See also: CRI and Cri

French

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Middle French cri, from Old French cri, a deverbal derived from crier (to cry). Compare English cry.

Noun

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cri m (plural cris)

  1. cry; shout; scream
    Tu entends le cri du loup?
    Can you hear the wolf's cry?
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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 Cris on French Wikipedia

Clipping of Christenaux (now Knistenaux), from Cree Kenisteniwuik (the name of a Cree village).

Noun

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cri m (uncountable)

  1. Cree (language)

Adjective

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cri (feminine crie, masculine plural cris, feminine plural cries)

  1. (relational) Cree
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Further reading

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Anagrams

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Galician

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Verb

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cri

  1. (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular preterite indicative of crer

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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cri

  1. Alternative form of cry

Etymology 2

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Verb

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cri

  1. Alternative form of crien

Middle French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French cri.

Noun

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cri m (plural cris or criz)

  1. cry; shout
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Descendants

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  • French: cri

Old French

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Etymology

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From crier (to cry).

Noun

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cri oblique singularm (oblique plural cris, nominative singular cris, nominative plural cri)

  1. cry; shout
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Descendants

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Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Onomatopoeic.

Alternative forms

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Interjection

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cri

  1. represents the chirp of a cricket

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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cri

  1. first-person singular preterite indicative of crer

Romanian

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Etymology

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Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

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cri

  1. chirrup (sound made by crickets)

Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Old Irish crú (raw)

Adjective

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cri (feminine singular cri, plural cri, equative crïed, comparative crïach, superlative crïaf)

  1. unleavened
  2. raw
    Synonyms: crai, croyw, amrwd
  3. coarse, crude
    Synonyms: bras, garw, cwrs
  4. fresh, new
    Synonyms: ffres, ir, newydd
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Etymology 2

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From Middle Welsh cri, from Middle English cry.

Noun

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cri m or f (plural crïau)

  1. cry, wail
    Synonyms: wylofain, cwyn
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Mutation

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Mutated forms of cri
radical soft nasal aspirate
cri gri nghri chri

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

Further reading

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  • D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “cri”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cri”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies