crypt

Significat (Anglès)

1. (archaic) A cave or cavern.
2. An underground vault.
3. An underground vault.
4. A small pit or cavity in the surface of an organ or other structure.
5. Any of the genus Cryptocoryne of aquatic plants of southern and southeastern Asia.
6. Any of the genus Cryptopus of orchids of Madagascar and Mauritius.

Conceptes

cripta

Sinònims

vault

grave

🪦

tomb

charnel-house

hiding place

mine

repository

undercroft

underground cell

church interior

vaulted basement

cache

recessus

catacomb

charnel house

Traduccions

cripta

crypte

cripta

Krypta

κρύπτη

cripta

crypte

Gruft

grafkelder

verborgen

krocht

Krypte

tombeau

caveau

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/kɹɪpt/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Learned borrowing from Latin crypta (“vault”), from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, “hidden”). Doublet of grotto.