"crevasse" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /kɹəˈvæs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-crevasse.wav [Southern-England] Forms: crevasses [plural]
Rhymes: -æs Etymology: From French crevasse. Doublet of crevice. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|crevasse}} French crevasse, {{doublet|en|crevice}} Doublet of crevice Head templates: {{en-noun}} crevasse (plural crevasses)
  1. A crack or fissure in a glacier or snowfield; a chasm. Translations (a crack or fissure in a glacier or snow field): crepaza (Aragonese), crebaza (Aragonese), glaĉerfendo (Esperanto), railo (Finnish), halkeama (Finnish), crevasse [feminine] (French), Gletscherspalte [feminine] (German), jurang es (Indonesian), crepaccio (Italian), кланец (klanec) [masculine] (Macedonian), pokorua (Maori), bre [masculine] (Norwegian), isbre [masculine] (Norwegian), crevasse [feminine] (Portuguese), crevasă [feminine] (Romanian), crăpătură [feminine] (Romanian), тре́щина (tréščina) [feminine] (Russian), isspricka [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-crevasse-en-noun-Gwbp2CVb Disambiguation of 'a crack or fissure in a glacier or snow field': 59 12 25 4
  2. (US) A breach in a canal or river bank. Tags: US
    Sense id: en-crevasse-en-noun-k8FA2ReT Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 34 11 9 18 16
  3. (by extension) Any cleft or fissure. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-crevasse-en-noun-dgQAQHW6
  4. (figuratively) A discontinuity or “gap” between the accounted variables and an observed outcome. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-crevasse-en-noun-scVnz4zR

Verb [English]

IPA: /kɹəˈvæs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-crevasse.wav [Southern-England] Forms: crevasses [present, singular, third-person], crevassing [participle, present], crevassed [participle, past], crevassed [past]
Rhymes: -æs Etymology: From French crevasse. Doublet of crevice. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|crevasse}} French crevasse, {{doublet|en|crevice}} Doublet of crevice Head templates: {{en-verb}} crevasse (third-person singular simple present crevasses, present participle crevassing, simple past and past participle crevassed)
  1. (intransitive) To form crevasses. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-crevasse-en-verb--jQ2s4x5
  2. (transitive) To fissure with crevasses. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-crevasse-en-verb-y2My1jdH

Noun [French]

IPA: /kʁə.vas/ Audio: Fr-crevasse.ogg Forms: crevasses [plural]
Rhymes: -as Etymology: From Old French crevace, crever + -asse. Etymology templates: {{uder|fr|fro|crevace}} Old French crevace, {{af|fr|crever|-asse}} crever + -asse Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} crevasse f (plural crevasses)
  1. crevasse Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-crevasse-fr-noun--Yllk1mV Categories (other): French terms suffixed with -asse, French undefined derivations
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [French]

IPA: /kʁə.vas/ Audio: Fr-crevasse.ogg
Rhymes: -as Etymology: Inflected forms Head templates: {{head|fr|verb form}} crevasse
  1. first-person singular imperfect subjunctive of crever Tags: first-person, form-of, imperfect, singular, subjunctive Form of: crever Categories (place): Landforms
    Sense id: en-crevasse-fr-verb-5RraMJbv Disambiguation of Landforms: 16 84 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [Portuguese]

IPA: /kɾeˈva.si/ [Brazil], /kɾeˈva.si/ [Brazil], /kɾeˈva.se/ [Southern-Brazil], /kɾɨˈva.sɨ/ [Portugal], /kɾɨˈva.sɨ/ [Portugal], /kɾɨˈba.sɨ/ [Northern, Portugal], [kɾɨˈβa.sɨ] [Northern, Portugal] Forms: crevasses [plural]
Head templates: {{pt-noun|f}} crevasse f (plural crevasses)
  1. (glaciology) crevasse (a crack or fissure in a glacier or snow field) Tags: feminine Synonyms: crevassa [dated]
    Sense id: en-crevasse-pt-noun-S3vqPPy0 Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Topics: geography, glaciology, natural-sciences

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "code": "an",
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      "sense": "a crack or fissure in a glacier or snow field",
      "word": "crepaza"
    },
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      "code": "an",
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      "sense": "a crack or fissure in a glacier or snow field",
      "word": "glaĉerfendo"
    },
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      "sense": "a crack or fissure in a glacier or snow field",
      "word": "railo"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "halkeama"
    },
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    },
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      "sense": "a crack or fissure in a glacier or snow field",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Gletscherspalte"
    },
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      "code": "id",
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      "sense": "a crack or fissure in a glacier or snow field",
      "word": "jurang es"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a crack or fissure in a glacier or snow field",
      "word": "crepaccio"
    },
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      "roman": "klanec",
      "sense": "a crack or fissure in a glacier or snow field",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a crack or fissure in a glacier or snow field",
      "word": "pokorua"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "a crack or fissure in a glacier or snow field",
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      ],
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      "code": "no",
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      ],
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      ],
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      "sense": "a crack or fissure in a glacier or snow field",
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      "word": "crevassa"
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