criss

English

Noun

criss (plural crisses)

  1. Alternative form of kris (“dagger”).

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʁis/

Etymology 1

From Malay keris.

Noun

criss m (invariable)

  1. kris (dagger)
Alternative forms

Etymology 2

Noun

criss m (invariable)

  1. (Quebec) alternative form of crisse

Yola

Noun

criss

  1. alternative form of cress
    • 1867, “DR. RUSSELL ON THE INHABITANTS AND DIALECT OF THE BARONY OF FORTH”, in APPENDIX:
      Criss Colfere,
      Cross Colfer.

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 126
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