crenel
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French crenel ( > modern French créneau), diminutive of cren (“notch”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]crenel (plural crenels or creneaux)
- The space between merlons in a crenelated battlement.
- 2000, George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords, Bantam, published 2011, page 44:
- They would wake Lord Bolton and search Harrenhal from crenel to cellar, and when they did they would find the map and the dagger missing […].
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]space between merlons
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Old French
[edit]Noun
[edit]crenel oblique singular, m (oblique plural creneaus or creneax or creniaus or creniax or crenels, nominative singular creneaus or creneax or creniaus or creniax or crenels, nominative plural crenel)
- Alternative form of kernel
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]crenel n (plural creneluri)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | crenel | crenelul | creneluri | crenelurile | |
| genitive-dative | crenel | crenelului | creneluri | crenelurilor | |
| vocative | crenelule | crenelurilor | |||
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