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# kris

«kris» in Mova's school dictionary: **A short dagger from Malaysia, Indonesia and nearby lands…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a kris, krises; also «keris», «creese»); proper noun (Kris – a name)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A short dagger from Malaysia, Indonesia and nearby lands, often with a wavy blade, a traditional weapon and a work of art passed down in families. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kris/#m1)

2) (a name) Kris is a short form of names like Kristopher, Kristina or Kristen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kris/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In history and culture lessons on Southeast Asia, the kris is a treasured object, made by skilled smiths with patterned metal and carved handles; the Indonesian kris is on UNESCO's list of the world's intangible cultural heritage. In old adventure stories pirates and warriors carry krises. As a name, Kris is just a person's name.

### examples

- The museum showed a kris with a wavy blade and a gold handle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kris/#x1)
- In Java, a family kris is passed from parents to children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kris/#x2)
- The smith folded the metal many times to make the kris. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kris/#x3)
- My friend Kris is in my class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kris/#x4)
- The warrior in the old story carried a kris in his belt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kris/#x5)
- A kris is a dagger, not a toy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kris/#x6)

### note

Countable: plural «krises». Also spelled «keris» (Malay/Indonesian) and «creese» (old English). As a name it has a capital K. Not related to «Kris Kringle» (an American name for Santa Claus) except for the sound.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «kris» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kris/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.