crag en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- [ˈkʰɹ̠ʷæɡ] (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈkɹaɡ/ (British, Midlands, Northern-England, Southern, Standard)
- [ˈkʰɹ̠ʷaɡ] (British, Midlands, Northern-England, Southern, Standard)
- /ˈkɾaɡ/ (Scotland, Wales)
- [ˈkʰɹ̠ʷɛɡ] (New-Zealand)
- /ˈkɹæɡ/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈkɹeɪɡ/ Upper Midwestern US, Northwestern US, Canada
- [ˈkʰɹ̠ʷeɪ̯ɡ] Upper Midwestern US, Northwestern US, Canada
- [ˈkʰɹ̠ʷæ(ː)ɡ] (Australia)
- /ˈkɹæ(ː)ɡ/ (Australia)
- /ˈkɹɛɡ/ (New-Zealand)
Etymology
From 13th century Middle English crag, from Middle Irish crec, a contracted form of Middle Irish carrac (compare Irish creig, Scottish Gaelic creag), possibly ultimately from the late Proto-Indo-European/substrate *kar (“stone, hard”); see also Old Armenian քար (kʻar, “stone”), Sanskrit खर (khara, “hard, solid”), Welsh carreg (“stone”).
Meanings
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(Northern-England, countable, uncountable) A rocky outcrop; a rugged steep cliff or rock.
"Have, then, thy wish!"—he whistled shrill, / And he was answered from the hill; / Wild as the scream of the curlieu, / From crag to crag the signal flew.
1810, Walter Scott, “Canto V. The Combat.”, in The Lady of the Lake; […], Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for John Ballantyne and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, and William Miller, →OCLC, stanza IX, page 202:Break, break, break, / At the foot of thy crags, O Sea! / But the tender grace of a day that is dead / Will never come back to me.
1835, Alfred Tennyson, “‘Break, Break, Break’”, in Poems. […], volume II, London: Edward Moxon, […], published 1842, →OCLC, stanza 3, page 229:
- (countable, uncountable) A rough, broken fragment of rock.
- (countable, uncountable) A partially compacted bed of gravel mixed with shells, of the Pliocene to Pleistocene epochs.
- (uncountable) A game played with three dice, similar to Yahtzee.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| craig | alternative | lexicographic | |
| crags | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
cragbound · cragfast · craggy · cragswoman · Crag Foot · craglike · crag martin · cragsman · cragger · cragged
Translations (52)
it precipizio (rocky outcrop) · cs převis (rocky outcrop) · it bric (rocky outcrop) · it falesia (rocky outcrop) · hu bérc (rocky outcrop) · de Felsen (rocky outcrop) · fr affleurement (rocky outcrop) · hu kőszirt (rocky outcrop) · cmn 峭壁 (rocky outcrop) · grc κρημνός (rocky outcrop) · ka კლდე (rocky outcrop) · fi kalliojyrkänne (rocky outcrop) · ru утёс (rocky outcrop) · ru скала́ (rocky outcrop) · hu sziklabérc (rocky outcrop) · ar جُرْفٌ (rocky outcrop) · gl penedo (rocky outcrop) · pl skała (rocky outcrop) · uk ске́ля (rocky outcrop) · ja 崖 (rocky outcrop) · hu szirt (rocky outcrop) · pt rochedo (rocky outcrop) · cmn 崖 (rocky outcrop) · it dirupo (rocky outcrop) · es risco (rocky outcrop) · it bricco (rocky outcrop) · ga creig (rocky outcrop) · it costone (rocky outcrop) · sq shkrep (rocky outcrop) · hu sziklafok (rocky outcrop) · hu szikla (rocky outcrop) · es peñón (rocky outcrop) · hu sziklaorom (rocky outcrop) · bg канара (rocky outcrop) · cs skalisko (rocky outcrop) · be скала́ (rocky outcrop) · grc ἐρίπνη (rocky outcrop) · cs skalní věž (rocky outcrop) · es despeñadero (rocky outcrop) · es afloramiento rocoso (rocky outcrop) · gd carraig (rocky outcrop) · gd creag (rocky outcrop) · pt penha (rocky outcrop) · cs útes (rocky outcrop) · ja 巨岩 (rocky outcrop) · sq skërkë (rocky outcrop) · fr éperon rocheux (rocky outcrop) · gl rochedo (rocky outcrop) · it strapiombo (rocky outcrop) · pl grań (rocky outcrop) · la scopulus (rocky outcrop) · bg чукар (rocky outcrop)