The printable version is no longer supported and may have rendering errors. Please update your browser bookmarks and please use the default browser print function instead.
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Κρήτη ( Krḗtē ) .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Crete
An island in the Mediterranean Greece
One of the thirteen peripheries of Greece Chania , Iraklion , Lasithi and Rethymno .
Translations
island
Albanian: Kretë f ( indefinite ) , Kreta f ( definite )
Arabic: كِرِيت f ( kirīt ) , ( archaic ) إِقْرِيطْش f ( ʔiqrīṭš )
Egyptian Arabic: كريت f ( kerīt )
Hijazi Arabic: كريت f ( krīt )
Armenian: Կրետե (hy) ( Krete )
Old Armenian: Կրետէ ( Kretē )
Aromanian: Crete f ( indefinite ) , Creta f ( definite )
Basque: Kreta
Belarusian: Крыт m ( Kryt )
Bulgarian: Крит m ( Krit )
Catalan: Creta (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 克里特島 (zh) ( Kèlǐtedǎo ) , 革哩底 (zh) ( Gélǐdǐ ) ( dated )
Corsican: Creta f
Czech: Kréta (cs) f
Danish: Kreta
Dutch: Kreta (nl) n
Egyptian: (kftjw
Esperanto: Kreto
Estonian: Kreeta (et)
Farefare: Kereta
Finnish: Kreeta (fi)
French: Crète (fr) f
Friulian: Crete f
Galician: Creta (gl) f
Georgian: კრეტა ( ḳreṭa )
German: Kreta (de) n
Greek: Κρήτη (el) f ( Kríti )
Ancient: Κρήτη f ( Krḗtē )
Hebrew: כְּרֵתִים (he) m ( kretím ) , כַּפְתּוֹר (he) m ( kaftór ) ( biblical )
Hungarian: Kréta (hu)
Icelandic: Krít (is) f
Irish: an Chréit f
Italian: Creta (it) f
Japanese: クレタ島 ( Kureta-tō )
Kazakh: Крит ( Krit )
Korean: 크레타 ( keureta )
Lao: ກະເຣເຕ ( ka rē tē ) , ກະແລັດ ( ka læt )
Latin: Creta (la) f
Latvian: Krēta f
Lithuanian: Kreta f
Macedonian: Крит m ( Krit )
Maltese: Kreta
Norman: Crête f
Northern Thai: ᨣᩕᩦ᩠ᨲ
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Kreta
Nynorsk: Kreta
Old Norse: Krít f
Ottoman Turkish: كرید ( girid )
Persian: کرت (fa) ( keret ) , ( archaic ) اقریطس ( eqritos )
Polish: Kreta (pl) f
Portuguese: Creta f
Romanian: Creta f
Russian: Крит (ru) m ( Krit )
Sardinian: Creta f
Scots: Crete
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Крета f Крит m
Roman: Kreta (sh) f Krit m
Shan: ၵရေႇတေႇ ( kǎ rèe tèe )
Sicilian: Crita f Creta f
Slovak: Kréta
Slovene: Kréta (sl) f
Spanish: Creta (es)
Swedish: Kreta (sv)
Thai: ครีต ( krîit )
Turkish: Girit (tr)
Ukrainian: Крит m ( Kryt )
West Frisian: Kreta n
Noun
Crete (plural Cretes
( archaic ) Cretan .
See also
Anagrams
Friulian
Pronunciation
This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!
Proper noun
Crete f
Crete
