Wiktionary

credo

See also: crédo and čredo

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Inherited from Middle English credo, from Old French credo, from Latin crēdō (“I believe”); doublet of creed.

PronunciationEdit

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɹidəʊ/, /ˈkɹeɪdəʊ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɹidoʊ/, /ˈkɹeɪdoʊ/
  • Hyphenation: cre‧do
  • Rhymes: -iːdəʊ

NounEdit

credo (plural credos or credoes)

  1. A statement of a belief or a summary statement of a whole belief system; also (metonymically) the belief or belief system itself.
    • 2019 May 19, Alex McLevy, “The final Game Of Thrones brings a pensive but simple meditation about stories (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club‎[1]:
      “You’re either with me or you’re against me” became Dany’s credo, and those against her were an ever-changing multitude to be determined solely by her whims.
  2. (Christianity) The liturgical creed (usually the Nicene Creed), or a musical arrangement of it for use in church services.
    Credo III is so beautiful!
    • 1996, Pastoral Music (volume 21, page 12)
      Until the mid-1970s, however, most Catholic hymnals contained at least one musical setting of the creed […] By the 1980s hymnals having sung credos were mainly those devoted to "traditional" styles of church music […]

Related termsEdit

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱerd-‎ (0 c, 37 e)

TranslationsEdit

Further readingEdit

AnagramsEdit

DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle Dutch crede, credo, borrowed from Latin crēdō.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈkreː.doː/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: cre‧do
  • Rhymes: -eːdoː

NounEdit

credo n (plural credo's, diminutive credootje n)

  1. (religion, chiefly Christianity) confession of faith, creed
    Synonyms: belijdenis, geloofsbelijdenis
  2. (by extension) (strong) conviction
    Synonym: overtuiging

Derived termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

  • → Indonesian: kredo

ItalianEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈkre.do/
  • Rhymes: -edo
  • Syllabification: cré‧do

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin credō.

NounEdit

credo m (plural credi)

  1. creed

Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

VerbEdit

credo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of credere
    Credo. ― I believe.

AnagramsEdit

LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Italic *krezðō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱred dʰeh₁- (“to place one's heart, i.e. to trust, believe”), compound phrase of oblique case form of *ḱḗr (“heart”) (whence also Latin cor) and *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”) (whence also faciō).[1]

Cognates include Sanskrit श्रद्दधाति (śrad-√dhā, “to trust, believe”) and Old Irish creitid (“believes”, verb).

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

crēdō (present infinitive crēdere, perfect active crēdidī, supine crēditum); third conjugation

  1. (with accusative or dative) I believe, I trust in, I give credence to.
    • c. 200 BCE – 190 BCE, Plautus, Captivi :
      Tune huic credis?
      Do you believe him?
    • c. 200 BCE – 190 BCE, Plautus, Captivi :
      Aristophontes: Quid tu autem? Etiam huic credis?
      Hegio: Quid ego credam huic?
      Aristophontes: Insanum esse me?
      Aristophontes: How’s this? You, too? Do you actually believe him?
      Hegio: Believe him in what?
      Aristophontes: That I’m insane?
  2. I confide in, have confidence in.
    Synonyms: confido, fido
    Antonyms: diffīdō, suspiciō
  3. I think, imagine, suppose, assume.
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 1.518:
      quis tantum fātī crēdat habēre locum?
      Who could imagine the place to have so great a destiny?
    Synonyms: censeo, iūdicō, puto, cōgitō, sentio, existimo, arbitror, opinor, reor
  4. I commit or consign something to one for preservation, protection, etc., I entrust to one
  5. I lend, I loan

Usage notesEdit

  • Crēdō often governs the dative with persons believed in, but the accusative with things or concepts believed in. The accusative may be accompanied by a preposition: Crēdō in ūnum Deum = "I believe in one God".

ConjugationEdit

   Conjugation of crēdō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present crēdō crēdis crēdit crēdimus crēditis crēdunt
imperfect crēdēbam crēdēbās crēdēbat crēdēbāmus crēdēbātis crēdēbant
future crēdam crēdēs crēdet crēdēmus crēdētis crēdent
perfect crēdidī crēdidistī crēdidit crēdidimus crēdidistis crēdidērunt,
crēdidēre
pluperfect crēdideram crēdiderās crēdiderat crēdiderāmus crēdiderātis crēdiderant
future perfect crēdiderō crēdideris crēdiderit crēdiderimus crēdideritis crēdiderint
passive present crēdor crēderis,
crēdere 		crēditur crēdimur crēdiminī crēduntur
imperfect crēdēbar crēdēbāris,
crēdēbāre 		crēdēbātur crēdēbāmur crēdēbāminī crēdēbantur
future crēdar crēdēris,
crēdēre 		crēdētur crēdēmur crēdēminī crēdentur
perfect crēditus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect crēditus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect crēditus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present crēdam crēdās crēdat crēdāmus crēdātis crēdant
imperfect crēderem crēderēs crēderet crēderēmus crēderētis crēderent
perfect crēdiderim crēdiderīs crēdiderit crēdiderīmus crēdiderītis crēdiderint
pluperfect crēdidissem crēdidissēs crēdidisset crēdidissēmus crēdidissētis crēdidissent
passive present crēdar crēdāris,
crēdāre 		crēdātur crēdāmur crēdāminī crēdantur
imperfect crēderer crēderēris,
crēderēre 		crēderētur crēderēmur crēderēminī crēderentur
perfect crēditus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect crēditus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — crēde — — crēdite —
future — crēditō crēditō — crēditōte crēduntō
passive present — crēdere — — crēdiminī —
future — crēditor crēditor — — crēduntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives crēdere crēdidisse crēditūrum esse crēdī crēditum esse crēditum īrī
participles crēdēns — crēditūrus — crēditus crēdendus,
crēdundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
crēdendī crēdendō crēdendum crēdendō crēditum crēditū

Derived termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “crēdō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 141-142
  • “credo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “credo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • credo in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2023) Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
  • credo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • I am gradually convinced that..: addūcor, ut credam
    • I cannot make myself believe that..: non possum adduci, ut (credam)
    • we believe in the existence of a God: deum esse credimus
    • to lend some one money (without interest): pecuniam alicui credere (sine fenore, usuris)
    • believe me: mihi crede (not crede mihi)
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎[3], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Middle EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Old French credo, from Latin crēdō (“I believe”) in the Nicene Creed or Apostle's Creed. Doublet of crede.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

credo (uncountable)

  1. The Nicene Creed or Apostle's Creed.

DescendantsEdit

ReferencesEdit

Old EnglishEdit

NounEdit

crēda m

  1. Alternative form of crēda

Old FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin crēdō (“I believe”) in the Nicene Creed or Apostle's Creed.

NounEdit

credo m (nominative singular credo)

  1. The Nicene Creed or Apostle's Creed.

DescendantsEdit

ReferencesEdit

PolishEdit

 
Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin crēdō.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

credo n (indeclinable)

  1. (Christianity) credo (liturgical creed (usually the Nicene Creed), or a musical arrangement of it for use in church services)
  2. credo (belief system)

Further readingEdit

  • credo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • credo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

PortugueseEdit

 
Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pt

EtymologyEdit

Learned borrowing from Latin credō (“to believe”). Doublet of creio.

PronunciationEdit

 

  • Hyphenation: cre‧do

NounEdit

credo m (plural credos)

  1. (religion) creed; credo (a religious belief system)
    Antonym: descrença
    O credo cristão.
    The Christian creed.
    Synonyms: crença, religião

Related termsEdit

InterjectionEdit

credo!

  1. ew! (expression of disgust or nausea)
    Synonym: (Brazil) eca
  2. Jesus! (expression of unpleasant surprise)
    Synonyms: Jesus, (Brazil) nossa

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin credo.

NounEdit

credo n (uncountable)

  1. credo (belief system)

DeclensionEdit

declension of credo (singular only)
singular
n gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) credo credoul
genitive/dative (unui) credo credoului
vocative credoule

SpanishEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin credō (“to believe”). Doublet of creo.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɾedo/ [ˈkɾe.ð̞o]
  • Rhymes: -edo
  • Syllabification: cre‧do

NounEdit

credo m (plural credos)

  1. (religion) creed

Related termsEdit

Further readingEdit

AnagramsEdit

WelshEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

credo

  1. (literary) third-person singular present subjunctive of credu

MutationEdit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
credo gredo nghredo chredo
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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