kreda

See also: kredą

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kreide, from Middle High German krīde, from Old High German krīda, from Vulgar Latin *crēda, from Latin crēta. Doublet of Kreta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrɛda/

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• Rhymes: -ɛda
• Syllabification: kre‧da

Noun

kreda f

1. chalk (sedimentary rock)
2. chalk (for writing on a blackboard)
3. (geology) Cretaceous

Declension

Declension of kreda

	singular	plural
nominative	kreda	kredy
genitive	kredy	kred
dative	kredzie	kredom
accusative	kredę	kredy
instrumental	kredą	kredami
locative	kredzie	kredach
vocative	kredo	kredy

Derived terms

adjective

• kredowy

 

noun

• kredka

 

Further reading

• kreda in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kreda in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin Crēta (“Crete”), from Ancient Greek Κρήτη (Krḗtē).

Noun

kréda f (Cyrillic spelling кре́да)

1. chalk
2. Cretaceous

Declension

Declension of kreda

	singular	plural
nominative	kreda	krede
genitive	krede	kreda
dative	kredi	kredama
accusative	kredu	krede
vocative	kredo	krede
locative	kredi	kredama
instrumental	kredom	kredama

Slovene

Etymology

From Latin Crēta (“Crete”), from Ancient Greek Κρήτη (Krḗtē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kréːda/

Noun

krẹ̑da f

1. chalk

Inflection

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Feminine, a-stem
nominative	kréda
genitive	kréde
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	kréda
genitive (rodȋlnik)	kréde
dative (dajȃlnik)	krédi
accusative (tožȋlnik)	krédo
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	krédi
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	krédo

Tetum

Etymology

Ultimately from Portuguese igreja.

Noun

kreda

1. church