Translation
crisis
Word origin
An international borrowing, French crise and German Krise, from Latin crisis, from Greek krisis ('a decision, a turning point'), from krinein ('to decide, to judge'). The same Greek verb gives English critic and criterion.
- Origin
- Greek, via Latin and French
- Root
- krisis
- English cognates
- crisis, critic, criterion
Examples
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The country is in a great crisis.
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During the crisis many people lost their money.
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After the war came long years of crisis.
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