# crista
## English
### Etymology

From Latin crista. Doublet of crest.

### Pronunciation

* enPR: krĭsˈtə, IPA: /ˈkɹɪstə/
* Hyphenation: cris‧ta

### Noun

crista (plural cristae or (obsolete) cristæ)
* (cytology) Any of the internal compartments formed by the inner membrane of a mitochondrion, where many chemical reactions take place.
* (dentistry) A dental crest.

#### Derived terms

* preparacrista

#### Related terms

* crista cutis

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* TRIACs, artics, racist, scairt, triacs, tsaric

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* cresta

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cresta, crista, from Latin crista.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɾista̝/

### Noun

crista f (plural cristas)
* crest
* comb, tuft (of animals)
* ridge
* (botany) hydropiper (Polygonum hydropiper)
* (botany) lady's thumb (Persicaria maculosa)
    Synonym: crista de galo
* rim

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cresta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “crista”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “crista”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “crista”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “crista”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “crista”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Latin
### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Cognate with crinis (“hair”), crispus (“curly”). Compare Ancient Greek κόρση (kórsē, “temple (anatomy)”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈkris.ta/, [ˈkrɪs̠t̪ä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈkris.ta/, [ˈkrist̪ä]

### Noun

crista f (genitive cristae); first declension
* (of a helmet) the crest, the plume
    Crista galeae.The plume of a helmet.
    Galea decora comanti cristae.An helmet decorated with a plumed crest.
* the comb or tuft on the head of animals (most frequently of a rooster or a cock)
    Illi surgunt cristae.He carries his head high.
    Crista galli.The comb of a rooster.
* the tuft of leaves on plants
    Crista foliorum.The tuft of the leaves.
* (anatomy) the clitoris

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Derived terms

* cristula

#### Related terms

* cristātus

#### Descendants

* Eastern Romance:
** Aromanian: creastã
** Megleno-Romanian: creastă
** Romanian: creastă
* Italian: cresta
* → Old English: cræsta
* Old French: creste
** French: crête
** Walloon: cresse
** → Middle English: creste
*** English: crest
*** Scots: creest, crest
* Old Occitan:
** Catalan: cresta
** Occitan: cresta
* Old Galician-Portuguese: crista, cresta
** Galician: crista
** Portuguese: crista
* Old Spanish:
** Spanish: cresta
* Rhaeto-Romance:
** Friulian: creste
** Romansch: cresta
* Sicilian: crista
* Venetan: gresta
* → Albanian: kreshtë
* → English: crista
* → Spanish: crista

#### See also

* lophos

### References

* “crista”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “crista”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* crista in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* crista in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* “crista”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “crista”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese crista, cresta, from Latin crista.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈkɾis.tɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈkɾis.tɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈkɾiʃ.tɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈkɾis.ta/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈkɾiʃ.tɐ/
* Rhymes: (Brazil) -istɐ, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -iʃtɐ
* Hyphenation: cris‧ta

### Noun

crista f (plural cristas)
* crest
* ridge

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin crista. See also the inherited doublet cresta.

### Noun

crista f (plural cristas)
* crest (of a helmet)

### Further reading

* “crista”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10