crep

See also: črep and crëp

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Jamaican Creole crepbor.

English crep

Borrowed from Jamaican Creole crep.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɹɛp/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɛp

Noun

crep (plural creps)

1. (MLE, slang) trainer (sports shoe)
   • 2011, Chyna Chyna, FAM: Rolling in a London Girl Gang:

     He skulked, like his creps was made out of lead. His skin, normally like polished bronze, was drained flat, as if he'd been bleached. When I smiled and said hello to him, Husayn looked at me from fifty miles away.

   • 2013, Mark Dawson, The Cleaner, page 7:

     The others hollered. “He's sicked up all over his creps!” Chips exclaimed.

   • 2017, “Uber Everywhere Freestyle 2”‎^[1]performed by Cadet (rapper):

     "Cadet, Cadet!" Not every day, fam. Can't you see why it's long? I just wanna get my creps and be gone.

Anagrams

• ERCP, PCRE, Perc, RCEP, eRCP, perc, perc., prec.

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• crepu

Etymology

From Latin crepō. Compare Romanian crăpa, crăp.

Verb

crep (participle cripatã or cãrpate)

1. to crack, break

Related terms

• cripari/cripare/cãrpari
• cripat/cãrpat
• cripatã/cãrpate
• cripiturã/cripãturã, cripirurã, cãrpãture

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French crêpe, from Latin crispus. Doublet of cresp.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

crep f (plural creps)

1. crepe

Further reading

• “crep”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “crep”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “crep” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɹɛp/
• Rhymes: -ɛp

Noun

crep (plural crep dem, quantified crep)

1.  athletic shoe, trainer

Descendants

• → English: crep

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• crijȇp (Ijekavian)

Etymology

From earlier *črěpъ, by liquid metathesis from Proto-Slavic *čerpъ, from Proto-Indo-European *kerpos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡srêːp/

Noun

crȇp m inan (Cyrillic spelling цре̑п) (Ekavian)

1. tile (for the roof)

Declension

Declension of crep

	singular	plural
nominative	crȇp	crȅpovi
genitive	crȇpa	crepóvā
dative	crȇpu	crepòvima
accusative	crȇp	crȅpove
vocative	crȇpe	crȅpovi
locative	crépu	crepòvima
instrumental	crȇpom	crepòvima

Spanish

Alternative forms

• crepe

Etymology

Borrowed from French crêpe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾep/ [ˈkɾep]
• Rhymes: -ep
• Syllabification: crep

Noun

crep m (plural creps or crepes or crep)

1. crepe

Further reading

• “crep”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025