cron

See also: Cron and crón

English

Etymology

From chrono-, from Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos, “time”). Originating as the name of a specific program, but since generalized to analogous ones.

Noun

cron (uncountable)

(computing) A scheduler or timer that automatically starts a job, program, task.

Derived terms

Irish

Etymology

Middle Irish cron (“crime, blame, fault”).

Noun

cron m (genitive singular croin)

fault, defect, blemish
Reproving look, notice.

Declension

Declension of cron (first declension, no plural)

bare forms
case	singular
nominative	cron
vocative	a chruin
genitive	cruin
dative	cron

forms with the definite article
case	singular
nominative	an cron
genitive	an chruin
dative	leis an gcron don chron

Derived terms

cronaigh (“to miss”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *cron*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
cron	chron	gcron

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Middle Irish cron (“crime, blame, fault”).

Noun

cron m (genitive singular croin, plural croin)

harm, injury, defect
delinquency, blame, fault

Derived terms

cronachadh m (“criticism, denunciation, reproach, reproof”)
cronaich (“rebuke, chide, scold”, verb)

English

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Irish

Etymology

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Declension

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Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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