Meanings
plural crampons
- An attachment to a shoe or boot that provides traction by means of spikes for climbing or walking on slippery surfaces, especially ice.
Synonyms: climbing iron, climber
present singular third person crampons · participle present cramponing · UK error unknown tag participle present uncommon cramponning · participle past cramponed · past cramponed · UK error unknown tag participle past uncommon cramponned · UK error unknown tag past uncommon cramponned
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn attachment to a shoe or boot that provides traction by means of spikes for climbing or walking on slippery surfaces, especially ice.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna hinged pair of curved iron bars; used to raise heavy objects
nounan iron spike attached to the shoe to prevent slipping on ice when walking or climbing
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Frenchcrampon
- Frenchcrampon
- Englishcrampon
Borrowed from French crampon.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἐγκεντρίς
- ἐγκεντρίς (enkentrís)attachment to a shoe used for climbing or walking on ice
Catalan tac, grampó
- tacattachment to a shoe used for climbing or walking on ice
- grampóattachment to a shoe used for climbing or walking on ice
Chinese Mandarin 冰爪
- 冰爪attachment to a shoe used for climbing or walking on ice
Czech mačka
- mačkaattachment to a shoe used for climbing or walking on ice
Finnish jäärauta
- jäärautaattachment to a shoe used for climbing or walking on ice
French crampon
- cramponattachment to a shoe used for climbing or walking on ice
German Steigeisen, Klettereisen
- Steigeisenattachment to a shoe used for climbing or walking on ice
- Klettereisenattachment to a shoe used for climbing or walking on ice
Icelandic mannbroddar
- mannbroddarattachment to a shoe used for climbing or walking on ice
Italian rampone
- ramponeattachment to a shoe used for climbing or walking on ice
Japanese アイゼン
- アイゼン (aizen)attachment to a shoe used for climbing or walking on ice
Korean 아이젠
- 아이젠 (aijen)attachment to a shoe used for climbing or walking on ice
Norwegian brodd
- broddattachment to a shoe used for climbing or walking on ice
Polish rak
- rakattachment to a shoe used for climbing or walking on ice
Portuguese pitão
- pitãoattachment to a shoe used for climbing or walking on ice
Russian шип, ко́шки
- шип (šip)attachment to a shoe used for climbing or walking on ice
- ко́шки (kóški)attachment to a shoe used for climbing or walking on ice
Slovak mačky
- mačkyattachment to a shoe used for climbing or walking on ice
Spanish taco, crampón
- tacoattachment to a shoe used for climbing or walking on ice
- crampónattachment to a shoe used for climbing or walking on ice
Swedish stegjärn, brodd
- stegjärnattachment to a shoe used for climbing or walking on ice
- broddattachment to a shoe used for climbing or walking on ice
Turkish tırmanma demiri, krampon
- tırmanma demiriattachment to a shoe used for climbing or walking on ice
- kramponattachment to a shoe used for climbing or walking on ice
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with crampon
All rhymes →Cite this entry
crampon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crampon
“crampon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crampon. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crampon,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crampon.
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