crater

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From Latin crater (“basin; cup”), from Ancient Greek κρατήρ (kratḗr, “mixing bowl, wassail-bowl”), from κράμα (kráma, “mixture”), from κεράννυμι (keránnumi, “to mix, to mingle”).

First coined 1613, from Latin crātēr (“basin”), from Ancient Greek κρᾱτήρ (krātḗr, “mixing-bowl, wassail-bowl”).

186 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 巨爵座 (Jùjuézuò) — constellation
• Czech: Pohár — constellation
• Dutch: Beker — constellation
• Esperanto: Pokalo — constellation
• Finnish: Malja — constellation
• French: Coupe — constellation
• Galician: Copa — constellation
• German: Becher — constellation
• Greek: Κρατήρ (Kratír) — constellation
• Ancient Greek: Κρατήρ (Kratḗr) — constellation
• Irish: an Cupán — constellation
• Japanese: コップ座 (Koppu-za) — constellation
• Korean: 컵자리 (Keopjari) — constellation
• Norwegian: Begeret — constellation
• Persian: جام (jâm) — constellation
• Persian: پیاله (piyâle) — constellation
• Polish: Puchar — constellation
• Russian: Чаша (Čaša) — constellation
• Spanish: Crater — constellation
• Albanian: krater — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Arabic: فَوَّهَةُ الْبُرْكَان (fawwahatu l-burkān) — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Arabic: فَوَّهَة (fawwaha) — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Armenian: խառնարան (xaṙnaran) — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Azerbaijani: krater — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Belarusian: кра́тэр (kráter) — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Bengali: গর্ত (gorto) — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Bulgarian: кра́тер (kráter) — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Catalan: cràter — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Chinese Mandarin: 環形山 /环形山 (huánxíngshān) — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Chinese Mandarin: 撞擊坑 /撞击坑 (zhuàngjī-kēng) — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Czech: kráter — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Danish: krater — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Dutch: krater — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Estonian: kraater — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Finnish: kraatteri — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• French: cratère — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Galician: cráter — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Georgian: კრატერი (ḳraṭeri) — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• German: Krater — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Greek: κρατήρας (kratíras) — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Hebrew: מַכְתֵּשׁ (makhtésh) — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Hindi: गर्त (gart) — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Hindi: दहाना (dahānā) — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Hungarian: kráter — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Icelandic: gígur — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Indonesian: kawah — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Irish: cráitéar — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Italian: cratere — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Japanese: クレーター (kurētā) — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Japanese: 隕石孔 (insekikō) — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Kazakh: кратер (krater) — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Khmer: រណ្តៅអាចម៍ (rɔɔrŭəndaw ʼac) — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Khmer: រណ្ដៅ (rɔɔrŭəndaw) — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Korean: 충돌구 (chungdolgu) — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Korean: 크레이터 (keureiteo) — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Kyrgyz: кратер (krater) — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Latvian: krāteris — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Lithuanian: krateris — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Macedonian: кратер (krater) — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Malay: kawah — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Manx: towl — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Māori: rua — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Central Melanau: kawah — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Norwegian Bokmål: krater — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Iranian Persian: دَهانِه (dahâne) — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Iranian Persian: گُودال (gowdâl) — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Polish: krater — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Portuguese: cratera — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Romanian: crater — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Russian: кра́тер (kráter) — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Serbo-Croatian: кра́тер — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Serbo-Croatian: kráter — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Slovak: kráter — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Slovene: krater — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Spanish: cráter — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Swedish: krater — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Swedish: nedslagskrater — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Tagalog: lungaw — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Tagalog: bunganga — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Tajik: даҳана (dahana) — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Tajik: даҳона (dahona) — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Tajik: кратер (krater) — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Thai: แอ่ง (ɛ̀ng) — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Turkish: krater — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Ukrainian: кра́тер (kráter) — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Urdu: دَہانَہ (dahāna) — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Uzbek: krater — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Vietnamese: hố va chạm — astronomy: hemispherical pit
• Albanian: krater — geology: opening of a volcano
• Arabic: فَوَّهَةُ الْبُرْكَان (fawwahatu l-burkān) — geology: opening of a volcano
• Armenian: խառնարան (xaṙnaran) — geology: opening of a volcano
• Basque: krater — geology: opening of a volcano
• Belarusian: кра́тэр (kráter) — geology: opening of a volcano
• Belarusian: жарало́ (žaraló) — geology: opening of a volcano
• Belarusian: жарло́ (žarló) — geology: opening of a volcano
• Bulgarian: кра́тер (kráter) — geology: opening of a volcano
• Catalan: cràter — geology: opening of a volcano
• Chinese Mandarin: 火山口 (huǒshānkǒu) — geology: opening of a volcano
• Chinese Mandarin: 噴火口 /喷火口 (pēnhuǒkǒu) — geology: opening of a volcano
• Czech: kráter — geology: opening of a volcano
• Dutch: krater — geology: opening of a volcano
• Esperanto: kratero — geology: opening of a volcano
• Estonian: kraater — geology: opening of a volcano
• Faroese: gosop — geology: opening of a volcano
• Finnish: kraatteri — geology: opening of a volcano
• French: cratère — geology: opening of a volcano
• Galician: cráter — geology: opening of a volcano
• Georgian: კრატერი (ḳraṭeri) — geology: opening of a volcano
• German: Krater — geology: opening of a volcano
• Greek: κρατήρας (kratíras) — geology: opening of a volcano
• Ancient Greek: κρατήρ (kratḗr) — geology: opening of a volcano
• Hawaiian: lua — geology: opening of a volcano
• Hawaiian: lua pele — geology: opening of a volcano
• Hindi: गर्त (gart) — geology: opening of a volcano
• Hungarian: kráter — geology: opening of a volcano
• Icelandic: gígur — geology: opening of a volcano
• Irish: cráitéar — geology: opening of a volcano
• Irish: cráitéar bolcáin — geology: opening of a volcano
• Italian: cratere — geology: opening of a volcano
• Japanese: クレーター (kurētā) — geology: opening of a volcano
• Japanese: 噴火口 (funkakō) — geology: opening of a volcano
• Japanese: お鉢 (ohachi) — geology: opening of a volcano
• Khmer: មាត់ភ្នំភ្លើង (mŏət phnum phləəng) — geology: opening of a volcano
• Khmer: ដង្ហើមភ្នំភ្លើង (dɑɑdɑnghaəm phnum phləəng) — geology: opening of a volcano
• Korean: 분화구 (bunhwagu) — geology: opening of a volcano
• Korean: 화구 (hwagu) — geology: opening of a volcano
• Korean: 크레이터 (keureiteo) — geology: opening of a volcano
• Lao: ປ່ອງພູເຂົາໄຟ (pǭng phū khao fai) — geology: opening of a volcano
• Lao: ປາກປ່ອງ (pāk pǭng) — geology: opening of a volcano
• Lao: ປາກພູໄຟ (pāk phū fai) — geology: opening of a volcano
• Latin: crātēr — geology: opening of a volcano
• Malay: kawah — geology: opening of a volcano
• Māori: rua — geology: opening of a volcano
• Central Melanau: kawah — geology: opening of a volcano
• Norwegian Bokmål: krater — geology: opening of a volcano
• Polish: krater — geology: opening of a volcano
• Portuguese: cratera — geology: opening of a volcano
• Romanian: crater — geology: opening of a volcano
• Russian: кра́тер (kráter) — geology: opening of a volcano
• Russian: жерло́ (žerló) — geology: opening of a volcano
• Samoan: ano — geology: opening of a volcano
• Slovene: krater — geology: opening of a volcano
• Spanish: cráter — geology: opening of a volcano
• Swahili: kasoko — geology: opening of a volcano
• Swahili: kreta — geology: opening of a volcano
• Swedish: krater — geology: opening of a volcano
• Swedish: vulkankrater — geology: opening of a volcano
• Tagalog: bunganga ng bulkan — geology: opening of a volcano
• Tagalog: krater — geology: opening of a volcano
• Tajik: танӯра (tanüra) — geology: opening of a volcano
• Thai: ปล่องภูเขาไฟ (bplɔ̀ng-puu-kǎo-fai) — geology: opening of a volcano
• Turkish: krater — geology: opening of a volcano
• Ukrainian: кра́тер (kráter) — geology: opening of a volcano
• Vietnamese: miệng núi lửa — geology: opening of a volcano
• Arabic: فَوَّهَةُ الْبُرْكَان (fawwahatu l-burkān) — pit left by an explosion
• Bulgarian: я́ма (jáma) — pit left by an explosion
• Bulgarian: кра́тер (kráter) — pit left by an explosion
• Catalan: cràter — pit left by an explosion
• Chinese Mandarin: 彈坑 /弹坑 (dànkēng) — pit left by an explosion
• Chinese Mandarin: 火山口 (huǒshānkǒu) — pit left by an explosion
• Czech: kráter — pit left by an explosion
• Finnish: pommikuoppa — pit left by an explosion
• Finnish: räjäytyskuoppa — pit left by an explosion
• Finnish: kraatteri — pit left by an explosion
• French: cratère — pit left by an explosion
• German: Krater — pit left by an explosion
• Greek: κρατήρας (kratíras) — pit left by an explosion
• Hebrew: מַכְתֵּשׁ (makhtésh) — pit left by an explosion
• Hindi: गर्त (gart) — pit left by an explosion
• Hungarian: kráter — pit left by an explosion
• Hungarian: bombatölcsér — pit left by an explosion
• Irish: cráitéar — pit left by an explosion
• Italian: cratere — pit left by an explosion
• Japanese: クレーター (kurētā) — pit left by an explosion
• Khmer: រណ្តៅ (rɔɔrŭəntaw) — pit left by an explosion
• Māori: rua — pit left by an explosion
• Norwegian Bokmål: krater — pit left by an explosion
• Portuguese: cratera — pit left by an explosion
• Romanian: crater — pit left by an explosion
• Russian: кра́тер (kráter) — pit left by an explosion
• Russian: я́ма (jáma) — pit left by an explosion
• Russian: воро́нка (vorónka) — pit left by an explosion
• Slovene: krater — pit left by an explosion
• Swedish: krater — pit left by an explosion
• Ukrainian: кра́тер (kráter) — pit left by an explosion
• German: einbrechen — to collapse catastrophically