"crypt" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kɹɪpt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-crypt.wav Forms: crypts [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪpt Etymology: From Latin crypta (“vault”), from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, “hidden”). Doublet of grotto. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|crypta||vault}} Latin crypta (“vault”), {{der|en|grc|κρυπτός||hidden}} Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, “hidden”), {{doublet|en|grotto}} Doublet of grotto Head templates: {{en-noun}} crypt (plural crypts)
  1. (now rare) A cave or cavern. Tags: archaic
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  2. An underground vault, especially one beneath a church that is used as a burial place. Translations (underground vault): крипта (kripta) [feminine] (Bulgarian), подземие (podzemie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), cripta [feminine] (Catalan), 隱窩 (Chinese Mandarin), 隐窝 (yǐnwō) (Chinese Mandarin), 土窖 (tǔjiào) (Chinese Mandarin), 地穴 (dìxué) (Chinese Mandarin), krypta [feminine] (Czech), krypt [common-gender] (Danish), krocht [feminine] (Dutch), kripto (Esperanto), krypta (Finnish), hautakammio (Finnish), crypte [feminine] (French), cripta [feminine] (Galician), Krypta [feminine] (German), κρύπτη (krýpti) [feminine] (Greek), kripta (Hungarian), cripta [feminine] (Italian), 納骨堂 (nōkotsudō) (alt: のうこつどう) (Japanese), кри́пта (krípta) [feminine] (Macedonian), гро́бница (gróbnica) [feminine] (Macedonian), косту́рница (kostúrnica) [feminine] (Macedonian), kripta (Malay), دخمه (daxme) (Persian), Gruft [feminine] (Plautdietsch), krypta [feminine] (Polish), cripta [feminine] (Portuguese), criptă [feminine] (Romanian), кри́пта (krípta) [feminine] (Russian), усыпа́льница (usypálʹnica) (alt: подзе́мная) [feminine] (Russian), склеп (sklep) [masculine] (Russian), krypta [feminine] (Slovak), cripta [feminine] (Spanish), krypta [common-gender] (Swedish), crypt [masculine] (Welsh), claddgell [feminine] (Welsh)
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  3. (anatomy) A small pit or cavity in the surface of an organ or other structure. Categories (topical): Anatomy
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  4. (botany) Any of the genus Cryptocoryne of aquatic plants of southern and southeastern Asia. Categories (topical): Botany
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  5. (botany) Any of the genus Cryptopus of orchids of Madagascar and Mauritius. Categories (topical): Botany
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: crypt of Lieberkühn, hemicrypt, intestinal crypt Related terms: encrypt

Inflected forms

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