Cretan

English

Alternative forms

• Cretian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek Κρήτη (Krḗtē)der.

English Crete

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nosder.

Proto-Italic *-ānos

Latin -ānus

Old French -ainder.

Middle English -an

English -an

English Cretan

From Crete + -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɹiːtən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -iːtən
• Homophone: cretin (for some accents)

Adjective

Cretan (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to Crete or its inhabitants.

Derived terms

• Cretan dittany
• Cretanness
• Cretan spikenard
• Turcocretan

Translations

relating to Crete

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Basque: kretar
• Breton: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: cretenc (ca)
• Coptic: ⲕⲣⲏⲧⲉⲥ (krētes)
• Czech: krétský (cs)
• Danish: kretisk, kretensisk
• Dutch: Kretenzisch (nl)
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: kreetalainen
• French: crétois (fr)
• Friulian: cretês
• Galician: cretense (gl)
• Georgian: კრეტული (ḳreṭuli), კრეტას (ḳreṭas)
• German: kretisch (de)
• Greek: κρητικός (el) m (kritikós)
• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Icelandic: krítverskur
• Irish: Créatach
• Italian: cretese
• Latin: creticus
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Lombard: cretes
• Manchu: ᡴᡳᡵᡳᡨ (kirit)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kretisk

  Nynorsk: kretisk

• Occitan: cretés
• Piedmontese: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: kreteński (pl)
• Portuguese: cretense (pt)
• Romanian: cretan
• Russian: кри́тский (ru) (krítskij)
• Slovak: please add this translation if you can
• Slovene: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: cretense (es)
• Swedish: kretensisk (sv)
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: Cretaidd

Noun

Cretan (plural Cretans)

1. An inhabitant or a resident of Crete.

Translations

inhabitant

• Catalan: cretenc (ca) m, cretenca (ca) f
• Coptic: ⲕⲣⲏⲧⲉⲥ (krētes)
• Czech: Kréťan m
• Danish: kreter c, kretenser c
• Dutch: Kretenzer (nl) m, Kretenzische (nl) f
• Esperanto: kretano m, kretanino f
• Finnish: kreetalainen
• French: Crétois (fr) m, Crétoise f
• Galician: cretense (gl)
• Georgian: კრეტელი (ḳreṭeli)
• German: Kreter (de) m, Kreterin (de) f
• Greek: Κρητικός (el) m (Kritikós), Κρής (el) m (Krís), Κρητικιά (el) f (Kritikiá), Κρήσσα f (Kríssa)

  Ancient Greek: Κρής m (Krḗs)

• Hebrew: כְּרֵתִי (he) m (kretí)
• Icelandic: Krítverji m
• Irish: Créatach m
• Japanese: クレタ人 (くれたじん(kureta jin))
• Manchu: ᡴᡳᡵᡳᡨ (kirit)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kreter m

  Nynorsk: kretar m

• Polish: Kreteńczyk (pl) m
• Portuguese: cretense (pt) m or f
• Romanian: cretan m, cretană f
• Russian: критя́нин (ru) m (kritjánin), критя́нка f (kritjánka)
• Spanish: cretense (es)
• Swedish: kretensare (sv) c, kreter c
• Welsh: Cretiad m

Proper noun

Cretan

1. The dialect of Greek spoken in Crete.

   Holonym: Doric

Anagrams

• Canter, canter, carnet, centra, creant, nectar, recant, tanrec, trance