cretense
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kɾeˈtẽ.si/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kɾeˈtẽ.se/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɾɨˈtẽ.sɨ/
- Hyphenation: cre‧ten‧se
Adjective
cretense m or f (plural cretenses)
- Cretan (of or relating to Crete)
Noun
cretense m or f by sense (plural cretenses)
- Cretan (person from Crete)
Further reading
- “cretense”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “cretense”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin Cretēnsis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɾeˈtense/ [kɾeˈt̪ẽn.se]
- Rhymes: -ense
- Syllabification: cre‧ten‧se
Adjective
cretense m or f (masculine and feminine plural cretenses)
Noun
cretense m or f by sense (plural cretenses)
Related terms
Further reading
- “cretense”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025