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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

kriskris(n.)

  1. a Malay dagger with a wavy blade.

Origin of kris:

1570–80; < Malay karis (sp. keris)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. kris, creese, crease(noun)

    a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade

Wiktionary

  1. kris(Noun)

    An Indonesian or Malay dagger with a wavy, or rigid serpentine blade.

  2. kris(Noun)

    A Moro sword with an asymmetrical blade.

  3. Kris(ProperNoun)

    A diminutive of the female given names Kristina, Christina, and related given names.

  4. Kris(ProperNoun)

    A diminutive of the male given names Christopher, Christian, and related given names.

  5. Origin: From kĕris. Recognized as part of English ca. 1580.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Kris(noun)

    a Malay dagger. See Creese


Translations for kris

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

crisis(noun)

a deciding moment or turning-point (especially of an illness)

Although she is still very ill, she has passed the crisis.

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