crisis

== English == === Etymology === From Latin crisis, from Ancient Greek κρίσις (krísis, “a separating, power of distinguishing, decision, choice, election, judgment, dispute”), from κρίνω (krínō, “pick out, choose, decide, judge”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈkɹaɪsɪs/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈkɹɑesɪs/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈkɹaɪsəs/, [ˈkɹɑe̯səs] Rhymes: -aɪsɪs === Noun === crisis (plural crises) A crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point. An unstable situation, in political, social, economic or military affairs, especially one involving an impending abrupt change. (medicine) A sudden change in the course of a disease, usually at which point the patient is expected to either recover or die. (psychology) A traumatic or stressful change in a person's life. (drama) A point in a drama at which a conflict reaches a peak before being resolved. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== “crisis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “crisis”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “crisis”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == Asturian == === Noun === crisis f (plural crisis) crisis == Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈkɾi.zis] Rhymes: -izis === Noun === crisis plural of crisi == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin crisis, from Ancient Greek κρίσις (krísis). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkri.zɪs/ Hyphenation: cri‧sis === Noun === crisis f (plural crises or crisissen, diminutive crisisje n) crisis financial crisis ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== kritiek kritisch ==== Descendants ==== → Indonesian: krisis == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek κρίσις (krísis, “a separating, power of distinguishing, decision, choice, election, judgment, dispute”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkrɪ.sɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkriː.s̬is] === Noun === crĭsis f (genitive crĭsis); third declension crisis ==== Usage notes ==== The genitive is crisis and the accusative is crisin in dictionaries. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem). 1Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin. ==== Descendants ==== → Dutch: crisis → English: crisis → Old French: crisis f → Spanish: crisis f === References === “crisis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “crisis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Old French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin crisis. === Noun === crisis oblique singular, f (oblique plural crisis, nominative singular crisis, nominative plural crisis) crisis, emergency; urgent situation == Spanish == === Etymology === From Latin crisis, from Ancient Greek κρίσις (krísis, “a separating, power of distinguishing, decision, choice, election, judgment, dispute”), from κρίνω (krínō, “pick out, choose, decide, judge”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɾisis/ [ˈkɾi.sis] Rhymes: -isis Syllabification: cri‧sis === Noun === crisis f (plural crisis) crisis attack; fit ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “crisis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025