Feminine

krocht

Meaning

  1. (feminine) underground cavity, vile and dark subterranean location
  2. (feminine) bad, substandard housing; a shanty
  3. (feminine) underground vault beneath a church, used as a chapel or a crypt

Pronounced as (IPA)
/krɔxt/
Etymology

Ultimately from Latin crypta, from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós). Doublet of crypte, grot, and gruft.

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