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feminine
/kʁiz/
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Translation
crisis
Word origin
From Latin crisis ('turning point in a disease'), borrowed from Greek krisis ('decision, judgement'), from krinein ('to separate, decide').
- Origin
- Greek
- Root
- krisis
- English cognates
- crisis, critic, criterion
Grammar
Genderfeminine
Pluralcrises
Examples
.
The country is going through a difficult crisis.
.
He had an angry outburst this morning.
durer .
This crisis is going to last a long time.
, .
During the crisis, everyone was scared.
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We must find a solution to this crisis.
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