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Cree

Cree

See also: cree, crée, créé, and creé

English

Proper noun

Cree

  1. An aboriginal nation of North America.
  2. The Algonquian language or dialect continuum spoken by this people.

Translations

Noun

Cree (plural Crees or Cree)

  1. A member of this people.

See also

  • Category:Cree language

Anagrams

cree

cree

See also: Cree, crée, créé, and creé

Asturian

Verb

cree

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of crear
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive of crear

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish cride, from Proto-Celtic *kridyom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kriː/

Noun

cree m (genitive singular cree, plural creeaghyn)

  1. heart
    Cha nel cree erbee echey. ― He has no heart.
    Cha ninshee cree er-mestey breag. ― A drunken heart will not tell a lie.
    Ta cree dooie ny share na kione croutagh. ― A kind heart is better than a crafty head.
    Lught ny creeaghyn kiart. ― The just; literally, 'people of just hearts'.
    Shione dhyt folliaghtyn ny creeaghyn ain. ― You know the secrets of our hearts.

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cree chree gree
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • cride” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Portuguese

Noun

cree m f (plural cree or crees (rare))

  1. one of the Cree, a native people of Canada and Montana

Noun

cree m (uncountable)

  1. Cree (Algonquian language spoken by the Cree people)

Spanish

Verb

cree

  1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of crear.
  2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of crear.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of crear.

Verb

cree

  1. Informal second-person singular () affirmative imperative form of creer.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of creer.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of creer.