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cran.

notch

4 characters1 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/kʁɑ̃/
  1. notch

    masculine
  2. safety catch

    masculine
  3. hole

    masculine
  4. wave

    masculine
  5. guts, bottle, courage

    colloquial · masculine
    Ce garçon a du cran, pour oser sauter en parachute.
Where this word comes from

Deverbal of créner (“to kern”), from crenedes (“notched”), from Vulgar Latin *crinare, probably of Celtic/Gaulish origin, from Proto-Celtic *krini-, from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (“to divide, separate”). Or, less likely, from Latin cernō (“to separate”), itself from the same root.

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