Crash

See also: crash

Translingual

Etymology

    Coined by paleontologists Travouillon, Hand, Archer, and Black in 2012. Primarily named after video game franchise Crash Bandicoot; reference was also made to the genus unexpectedly "crashing" out of a rainforest environment into the semiarid environment of modern bandicoots.

    Proper noun

    Crash m

    1. A taxonomic genus within the family Peramelidae – an extinct bandicoot, known from a single fossilized mandible of the Middle Miocene epoch (15 mya) at the Riversleigh World Heritage Area.

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    German

    Etymology

    Borrowed from English crash.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /kʁɛʃ/
    • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

    Noun

    Crash m (strong, genitive Crashes or Crashs, plural Crashes or Crashs)

    1. crash
      Synonyms: Zusammenstoß, Kollision
    2. (computing) crash (malfunction of computer software)
      Synonym: Absturz

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    Further reading

    • Crash” in Duden online