krait
/kɹaɪt/
krait noun: any of several brightly-coloured, venomous snakes, of the genus Bungarus, of southeast Asia.
Noun
krait (plural kraits)
- Any of several brightly-coloured, venomous snakes, of the genus Bungarus, of southeast Asia.
- On visiting the General Hospital, on the morning of the 22nd of August, I was informed that one of the punkah coolies had been bitten about 8.30 p.m., the night before, by a krait, whose venom is virulently poisonous.1871 December, Dr. J. Ewart, “How the bite of snakes―supposed to be poisonous―may be cured”, in The Australian Medical Gazette
- Now, if you run into one of these kraits, you better NOT run away else you're a goner. It'll catch you for sure and you will die in your tracks.2007, A. Philip Parham, Feeling Free, page 190
krait meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Telugu
krait in Hindi
- snake
- करैत karait
krait in Tamil
- புற்றப் பாம்பு, பூழுதிப் பாம்பு, வளைப்பாம்பு, கட்டுவிரியன்
krait in Bengali
- snake
- কেউটে keuṭe
krait in Telugu
- snake
- కట్లపాము kaṭlapāmu
More languagesFewer languages
- krait in Assamese
- শঁকা সাপ xõka xap, গোৱলা সাপ güola xap
- krait in Thai
- ทับทาง táp-taang
- krait in Vietnamese
- rắn cạp nong
Examples of krait in a sentence
- Very much in my thoughts is Joe Slowinski, a herpetologist killed a few years earlier by a misidentified juvenile krait, a snake so small that he couldn't tell if the fang had punctured the skin.2009, Kate Jackson, Mean and Lowly Things: Snakes, Science, and Survival in the Congo, page 295:
- India has a healthy share of poisonous snakes, including kraits, cobras, and two species of vipers, yet Hindu traditions are overwhelmingly snake-friendly.2011, Lisa Kemmerer, Animals and World Religions, page 71:
Forms of krait
| plural | kraits |
|---|---|
| alternative form | karait |
| alternative form | korait |
Origin of krait
Borrowed from Hindi करैत (karait), possibly from Kurux, a Dravidian language.
Words formed from krait
- Andaman krait
- banded krait
- blue krait
- Burmese krait
- common krait
- greater black krait
- Indian krait
- lesser black krait
- many-banded krait
- northeastern hill krait
- red-headed krait
- Red River krait
- sea krait
- Sind krait
- Sri Lankan krait
- Suzhen's krait
Phrases with krait
Words that rhyme with krait
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- knight
- slight
- Dwight
- height
- sight
- night
- sprite
- fight
- parasite
- site
- alight
- smite
- all right
- blight
- might
- mite
- skite
- cite
- indite
- lite
- outright
- plight
- bight
- excite
- ignite
- invite
- overnight
- uptight
- wight
- accite
- alright
- benight
- bewrite
- blite
- copyright
- despite
- dight
- disunite
- finite
- flite
- hight
- incite
- recite
- relight
- rewrite
- sleight
- spite
- spright
Questions about krait
- What does krait mean?
- Krait means any of several brightly-coloured, venomous snakes, of the genus Bungarus, of southeast Asia.
- What is krait in Hindi?
- Krait in Hindi is करैत (karait). See Krait meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use krait in a sentence?
- Very much in my thoughts is Joe Slowinski, a herpetologist killed a few years earlier by a misidentified juvenile krait, a snake so small that he couldn't tell if the fang had punctured the skin.
- What part of speech is krait?
- Krait is a noun.
- How do you pronounce krait?
- Krait is pronounced /kɹaɪt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of krait?
- The plural of krait is kraits.
Words near krait in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: krait (page history and authors); krait (Tamil Wiktionary) (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.
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