Cree

See also: cree, crée, créé, and creé

English

Etymology 1

From a phonetic rendering of Canadian French Cris, short for Christinaux, from either Algonquin Kirishtinó, or Cree Kenisteniwuik.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɹiː/
• Rhymes: -iː

Proper noun

Cree

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

Derived terms

• Plains Cree
• Swampy Cree

 

Descendants

• ⇒ Irish: Craís

Translations

an aboriginal nation of North America

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 克里族 (zh) (Kèlǐzú)

• Cree: no word common to all dialects, historically reconstructed *nêhiraw and *iriniw (man) are the sources of the decedents

  Atikamekw: nêhirawisiw

  Montagnais: ilnu, innu

  Moose Cree: ililiw

  Naskapi: [Term?]

  Northern East Cree: iyiyiw pl

  Plains Cree: nêhiyaw

  Southern East Cree: iyiniw

  Swampy Cree: nêhinawak

  Woods Cree: nīhithawak pl

• Dutch: Cree (nl)
• Esperanto: Krio
• Finnish: creet (fi) pl
• French: cri (fr)
• German: Kri pl, Kri-Indianer pl, Cree (de) pl
• Irish: Craíoch m
• Japanese: クリー (Kurī)
• Macedonian: кри n (kri)
• Marathi: क्री (krī)
• Ojibwe: omashkiigoo
• Polish: Kri
• Portuguese: cree (pt) m
• Russian: кри (ru) (kri)
• Spanish: cree (es)

Algonquian language spoken by this people

• Belarusian: кры n (kry)
• Breton: kreeg
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 克里語 (zh) (Kèlǐyǔ)

• Cree:

  Atikamekw: nehirâmowin

  Montagnais: nehlueun (Western), ilnu-aimûn (Eastern), innu-aimûn (Western)

  Moose Cree: ᐃᓕᓖᒧᐎᓐ (ililîmowin)

  Naskapi: ᐃᔪᐤ ᐃᔨᒧᐅᓐ (iyuw iyimuun), ᓇᔅᑲᐱ (naskapi) (referring to local dialect)

  Northern East Cree: ᐄᔨᔫ ᐊᔨᒨᓐ (iiyiyoo ayimoon)

  Plains Cree: nêhiyawêwin

  Southern East Cree: ᐄᓅ ᐊᔨᒨᓐ (iinoo ayimoon), ᐄᔨᔫ ᐊᔨᒧᐎᓐ (iiyiyoo ayimowin)

  Swampy Cree: ᐃᓂᓃᒧᐎᓐ (ininîmowin) (Eastern), ᓀᐦᐃᓇᐌᐎᐣ (nēhinawēwin) (Western)

  Woods Cree: ᓃᐦᐃᖬᐑᐏᐣ (nīhithawīwin)

• Czech: kríjština f
• Dutch: Cree (nl) n
• Esperanto: Kria lingvo
• Faroese: kri n
• Finnish: cree (fi)
• French: cri (fr) m
• Galician: lingua cree f
• German: Kri n, Kri-Sprache f, Cree (de) n
• Irish: Craís f
• Japanese: クリー語 (ja) (kurī-go)
• Latvian: krī valoda
• Macedonian: кри n (kri)
• Marathi: क्री f (krī)
• Norwegian: cree
• Portuguese: cree (pt) m
• Quechua: kri simi
• Russian: кри (ru) m (kri)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: кријски језик m

  Roman: krijski jezik m

• Spanish: cree (es) m
• Swedish: cree (sv)
• Ukrainian: мо́ва крі́ f (móva krí)

Noun

Cree (plural Crees or Cree)

1. A member of this people.

Descendants

• ⇒ Irish: Craíoch

Translations

Translations

• German: Kri m, Kri-Indianer m
• Irish: Craíoch m
• Plains Cree: nêhiyaw

See also

• Category:Cree language
• Knisteneaux

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Cree

1. A river in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland, which flows into the Solway Firth and Irish Sea.

Derived terms

• Creetown

Etymology 3

Proper noun

Cree

1. A surname.

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code cr, ISO 639-3 code cre (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Cree, cre ⁠, a macrolanguage including:

• Ethnologue entry for Plains Cree, crk ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Moose Cree, crm ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Woods Cree, cwd ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Swampy Cree, csw ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Northern East Cree, crl ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Southern East Cree, crj ⁠

Anagrams

• cere