French

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Etymology

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Feminine of the Old French adjective cras, from Latin crassus. Doublet of gras.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kʁas/
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Adjective

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crasse f (feminine only, feminine plural crasses)

  1. crass
  2. (of humor) dirty, filthy

Usage notes

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Used only with feminine nouns, except in "humour crasse".

Noun

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crasse f (plural crasses)

  1. filth, muck
  2. (especially, dirty) froth, foam

Derived terms

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Verb

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crasse

  1. inflection of crasser:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative
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Further reading

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Anagrams

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Italian

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Adjective

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crasse

  1. feminine plural of crasso

Anagrams

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Latin

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Adjective

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crasse

  1. vocative masculine singular of crassus

References

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  • crasse”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • crasse”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • crasse in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.