craic
English
/kɹæk/
noun
Definitions
- (Irish) Fun, especially through enjoyable company, a pleasant conversation.
Etymology
Derived from English crack (highly skilled, excellent) derived from Middle English crak (bragging talk, loud conversation).
Origin
Middle English
crak
Gloss
bragging talk, loud conversation
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- anticrack English
- buttcrack English
- crack English
- crack shot English
- crack-hemp English
- crack-rope English
- crackability English
- crackable English
- crackback English
- crackbrain English
- crackbrained English
- crackerjack English
- crackest English
- cracketh English
- crackfic English
- crackhead English
- crackhouse English
- crackjaw English
- crackle English
- crackless English
- cracklet English
- cracklike English
- crackmeter English
- crackpipe English
- crackpot English
- crackproof English
- crackship English
- cracksman English
- cracky English
- crake English
- hydrocrack English
- macrocrack English
- microcrack English
- mudcrack English
- nutcrack English
- outcrack English
- precrack English
- recrack English
- suncrack English
- thundercrack English
- tocrack English
- what's cracking English
- whipcrack English
- wisecrack English
- crack Finnish
- kräkki Finnish
- Crack German
- craccare Italian
- crack French
- крэк Russian
- crack Spanish, Castilian
- crack Portuguese
- crak Middle English
- crakken Middle English
- craic Irish
- kráka Old Norse
- crac Welsh
- crack
- crake
- cracky
- tocrack
- recrack
- crackle
- suncrack
- cracketh
- precrack
- nutcrack
- outcrack
- crackpot
- crackjaw
- crackfic
- crackest
- mudcrack
- cracklet
- wisecrack
- crackless
- whipcrack
- crackable
- crackhead
- cracklike
- cracksman
- crackpipe
- anticrack
- crackback
- crackship
- buttcrack
- crackhouse
- crack shot
- crack-rope
- crackmeter
- crack-hemp
- macrocrack
- microcrack
- crackproof
- hydrocrack
- crackbrain
- crackerjack
- crackability
- crackbrained
- thundercrack
- what's cracking