cria
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish cría (“kid; pup; cria”).
Noun edit
cria (plural crias)
Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Etymology 1 edit
From criar (“to raise”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cria f (plural cries)
- upbringing, raising
- offspring
- young (baby animal)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “cria” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “cria”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “cria” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “cria” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
cria
- inflection of criar:
Cornish edit
Verb edit
cria
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Verb edit
cria
- third-person singular past historic of crier
Anagrams edit
Galician edit
Verb edit
cria
- (reintegrationist norm) first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of crer
- (reintegrationist norm) inflection of criar:
Gallurese edit
Etymology edit
Likely a borrowing from Sardinian cria (“brooding; parturition; childbirth”), deverbal from Logudorese criare and Campidanese criai (“to lay eggs; to give birth”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cria f (plural crii)
- (collective) clutch, sitting (of eggs)
- (collective) litter (animals born in one birth)
References edit
- Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes
Old Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
·crïa
- third-person singular present subjunctive conjunct of crenaid
Mutation edit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
·crïa | ·chrïa | ·crïa pronounced with /-ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -iɐ
- Hyphenation: cri‧a
Etymology 1 edit
From criar (“to rear; to raise”).
Noun edit
cria f (plural crias)
- young; offspring (a young animal, especially one that still depends on its mother)
- (familiar) kid; young'un (a person’s son or daughter)
- someone who is raised by a family but is not their biological child; a ward or an adoptee
- (agriculture) livestock (farm animals being raised)
- Synonym: criação
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
cria
- inflection of criar:
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
cria
Sardinian edit
Etymology edit
Deverbal, from Logudorese criare and Campidanese criai (“to lay an egg; to give birth”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cria f (plural crias)
- (Logudorese, Nuorese, Campidanese) brooding, incubating
- (Logudorese, transferred sense) parturition, labour (of animals, especially sheep)
- (Logudorese, transferred sense, humorous or derogatory) childbirth
Descendants edit
References edit
- Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg
- Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes
Sassarese edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cria f (plural crii)
References edit
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
cria
- second-person singular voseo imperative of criar