crampon

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French crampon. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɹæmpɑn/, /ˈkɹæmpən/ Rhymes: -æmpɑn === Noun === crampon (plural crampons) An attachment to a shoe or boot that provides traction by means of spikes for climbing or walking on slippery surfaces, especially ice. Synonyms: climbing iron, climber (botany) An aerial rootlet for support in climbing, as of ivy. (heraldry) A heraldic figure in the form of a bar bent at the ends into the form of a hook. ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== overboot, overshoe === Verb === crampon (third-person singular simple present crampons, present participle cramponing or (uncommon, exclusively UK) cramponning, simple past and past participle cramponed or (uncommon, exclusively UK) cramponned) To walk or climb using crampons. ==== Further reading ==== crampon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == French == === Etymology === Diminutive of Old French crampe. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kʁɑ̃.pɔ̃/ === Noun === crampon m (plural crampons) cleat, crampon (a protrusion on the bottom of a shoe for better traction) spike clinger, hanger-on ==== Descendants ==== → English: crampon → Romanian: crampon → Spanish: crampón → Turkish: krampon === Further reading === “crampon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French crampon. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kramˈpon/ === Noun === crampon n (plural crampoane) (rail transport) square-headed spike used to fasten rails on sleepers / railroad ties cleat; crampon (protrusion on the bottom of a shoe for better traction) (botany) crampon (aerial root a climbing plant uses to affix itself to vertical support) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “crampon”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026