English Explanatory Dictionary

crypt

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A cave or cavern.
  2. An underground vault.
  3. Especially: one beneath a church that is used as a burial chamber.
  4. A small pit or cavity in the surface of an organ or other structure.
  5. Any of the genus Cryptocoryne of aquatic plants of southern and southeastern Asia.
  6. Any of the genus Cryptopus of orchids of Madagascar and Mauritius.

Pronunciation

/kɹɪpt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-crypt.wav

Word forms

crypt crypts

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin crypta (“vault”), from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, “hidden”). Doublet of grotto.

Synonyms

vault tomb sepulchre sepulcher fovea fossa

Related words

encrypt

Derived words

cryptal cryptid cryptitis cryptlike crypt of Lieberkühn hemicrypt intestinal crypt

Translations

Bulgarian: крипта Bulgarian: подземие Catalan: cripta Chinese Mandarin: 隱窩 /隐窝 Chinese Mandarin: 土窖 Chinese Mandarin: 地穴 Czech: krypta Danish: krypt Dutch: krocht Esperanto: kripto Finnish: krypta Finnish: hautakammio French: crypte Galician: cripta German: Krypta Greek: κρύπτη Hungarian: kripta Italian: cripta Japanese: 納骨堂 Macedonian: кри́пта Macedonian: гро́бница Macedonian: косту́рница Malay: kripta Persian: دخمه Plautdietsch: Gruft Polish: krypta Portuguese: cripta Romanian: criptă Russian: кри́пта Russian: усыпа́льница Russian: склеп Slovak: krypta Spanish: cripta Swedish: krypta Turkish: kripta Welsh: crypt Welsh: claddgell
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