crypt

crypte

Salle souterraine, souvent sous une église, où des morts peuvent être enterrés.

En anglais simple : An underground room, often beneath a church, where dead people may be buried.

• They went down into the crypt.
• Several stone coffins stood in the dark crypt.
• Visitors can explore the crypt beneath the old chapel.

Synonymes : vault, burial chamber

Expressions courantes : church crypt, underground crypt, enter the crypt, cathedral crypt

crypte

Petit creux à la surface d’une partie du corps.

En anglais simple : A small hollow space in the surface of a body part.

• The microscope revealed a small crypt in the tissue.
• Cells grow near the base of each intestinal crypt.
• Food particles can collect in tonsillar crypts.

Synonymes : cavity, pit

Expressions courantes : intestinal crypt, tonsillar crypt, crypt cells