language)
Related terms
- Croàcia (“Croatia”)
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, 2024
- “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
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/
Declension
Adjective
croat m or n (feminine singular croată, masculine plural croați, feminine and neuter plural croate)
Declension
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