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Webster 1913 Edition
Crampon
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1.
(Bot.)
An aërial rootlet for support in climbing, as of ivy.
Definition 2024
crampon
crampon
See also: crampón
English
Noun
crampon (plural crampons)
- An attachment to a shoe or boot that provides traction by means of spikes. Used for climbing or walking on slippery surfaces, especially ice.
- (botany) An aerial rootlet for support in climbing, as of ivy.
- (heraldry) A heraldic figure in the form of a bar bent at the ends into the form of a hook
Translations
attachment to a shoe used for climbing or walking on ice
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French
Etymology
Diminutive of Old French crampe
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʁɑ̃.pɔ̃/
Noun
crampon m (plural crampons)
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowing from French crampon.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kramˈpon/
Noun
crampon n (plural crampoane)
- square-headed spike used to fasten rails on sleepers / railroad ties
- cleat (protrusion on the bottom of a shoe for better traction)
- (botany) crampon (aerial root a climbing plant uses to affix itself to vertical support)
Declension
declension of crampon
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) crampon | cramponul | (niște) crampoane | crampoanele |
| genitive/dative | (unui) crampon | cramponului | (unor) crampoane | crampoanelor |
| vocative | cramponule | crampoanelor | ||