cran

Meaning

1. notch
2. safety catch
3. hole
4. wave
5. (colloquial) guts, bottle, courage

Concepts

guts

grit

sand

notch

courage

pluck

nerve

spunk

horseradish

spirit

bravery

valor

valour

will-power

Sand

George Sand

Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin

Baroness Dudevant

disanimation

ballsiness

backbone

hardiment

boldness

cut

fighting spirit

gallantry

gumption

heart

❤️

manhood

moxie

nature

temper

Synonyms

sable

cranson de Bretagne

culot

courage

raifort

tripes

épine dorsale

esprit

estomac

nerf

plage

🏖️

teinte

tempérament

ton

toupet

valeur

bravoure

couilles

vaillance

pouvoir de volonté

arène

guts

caractère

coche

cœur

❤️

encoche

entrailles

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kʁɑ̃/

Etymology

Deverbal of créner (“to kern”), from crenedes (“notched”), from Vulgar Latin *crinare, probably of Celtic/Gaulish origin, from Proto-Celtic *krini-, from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (“to divide, separate”). Or, less likely, from Latin cernō (“to separate”), itself from the same root.