crier

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪə(r)

Etymology

cry +‎ -er. Compare French crieur.

Noun

crier (plural criers)

1. One who cries.
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

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Aromanian

Alternative forms

• crieru, criel, crielu

Etymology

Probably from Latin cerebellum through a root *crebellum (cf. 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

1. brain

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French

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /kʁi.je/, X-SAMPA: /kRi.je/

Etymology

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

Conjugation

   Conjugation of crier (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		crier			avoir crié
gerund		en criant			en ayant crié
present participle		criant
past participle		crié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	crie	cries	crie	crions	criez	crient
	imperfect	criais	criais	criait	criions	criiez	criaient
	past historic1	criai	crias	cria	criâmes	criâtes	crièrent
	future	crierai	crieras	criera	crierons	crierez	crieront
	conditional	crierais	crierais	crierait	crierions	crieriez	crieraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	crie	cries	crie	criions	criiez	crient
	imperfect1	criasse	criasses	criât	criassions	criassiez	criassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	crie	—	crions	criez	—
1literary tenses

Related terms

• cri
• criailler
• criard
• crieur
• décrier

Anagrams

• cirer

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Jèrriais

Etymology

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

Verb

crier (gerund criethie)

1. to shout

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Old French

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

• Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

   Conjugation of crier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		crier			avoir crié, criez
gerund		en criant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		criant
past participle		crié, criez
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jeo, jou	tu	il	nos, nous	vos, vous	ils
simple tenses	present	crie, cri	cries, cris	crie, cri	crions	criez, criés	crient
	imperfect	crioe, crieie, crioie	crioes, crieies, crioies	criot, crieit, crioit	criions, criiions	criiez, criiiez	crioent, criient, crioient
	past historic	criai	crias	cria	criames	criastes	crierent
	future	crierai	crieras	criera	crierons	crierez, criereiz	crieront
	conditional	crieroe, criereie, crieroie	crieroes, criereies, crieroies	crierot, criereie, crieroie	crierions, crieriions	crieriez, crieriiez	crieroent, criereient, crieroient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que jeo, jou	que tu	qu’il	que nos, nous	que vos, vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	crie, cri	cries, cris	crie, cri	crions	criez	crient
	imperfect	criasse	criasses	criast	criissons	criissez, criissiez	criassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos, nous	vos, vous	–
		—	crie	—	crions	criez	—

Descendants

• French: crier

See also

• plorer