English

Proper noun

Crier

1. A surname​.

English

Noun

crier ‎(plural criers)

1. One who cries.
   • 1967, Richard M. Elman, The 28th day of Elul (page 94)

     Once again she had been stricken, beaten down, so violated that to give utterance to her feelings might have outshrilled all the criers in ****.

2. An officer who proclaims the orders or directions of a court, or who gives public notice by loud proclamation, such as a town crier.

Anagrams

• IRCer, ricer

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• crieru, criel, crielu

Etymology

Probably from Latin cerebellum through a Vulgar Latin root *crebellum (compare the variant form, which seems to still preserve the 'l') or possibly from cerebrum through a root *crebrum. Compare Daco-Romanian creier.

Noun

crier m ‎(plural crieri)

1. brain

Synonyms

• mãduã/midulj

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʁi.je/

Etymology

From Old French crier, from Medieval Latin crīdāre ‎(“to clamour, cry out, publish, proclaim”) (compare Spanish gritar, Catalan and Occitan cridar, Italian gridare). Perhaps from Latin quiritare ‎(“to shriek, wail”) (--Diez), or from Frankish *krītan ‎(“to cry out, shout, proclaim”), from Proto-Germanic *krītaną ‎(“to cry out, shout”), from Proto-Indo-European *greid- ‎(“to shout”). Akin to Middle Dutch crīten, krīten (Dutch krijten "to cry, cry out"), Middle Low German krīten "to shriek, cry out", Middle High German krīzen "to cry out loudly" (German kreissen "to wail in childbirth").

Verb

crier

1. to cry out
2. to shout
3. to creak

Conjugation

Related terms

• cri
• criailler
• criard
• crieur
• décrier

Anagrams

• cirer

Norman

Etymology

From Old French crier, from Medieval Latin crīdāre ‎(“to clamour, cry out, publish, proclaim”).

Verb

crier ‎(gerund criethie)

1. (Jersey) to shout

Old French

Alternative forms

• crïer (some scholars use a diaeresis)
• crider (La Vie de Saint Alexis, 11th century manuscripts)

Etymology

From Medieval Latin crīdāre ‎(“to clamour, cry out, publish, proclaim”), from Frankish *krītan ‎(“to cry out, shout, proclaim”), from Proto-Germanic *krītaną ‎(“to cry out, shout”), from Proto-Indo-European *greid- ‎(“to shout”). Akin to Middle Dutch crīten, krīten (Dutch kryten, krijten "to cry, cry out"), Middle Low German krīten "to shriek, cry out", Middle High German krīzen "to cry out loudly" (German kreissen "to wail in childbirth").

Verb

crier

1. to cry out; to shout

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants

• English: cry (borrowed)
• French: crier

See also

• plorer