kravata

Czech
kravaty

Etymology

Borrowed from German Krawatte, from French cravate, from Serbo-Croatian Hr̀vāt (“Croat”). Named after a tied neckerchief worn by Croatian soldiers in the 17th century.[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkravata]

Noun

kravata f

  1. tie, necktie
    Synonym: vázanka
  2. (martial arts) chokehold, headlock

Declension
Declension of kravata (hard feminine)
singular plural
nominative kravata kravaty
genitive kravaty kravat
dative kravatě kravatám
accusative kravatu kravaty
vocative kravato kravaty
locative kravatě kravatách
instrumental kravatou kravatami

References
  1. "kravata" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007
  2. Machek, Václav (1968) Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia

Further reading
  • kravata in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • kravata in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • kravata in Internetová jazyková příručka

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Krawatte, from French cravate, from Serbo-Croatian Hr̀vāt. Doublet of Hrvat.

Noun

kravàta f (Cyrillic spelling крава̀та)

  1. tie

Declension
Declension of kravata
singular plural
nominative kravàta kravate
genitive kravate kravátā
dative kravati kravatama
accusative kravatu kravate
vocative kravato kravate
locative kravati kravatama
instrumental kravatom kravatama

Synonyms

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from German Krawatte, from French cravate, from Serbo-Croatian Hr̀vāt (“Croat”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkravata/

Noun

kravata f (genitive singular kravaty, nominative plural kravaty, genitive plural kravát, declension pattern of žena)

  1. necktie

Declension
Declension of kravata
singular plural
nominative kravata kravaty
genitive kravaty kravát
dative kravate kravatám
accusative kravatu kravaty
locative kravate kravatách
instrumental kravatou kravatami

Derived terms
  • kravatový

Further reading
  • “kravata”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
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