/²kriːta/
UrsprungFrom Middle Low German krite, from Latin creta. The credit sense is from marking credit with a piece of chalk.
- common-gender, uncountablechalk; white powdery limestone
- common-gender, countablea piece of chalk, used for drawing on a blackboard
- broadly, common-gender, countableany crayon, regardless of color and material
- common-gender, indeclinableCretaceous; a geologic period
- colloquial, common-gender, uncountablecredit, tick; a privilege of delayed payment
- transitiveto apply chalk
- colloquial, transitiveto buy (something) on credit or with an agreement to pay later
Formerkrita(indefinite, nominative, singular) · kritas(genitive, indefinite, singular) · kritan(definite, nominative, singular) · kritans(definite, genitive, singular) · kritor(indefinite, nominative, plural) · kritors(genitive, indefinite, plural) · kritorna(definite, nominative, plural) · kritornas(definite, genitive, plural) · kritar(present) · kritade(preterite) · kritat(supine) · krita(imperative) · krita(active, infinitive) · kritas(infinitive, passive) · kritat(active, supine) · kritats(passive, supine) · krita(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · kriten(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive)