Some triple goddesses have the forms maiden, mother, and crone.
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Crone
/kɹoʊn/
Synonyms for "crone" (40 found)
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Translations
27 translations across 20 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- вещица noun (ugly evil-looking or frightening old woman; a hag)
Czech
3 entries- baba noun (ugly evil-looking or frightening old woman; a hag)
- babice noun (ugly evil-looking or frightening old woman; a hag)
- babizna noun (ugly evil-looking or frightening old woman; a hag)
Dutch
1 entries- heks noun (ugly evil-looking or frightening old woman; a hag)
Finnish
1 entries- noita noun (ugly evil-looking or frightening old woman; a hag)
French
2 entries- mégère noun (ugly evil-looking or frightening old woman; a hag)
- sorcière noun (ugly evil-looking or frightening old woman; a hag)
Galician
2 entries- bruxa noun (ugly evil-looking or frightening old woman; a hag)
- coirón noun (ugly evil-looking or frightening old woman; a hag)
Hungarian
2 entries- banya noun (ugly evil-looking or frightening old woman; a hag)
- szipirtyó noun (ugly evil-looking or frightening old woman; a hag)
Irish
1 entries- seanchailleach noun (ugly evil-looking or frightening old woman; a hag)
Italian
1 entries- strega noun (ugly evil-looking or frightening old woman; a hag)
Japanese
1 entries- 鬼女 noun (ugly evil-looking or frightening old woman; a hag)
Latin
1 entries- anus noun (ugly evil-looking or frightening old woman; a hag)
Macedonian
1 entries- ве́штерка noun (ugly evil-looking or frightening old woman; a hag)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Hakjs noun (ugly evil-looking or frightening old woman; a hag)
Polish
1 entries- baba noun (ugly evil-looking or frightening old woman; a hag)
Portuguese
1 entries- bruxa noun (ugly evil-looking or frightening old woman; a hag)
Romanian
3 entries- baborniță noun (ugly evil-looking or frightening old woman; a hag)
- cotoroanță noun (ugly evil-looking or frightening old woman; a hag)
- hoașcă noun (ugly evil-looking or frightening old woman; a hag)
Russian
1 entries- карга́ noun (ugly evil-looking or frightening old woman; a hag)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- cailleach noun (ugly evil-looking or frightening old woman; a hag)
Spanish
1 entries- bruja noun (ugly evil-looking or frightening old woman; a hag)
Swedish
1 entries- hagga noun (ugly evil-looking or frightening old woman; a hag)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
The old crone "nichered" a laugh under her bonnet and bandage; she then drew out a short black pipe, and lighting it began to smoke.
Source: tatoeba (11750402)
Mary is secretly a 3,000-year-old crone disguising herself with magic.
Source: tatoeba (12277706)
But still the crone was constant to her note.
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