krab

krab (plural krabs)

1. (colloquial) Short for carabiner.

Respelling of crab. Compare wyngz.

krab

1. (colloquial) imitation crab meat; crab stick; kamaboko

• bark, brak, kbar

A Germanic borrowing, from Proto-Germanic *krabbô.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkrap]

krab m anim

1. crab

krab m inan

1. leaf-shaped decoration (on shields, Gothic arches, etc.)

• krab in Internetová jazyková příručka
• krab in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• krab in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

krab

1. imperative of krabbe

• IPA^(key): /krɑp/

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• Hyphenation: krab
• Rhymes: -ɑp
• Homophone: krap

From Middle Dutch crabbe, from Old Dutch *krabba. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

krab f or m (plural krabben, diminutive krabbetje n)

1. (zoology) crab, crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura

• krabvisser
• zeekrab

• Afrikaans: krap
• Berbice Creole Dutch: krabu
• Negerhollands: krabe, krabischi, krabu, crabbo, krabbo
  • → Virgin Islands Creole: krabu (dated)
• Skepi Creole Dutch: krabu
• → Sranan Tongo: krabu
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: krabu
  • → Caribbean Javanese: krabu
  • → Saramaccan: kaábu

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

krab

1. inflection of krabben:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

• bark, brak

krab

1. Alternative form of krap

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

Borrowed from Middle High German krabbe.

• IPA^(key): /krap/

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• Rhymes: -ap
• Syllabification: krab
• Homophone: Krab

krab m animal (diminutive krabik, related adjective krabi or krabowy)

1. crab (crustacean)
2. crab (food)

• krab in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• krab in Polish dictionaries at PWN

krab (plural krablar)

1. crab

krab c (plural krabben, diminutive krabke)

1. Alternative form of krabbe