crisi

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈkɾi.zi]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -izi

Noun

crisi f (plural crisis)

1. crisis

Further reading

• “crisi”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “crisi”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “crisi” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “crisi” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin crisis, from Ancient Greek κρίνειν (krínein, “to decide”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkri.zi/
• Rhymes: -izi
• Hyphenation: crì‧si

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

crisi f (invariable)

1. crisis

   crisi di governo

   (period following a) government's resignation

   (literally, “crisis of the government”)

2. fit (epileptic)
3. (economics) panic
4. (figurative) slump

Related terms

• critico

Further reading

• crisi in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana