crenel

== English == === Etymology === From Old French crenel ( > modern French créneau), diminutive of cren (“notch”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɹɛnəl/ Rhymes: -ɛnəl === Noun === crenel (plural crenels or creneaux) The space between merlons in a crenelated battlement. Alternative form: crenelle Coordinate term: loophole Near-synonym: embrasure (sometimes hypernymous technically) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === == Old French == === Etymology === From cren (“notch”) +‎ -el (“diminutive”), probably from Latin crēna (“notch, incision, slit”). === Noun === crenel oblique singular, m (oblique plural creneaus or creneax or creniaus or creniax or crenels, nominative singular creneaus or creneax or creniaus or creniax or crenels, nominative plural crenel) alternative form of kernel == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French créneau. === Noun === crenel n (plural creneluri) crenel ==== Declension ====