crest

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• /kɹɛst/
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From Middle English creste, from Old French creste (modern French crête) and perhaps continuing Old English cræsta (“crest, tuft, plume”); both ultimately from Vulgar Latin *cresta, from Latin crista. Doublet of crista. The informal meaning “design, logo” (noun sense 11) stems from a misinterpretation of the heraldic noun sense 4, which specifically refers to the object placed on top of the helm.

187 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: kreshtë — summit of a hill or mountain ridge
• Armenian: գագաթ (gagatʻ) — summit of a hill or mountain ridge
• Aromanian: creastã — summit of a hill or mountain ridge
• Bulgarian: гребен (greben) — summit of a hill or mountain ridge
• Catalan: carena — summit of a hill or mountain ridge
• Dutch: kam — summit of a hill or mountain ridge
• Dutch: bergkam — summit of a hill or mountain ridge
• Dutch: top — summit of a hill or mountain ridge
• Finnish: harja — summit of a hill or mountain ridge
• French: crête — summit of a hill or mountain ridge
• German: Gipfel — summit of a hill or mountain ridge
• Ancient Greek: λόφος (lóphos) — summit of a hill or mountain ridge
• Ancient Greek: ἄμβων (ámbōn) — summit of a hill or mountain ridge
• Irish: círín — summit of a hill or mountain ridge
• Italian: cresta — summit of a hill or mountain ridge
• Macedonian: врв (vrv) — summit of a hill or mountain ridge
• Māori: upane — summit of a hill or mountain ridge
• Māori: tūtūātanga — summit of a hill or mountain ridge
• Persian: ستیغ (setiɣ) — summit of a hill or mountain ridge
• Polish: szczyt — summit of a hill or mountain ridge
• Polish: wierch — summit of a hill or mountain ridge
• Portuguese: cume — summit of a hill or mountain ridge
• Romanian: creastă — summit of a hill or mountain ridge
• Russian: верши́на (veršína) — summit of a hill or mountain ridge
• Scottish Gaelic: mullach — summit of a hill or mountain ridge
• Sicilian: pizzu — summit of a hill or mountain ridge
• Spanish: cornisa — summit of a hill or mountain ridge
• Spanish: cresta — summit of a hill or mountain ridge
• Swedish: kam — summit of a hill or mountain ridge
• Swedish: bergskam — summit of a hill or mountain ridge
• Walloon: cresse — summit of a hill or mountain ridge
• Armenian: կատար (katar) — animal’s or bird’s tuft
• Aromanian: creastã — animal’s or bird’s tuft
• Asturian: moñu — animal’s or bird’s tuft
• Asturian: caramiellu — animal’s or bird’s tuft
• Azerbaijani: pipik — animal’s or bird’s tuft
• Azerbaijani: daraq — animal’s or bird’s tuft
• Bulgarian: гре́бен (grében) — animal’s or bird’s tuft
• Catalan: cresta — animal’s or bird’s tuft
• Chinese Mandarin: 冠 (guān) — animal’s or bird’s tuft
• Dutch: kuif — animal’s or bird’s tuft
• Esperanto: kresto — animal’s or bird’s tuft
• Finnish: harja — animal’s or bird’s tuft
• Finnish: heltta — animal’s or bird’s tuft
• Finnish: töyhtö — animal’s or bird’s tuft
• French: crête — animal’s or bird’s tuft
• Friulian: creste — animal’s or bird’s tuft
• German: Kamm — animal’s or bird’s tuft
• German: Haube — animal’s or bird’s tuft
• German: Krone — animal’s or bird’s tuft
• Ancient Greek: λόφος (lóphos) — animal’s or bird’s tuft
• Hebrew: ציצית ראש — animal’s or bird’s tuft
• Indonesian: gombak — animal’s or bird’s tuft
• Indonesian: jambak — animal’s or bird’s tuft
• Indonesian: jambul — animal’s or bird’s tuft
• Irish: moing — animal’s or bird’s tuft
• Irish: curca — animal’s or bird’s tuft
• Irish: círín — animal’s or bird’s tuft
• Italian: cresta — animal’s or bird’s tuft
• Japanese: とさか (tosaka) — animal’s or bird’s tuft
• Kalmyk: ширк (şirk) — animal’s or bird’s tuft
• Korean: 볏 (byeot) — animal’s or bird’s tuft
• Latin: crista — animal’s or bird’s tuft
• Macedonian: качулка (kačulka) — animal’s or bird’s tuft
• Macedonian: кикиришка (kikiriška) — animal’s or bird’s tuft
• Macedonian: гривна (grivna) — animal’s or bird’s tuft
• Māori: koukou — animal’s or bird’s tuft
• Persian: پوپ (pup) — animal’s or bird’s tuft
• Persian: کاکل (kâkol) — animal’s or bird’s tuft
• Persian: خوچ (xuč) — animal’s or bird’s tuft
• Polish: czub — animal’s or bird’s tuft
• Polish: grzebień — animal’s or bird’s tuft
• Portuguese: crista — animal’s or bird’s tuft
• Romanian: creastă — animal’s or bird’s tuft
• Russian: гре́бень (grébenʹ) — animal’s or bird’s tuft
• Russian: гребешо́к (grebešók) — animal’s or bird’s tuft
• Russian: хохоло́к (xoxolók) — animal’s or bird’s tuft
• Scottish Gaelic: cìrean — animal’s or bird’s tuft
• Serbo-Croatian: uvor — animal’s or bird’s tuft
• Spanish: cresta — animal’s or bird’s tuft
• Spanish: penacho — animal’s or bird’s tuft
• Spanish: copete — animal’s or bird’s tuft
• Swedish: kam — animal’s or bird’s tuft
• Tooro: orusunsu class 11 — animal’s or bird’s tuft
• Turkish: ibik — animal’s or bird’s tuft
• Ottoman Turkish: ایبك (ibik) — animal’s or bird’s tuft
• Vietnamese: mào — animal’s or bird’s tuft
• Walloon: cresse — animal’s or bird’s tuft
• Bulgarian: гребен (greben) — plume or decoration on a helmet
• Catalan: crinera — plume or decoration on a helmet
• Catalan: plomall — plume or decoration on a helmet
• Dutch: pluim — plume or decoration on a helmet
• Finnish: töyhtö — plume or decoration on a helmet
• French: huppe — plume or decoration on a helmet
• French: aigrette — plume or decoration on a helmet
• Ancient Greek: λόφος (lóphos) — plume or decoration on a helmet
• Italian: cresta — plume or decoration on a helmet
• Italian: cimiero — plume or decoration on a helmet
• Latin: crista — plume or decoration on a helmet
• Macedonian: кикиришка (kikiriška) — plume or decoration on a helmet
• Macedonian: перјаница (perjanica) — plume or decoration on a helmet
• Macedonian: челенка (čelenka) — plume or decoration on a helmet
• Māori: puhipuhi — plume or decoration on a helmet
• Māori: hurutihi — plume or decoration on a helmet
• Persian: خوچ (xūč) — plume or decoration on a helmet
• Polish: pióropusz — plume or decoration on a helmet
• Portuguese: pluma — plume or decoration on a helmet
• Portuguese: crista — plume or decoration on a helmet
• Russian: плюма́ж (pljumáž) — plume or decoration on a helmet
• Sicilian: chirca — plume or decoration on a helmet
• Spanish: cresta — plume or decoration on a helmet
• Spanish: cimera — plume or decoration on a helmet
• Welsh: crib — plume or decoration on a helmet
• Welsh: tusw — plume or decoration on a helmet
• Bulgarian: герб (gerb) — heraldic bearing
• Czech: klenot — heraldic bearing
• Dutch: helmteken — heraldic bearing
• Finnish: kypäränkoriste — heraldic bearing
• French: cimier — heraldic bearing
• German: Helmzier — heraldic bearing
• German: Zimir — heraldic bearing
• German: Helmkleinod — heraldic bearing
• Irish: círín — heraldic bearing
• Italian: timbro — heraldic bearing
• Italian: cimiero — heraldic bearing
• Macedonian: челенка (čelenka) — heraldic bearing
• Polish: klejnot — heraldic bearing
• Portuguese: timbre — heraldic bearing
• Spanish: cimera — heraldic bearing
• Swedish: hjälmprydnad — heraldic bearing
• Swedish: krest — heraldic bearing
• Bulgarian: грива (griva) — upper curve of horse's neck
• Finnish: harja — upper curve of horse's neck
• French: crinière — upper curve of horse's neck
• Irish: buaic capaill — upper curve of horse's neck
• Italian: crine — upper curve of horse's neck
• Italian: criniera — upper curve of horse's neck
• Macedonian: грива (griva) — upper curve of horse's neck
• Portuguese: crina — upper curve of horse's neck
• Russian: гри́ва (gríva) — upper curve of horse's neck
• Russian: хо́лка (xólka) — upper curve of horse's neck
• Aromanian: creastã — ridge or top of a wave
• Bulgarian: гре́бен (grében) — ridge or top of a wave
• Catalan: cresta — ridge or top of a wave
• Dutch: kam — ridge or top of a wave
• Dutch: golfkam — ridge or top of a wave
• Dutch: golftop — ridge or top of a wave
• Finnish: harja — ridge or top of a wave
• French: crête — ridge or top of a wave
• German: Wellenkamm — ridge or top of a wave
• German: Wellenspitze — ridge or top of a wave
• Irish: círín — ridge or top of a wave
• Italian: cresta — ridge or top of a wave
• Northern Kurdish: lûtke — ridge or top of a wave
• Macedonian: гребен (greben) — ridge or top of a wave
• Malay: puncak — ridge or top of a wave
• Portuguese: crista (da/de onda) — ridge or top of a wave
• Romanian: creastă — ridge or top of a wave
• Russian: гре́бень (grébenʹ) — ridge or top of a wave
• Scottish Gaelic: mullach — ridge or top of a wave
• Scottish Gaelic: bàrr — ridge or top of a wave
• Sicilian: crista — ridge or top of a wave
• Spanish: cresta — ridge or top of a wave
• Swedish: vågtopp — ridge or top of a wave
• Swedish: topp — ridge or top of a wave
• Swedish: vågkam — ridge or top of a wave
• Swedish: kam — ridge or top of a wave
• Tagalog: tuktok — ridge or top of a wave
• Vietnamese: đỉnh sóng — ridge or top of a wave
• Vietnamese: ngọn sóng — ridge or top of a wave
• Albanian: fjuhull — helm or head
• Macedonian: креста (kresta) — helm or head
• Macedonian: пувка (puvka) — helm or head
• Portuguese: elmo — helm or head
• French: crête — ornamental finishing
• Occitan: aresta — ornamental finishing
• Russian: конёк (konjók) — ornamental finishing
• Bulgarian: гребен (greben) — top line of a slope
• Finnish: harja — top line of a slope
• Finnish: harjaviiva — top line of a slope
• French: crête — top line of a slope
• Māori: upane — top line of a slope
• Russian: гре́бень (grébenʹ) — top line of a slope
• Sicilian: pizzu — top line of a slope
• Finnish: harja — anatomy: ridge along the surface of a bone
• French: crête — anatomy: ridge along the surface of a bone
• German: erklimmen — to reach the crest of (a hill or mountain)