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KRIS

Definition: KRIS

KRIS

Noun

1. A Malay dagger. See Creese.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

"KRIS" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a Christian".

Date "KRIS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1900. (references)


Specialty Definitions: KRIS

DomainDefinitions

Military & Defense

A Malay or Indonesian dagger often with two scalloped cutting edges. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Kris

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

A kris is a dagger noted for its wavy blade, which is to be feared for the excruciating pain of the undulations during a stabbing. Kris were used in the island arcs from the Malay Peninsula, through Indonesia, to Mindanao, in the Philippines.

One of the most famous folk story from Java (Indonesia) describe legendary kris blacksmith, called Mpu Gandring, and his impatient customer, Ken Arok, who eventually stabbed him to death, because the old blacksmith kept delaying the scheduled due date of kris, which Ken Arok ordered probably several months before.

Kris is trademark accessories of Javanese aristocrats.

Several kris are considered sacred, and people believe they contain magical powers; thus specific rites need to be completed, if they do not want to get its consequences.

External link

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Kris."

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Synonyms within Context: KRIS

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Arms

Sword, saber, broadsword, cutlass, falchion, scimitar, cimeter, brand, whinyard, bilbo, glaive, glave, rapier, skean, Toledo, Ferrara, tuck, claymore, adaga, baselard, Lochaber ax, skean dhu, creese, kris, dagger, dirk, banger, poniard, stiletto, stylet, dudgeon, bayonet; sword-bayonet, sword-stick; side arms, foil, blade, steel; ax, bill; pole-ax, battle-ax; gisarme, halberd, partisan, tomahawk, bowie knife; ataghan, attaghan, yataghan; yatacban; assagai, assegai; good sword, trusty sword, naked sword; cold steel.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: KRIS

Non-English Usage: "KRIS" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Albanian (crack, crash, rattle), Serbo-Croatian (chris), Swedish (crisis, depression, emergency, Kris, slump).

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Modern Usage: KRIS

DomainUsage

Screenplays

That song by Kris Kristofferson. (Taxi Driver; writing credit: Paul Schrader)

Tongue Twisters

Kris Kringle carefully crunched on candy canes. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

Kris (1946)

Äktenskap i kris (1992)

De Kris Pusaka (1977)

Song Titles

Why Me (performing artist: Kris Kristofferson)

Tonite's Tha Night (performing artist: Kris Kross)

Warm It Up (performing artist: Kris Kross)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: KRIS

DomainTitle

Books

  • Babe & Kris Winkelman's Ultimate Wild Game and Fish Cookbook (reference)

  • Kris Jamsa's Starting With Macromedia Dreamweaver UltraDev (reference)

  • Kris Kringle Christmas Candy Cookbook (reference)

  • Kris Kristofferson Guitar Collection (reference)

  • Kris Yao/Artech: Selected and Current Works (The Master Architect Series, V) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • The Highwaymen - Willie, Waylon, Cash & Kris - Live (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

  • BILLY JAMES ENTERTAINMENT PROUDLY PRESENTS ROBERT W. SERVICE Personal stories and songs performed and recited from memory by Kris R. "Motorcoach Commander"Mueller With special guest Chris Driesbach and The Phone Thing (reference)

    (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: KRIS

Illustrations:
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Computer Images:
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Photo Album: KRIS

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Robert Goddard With Kris, Guggenheim, Lindbergh and Ljungquist. Credit: NASA.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Usage Frequency: KRIS

"KRIS" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 93.33% of the time. "KRIS" is used about 15 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words		Rank in English
Noun (proper)93.33%1493,893
Noun (singular)6.67%1339,140
                    Total100.00%15N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: KRIS

The following table summarizes the usage of "KRIS" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons		Rank in USA
KrisFirst name Female11,000833
KrisFirst name Male11,000634
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: KRIS

"KRIS" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a Christian".
 
The following table summarizes names related to "KRIS."
NameGenderLanguageRelated Name
KrisFemale, MaleN/AKrista
KristinaFemaleCzechChristina
ChristianMaleEnglishN/A
ChristinaFemaleEnglishChristian
KristaFemaleEnglishKristina
ChristianMaleFrenchN/A
ChristianMaleGermanN/A
KristaFemaleGermanKristina
KristinaFemaleGermanChristina
KristinaFemaleRussianChristina
KristinaFemaleSwedishChristina
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expression: KRIS

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "KRIS": kris-poos.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: KRIS

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day		ExpressionFrequency
per Day

kris kristofferson

268

bozilovic kris

14

kris kross

213

alidre kris

12

kris

200

kris delmhorst

11

humphries kris

131

kris kross picture

10

kris aquino

118

kris tschetter

10

kris lord

36

kris markovich

9

kris benson

32

holm kris

9

kris osborn

30

kris kringle

9

kris roe

30

kris polaha

9

dayanti kris

23

cross kris

9

kris cutlery

23

ass kris

8

kris kristopherson

21

kris beech

8

kris tv

20

kris marshall

8

kris lemche

20

kris patterson

8

kris kristofferson lyrics

19

kris pister

8

kris kristoferson

16

kris flyer

7

kris kross lyrics

16

kris picture roe

7

dim kris

16

kris sword

7

kris kros

15

kris tyler

7

kris phillips

14

knife kris

7
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: KRIS

Language Translations for "KRIS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

Малайски Кинжал. (various references)

   

Danish

  

kris (creese, kriss). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

kris (creese, kriss). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

خنجرمردم اندونزی ومالایا. (various references)

   

French

  

kriss (kriss), criss (kriss). (various references)

   

German

  

Kris (creese, kriss). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κρις (creese, kriss), μαλαϊκό μικρό μαχαίρι (creese, kriss). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

kétélű hullámos maláj tőr. (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

keris (creese). (various references)

   

Italian

  

kris (creese, kriss). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

iskray

   

Portuguese

  

cris (creese, kriss). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

Pumnal Malaiez. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

punal malayo (creese, kriss). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

Kris (crisis, depression, emergency, slump). (various references)

   

Thai

  

กริช (skene). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: KRIS

Derivations

Words beginning with "KRIS": krises. (additional references)

Words ending with "KRIS": kukris. (additional references)


Misspellings

"KRIS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Kci, Kersik, Khrus, Kirp, Klisz, Koiso, Kraiss, kras, Krase, Krash, Krass, Kreis, Kreiss, krids, Krim, Krio, Krislov, krisp, kriss, krist, Kriz, Kroz, Kruis, Krym, Ksri, Kurils, Ukrit. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "KRIS"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "KRIS" (pronounced kri"s)
4k r i" sCris.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: KRIS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: irks, kirs, risk.

Words within the letters "i-k-r-s"

-1 letter: irk, kir, sir, ski, sri.

-2 letters: is, si.

 Words containing the letters "i-k-r-s"
 

+1 letter: birks, brisk, dirks, frisk, keirs, kiers, kirks, kirns, mirks, rakis, ricks, rinks, risks, risky, shirk, siker, skier, skirl, skirr, skirt, smirk, stirk.

 

+2 letters: bikers, bricks, brinks, brisks, chirks, cricks, dikers, drinks, fakirs, frisks, frisky, hikers, ickers, inkers, irokos, kafirs, kaiser, kauris, kefirs, kermis, kirsch, kisser, kiters, kraits, krills, krises, krubis, kukris, kyries, likers, pikers, pricks, prinks, quirks, rakish, reinks, risked, risker, schrik, shikar, shirks, shriek, shrike, shrink, sicker, sinker, skiers, skirls, skirrs, skirts, skiver, smirks, smirky, spiker, stirks, strick, strike, traiks, tricks, trikes, wricks.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: KRIS


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4B 52 49 53

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-.-    .-.    ..    ...

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001011 01010010 01001001 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#75 &#82 &#73 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004B 0052 0049 0053

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

45524353

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Non-English Dictionaries with "KRIS"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Bulgarian

речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, преводбългарски, български език, българин, bulgarer, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, bulgaro, búlgaro, bulgar

Danish

ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelseдатски език, датски, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, dán, danese, dinamarquês, danez, danés, dansk

Dutch

woordenboek, definitie, translatieхоландски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, hollandsk, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holland, olandese, holandês, olandez, nemţesc, limba olandezã, german, holandés, holländsk, ชาวเนเธอร์แลน"์, เกี่ยวกับเนเธอร์แลน"์, รรยา

French

dictionnaire, définition, traductionфренски език, френски, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francia, francese, francês, francezii, franţuzesc, francezã, francez, franţuzeşte, francés, fransk, franska

German

Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definitionгермански, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, tysker, Duitse, allemand, "ερμανός, német, tedesco, alemão, neamţ, alemán, tysk, าษาเยอรมัน, เยอรมัน

Greek

λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφρασηгръцки език, гръцки, грък, græker, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, greco, grego, greacã, griego, grek

Hungarian

szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordításунгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, ungarer, Hongaarse, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, ungherese, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, húngaro, ungrare, ชาวฮังการี

Indonesian

индонезийски език, индонезийски, indoneser, Indonesisch, Indisch, Indonesiër, indonésien, Indonesier, Ινδονήσιος, indonéz, indonesiano, indonésio, indonésia, indonesio

Italian

dizionario, definizione, traduzioneиталиански език, италиански, италианец, italiener, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, olasz, italiano, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, italiensk, italienska, italienare, ชาวอิตาลี, เกี่ยวกับอิตาลี, าษาอิตาลี

Portuguese

dicionário, definição, traduçãoпортугалски, португалски език, португалец, portugiser, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, português, portughez, portugués, portugis

Romanian

dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcireрумънски език, румънски, румънец, rumæner, Roemeens, Roumain, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, rumeno, romeno, român, rumano, rumänsk

Spanish

diccionario, definición, traducciónиспански език, испански, Spaans, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, spagnolo, espanhol, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, español, spanska språk, spansk

Swedish

ordbok, lexikon, översättningшведски, шведски език, швед, Zweeds, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, sueco, svensk, เกี่ยวกับคน าษาและวั'นธรรมของประเทศสวีเ"น

Thai

พจนานุกรมthailænder, Thais, Thai, Thaïlandais, thailändisch, Thailänder, Ταϊλανδός· Ταϊλανδέζος, tailandese, tailandês, tailandés, thailändare, าษาไทย, เกี่ยวกับคนไทย, ที่เกี่ยวกับประเทศไทย, คนไทย

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationанглийски език, английски, англичаните, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglese, inglês, englezesc, inglés, engelsk, เกี่ยวกับประเทศอังกฤษ, ชาวอังกฤษ, าษาอังกฤษ
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial 		5. Images: Slideshow
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Usage Frequency
8. Names: Frequency 		9. Names: Derived from
10. Expressions
11. Expressions: Internet
12. Translations: Modern 		13. Derivations
14. Rhymes
15. Anagrams
16. Orthography 		17. Bibliography


  

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