creed

English

Etymology

From Old English credo, crede, Old English creda, from Latin credo (“I believe”), from credere (“to believe”); akin to Old Irish cretim (“I believe”), and Sanskrit रद्दध्मि (raddadhmi).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkɹiːd/, X-SAMPA: /"kri:d/
• Rhymes: -iːd

Noun

Wikipedia Wikipedia creed (plural creeds)

1. That which is believed; accepted doctrine, especially religious; a particular set of beliefs; any summary of principles or opinions professed or adhered to.
2. A reading or statement of belief that summarizes the faith it represents; a definite summary of what is believed; a confession of faith for public use; especially, one which is brief and comprehensive.
   • A creed is a manifesto of religious or spiritual beliefs
3. (rare) The fact of believing; belief, faith.
   • 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, I:

     The precipice she stood on was immense, / So was her creed in her own innocence.

Derived terms

• Apostles' Creed
• Athanasian Creed
• Nicene Creed

Related terms

terms related to creed

credible credibility credit creditable

creditor credence credential credo

Translations

that which is believed

• Bulgarian: вероизповедание (bg) (veroizpovédanie) n, верую (bg) (vèruyu) n
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 教義 (cmn), 教义 (cmn) (jiàoyì), 信條 (cmn), 信条 (cmn) (xìntiáo)

• Czech: vyznání (cs) n
• Dutch: geloofsovertuiging (nl) f
• Finnish: usko (fi), oppi (fi)
• French: crédo (fr) m
• German: Credo (de) n, Kredo (de) n, Glaubensbekenntnis (de) n
• Greek: δόγμα (el) (dógma) n, πίστη (el) (pisti) f, πιστεύω (el) (pistevo) n

• Hebrew: דָּת (he) (dat)
• Italian: credo (it) m
• Japanese: 教義 (ja) (きょうぎ, kyōgi)
• Maori: whakapono (mi)
• Norwegian: tro (no) m
• Persian: عقیده (fa) ('aqide), باور (fa) (bâvar)
• Romanian: credință (ro)
• Russian: кредо (ru) (krédo) n (indeclinable), (faith) вера (ru) (véra) f, (religion) вероисповедание (ru) (veroispovédanije) n
• Spanish: credo (es) m
• Swedish: tro (sv) c, lära (sv) c, troslära (sv) c

reading or statement of belief that summarizes the faith it represents

• Bulgarian: кредо (bg) (kredo) n, верую (bg) (veruju) n
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 信條 (cmn), 信条 (cmn) (xìntiáo)

• Czech: krédo (cs) n
• Dutch: geloofsbelijdenis (nl) f, credo (nl) n
• Esperanto: kredo (eo)
• Faroese: trúarjáttan (fo) f
• Finnish: uskontunnustus (fi)

• French: crédo (fr) m
• German: Glaubensbekenntnis (de) n
• Icelandic: trúarjátning (is) f
• Japanese: 信条 (ja) (しんじょう, shinjō)
• Norwegian: trosbekjennelse (no) m
• Russian: кредо (ru) (krédo) n (indeclinable)
• Spanish: credo (es) m

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Translations to be checked

• Jèrriais: symbole m
• Maori: mano (mi)

• Romanian: crez (ro) n

Verb

creed (third-person singular simple present creeds, present participle creeding, simple past and past participle creeded)

1. To believe; to credit.

Translations

believe

• Bulgarian: вярвам (bg) (vjarvam)
• Dutch: geloven (nl)
• German: glauben (de)

• Norwegian: tro (no)
• Romanian: crede (ro)
• Serbo-Croatian: kredo (sh), vjeruju (sh)
• Spanish: creer (es)

References

• creed in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• creed in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Spanish

Verb

creed (infinitive creer)

1. (Spain) Informal second-person plural (vosotros or vosotras) affirmative imperative form of creer.