English Explanatory Dictionary

crone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An old woman.
  2. An archetypal figure, a wise woman.
  3. An ugly, evil-looking, or frightening old woman; a hag.
  4. An old ewe.
  5. An old man, especially one who talks and acts like an old woman.
noun
  1. One of the triune goddesses of the Lady in Wicca alongside the Mother and Maiden, representing an old woman.

Pronunciation

/kɹoʊn/ /kɹəʊn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-crone.wav

Word forms

crone crones

Etymology

From Middle English crone, from Anglo-Norman carogne (compare central Old French charogne (a term of abuse, literally “carrion, carcass, old sheep, hag”), whence modern French charogne). Doublet of carrion.

Synonyms

old woman babushka bag bat beldame biddy bluehair bubbe carline carlin crone gammer geezer gogo grandam granny grimalkin hag maum old lady old maid prune spinster tabby trot trout witch

Antonyms

Sage

Derived words

cronehood cronelike croning

Translations

Bulgarian: вещица Czech: babizna Czech: baba Czech: babice Dutch: heks Finnish: noita French: sorcière French: mégère Galician: coirón Galician: bruxa Hungarian: banya Hungarian: szipirtyó Irish: seanchailleach Italian: strega Japanese: 鬼女 Latin: anus Macedonian: ве́штерка Plautdietsch: Hakjs Polish: baba Portuguese: bruxa Romanian: cotoroanță Romanian: baborniță Romanian: hoașcă Russian: карга́ Scottish Gaelic: cailleach Spanish: bruja Swedish: hagga
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