crucial

English

/ˈkɹuː.ʃəl/

adj
Definitions
  • Essential or decisive for determining the outcome or future of something; extremely important.
  • (archaic) Cruciform or cruciate; cross-shaped.
  • (slang) Very good; excellent; particularly applied to reggae music.

Etymology

Borrowed from French crucial derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (cut, turn, bend, cut off, curve, divide, wrinkle, scrape, sever, shorten, split, dry, jump, move, in the sense of an enclosure, shrink, swing, part, skimp).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*(s)ker-

Gloss

cut, turn, bend, cut off, curve, divide, wrinkle, scrape, sever, shorten, split, dry, jump, move, in the sense of an enclosure, shrink, swing, part, skimp

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

踊

Emoji
✂️ ✂️ 🎬️

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