crypt

Significado (Inglés)

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.

Conceptos

cripta

cifrar

tumba

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Sinónimos

vault

grave

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tomb

charnel-house

hiding place

mine

repository

undercroft

underground cell

church interior

vaulted basement

cache

recessus

catacomb

charnel house

Traducciones

cripta

crypte

Krypta

κρύπτη

cripta

cripta

crypte

grafkelder

Gruft

verborgen

Krypte

krocht

caveau

hypogée

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/kɹɪpt/

Etimología (Inglés)

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