crasse

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʁas/

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Adjective

crasse f (feminine only, feminine plural crasses)

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

Usage notes

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

Noun

crasse f (plural crasses)

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

Derived terms

• faire une crasse

 

Verb

crasse

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

Related terms

• crasseux
• crasser
• décrasser

Further reading

• “crasse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• casser, sacres, sacrés

Italian

Adjective

crasse

1. feminine plural of crasso

Anagrams

• cessar, scarse

Latin

Adjective

crasse

1. vocative masculine singular of crassus

References

• “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.