Word.ws English Dictionary

crotalum

/ˈkɹəʊtələm/

crotalum noun: a kind of clapper or castanet used in religious dances by groups in Ancient Greece (including the Korybants) and elsewhere.

Noun

crotalum (plural crotalums or crotala)

  1. A kind of clapper or castanet used in religious dances by groups in Ancient Greece (including the Korybants) and elsewhere.
    Synonyms:
    crotal

Synonyms of crotalum

Forms of crotalum

pluralcrotalums
pluralcrotala

Origin of crotalum

Learned borrowing from Latin crotalum, from Ancient Greek κρόταλον (krótalon, “clapper, castanet, rattle”). Doublet of crotal.

Questions about crotalum

What does crotalum mean?
Crotalum means a kind of clapper or castanet used in religious dances by groups in Ancient Greece (including the Korybants) and elsewhere.
What part of speech is crotalum?
Crotalum is a noun.
How do you pronounce crotalum?
Crotalum is pronounced /ˈkɹəʊtələm/.
What is the plural of crotalum?
The plural of crotalum is crotalums.

Words near crotalum in the dictionary

  1. crotalism
  2. crotaloid
  3. crotaloids
  4. crotalphine
  5. crotals
  6. crotalum
  7. crotalums
  8. crotamine
  9. crotamines
  10. crotamiton
  11. crotanaldehyde

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: crotalum (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “crotalum.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/crotalum. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.