crier

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English [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Etymology [edit]

cry +‎ -er. Compare French crieur.

Noun [edit]

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.

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Aromanian [edit]

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Etymology [edit]

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 [edit]

crier m

  1. brain

French [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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 [edit]

crier

  1. to cry out
  2. to shout

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Jèrriais [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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

Verb [edit]

crier (gerund criethie)

  1. to shout

Old French [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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 [edit]

crier

  1. to cry out; to shout

Conjugation [edit]

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

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