cry
Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Contents |
English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle English crien, from Old French crier, ("to announce publicly, proclaim, scream, shout"; > Medieval Latin crīdāre (“to cry out, shout, publish, proclaim”)), from Frankish *krītan (“to cry, cry out, publish”), from Proto-Germanic *krītaną (“to cry out, shout”), from Proto-Indo-European *greyd- (“to shout”). Cognate with Dutch krijten (“to cry”), Middle Low German krīten (“to cry, call out, shriek”), German kreissen (“to cry loudly, wail, groan”), Gothic 𐌺𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (kreitan, “to cry, scream, call out”), Middle Irish grith (“a cry”), Welsh gryd (“a scream”).
etymology note
|
Alternate etymology connects the Medieval Latin word to Latin queri (“to complain”) through the form quiritare (“to wail, shriek”), though the phonetic and semantic developments are difficult to trace. Middle English crien eventually displaced native Middle English galen (“to cry out”) (from Old English galan), Middle English greden (“to cry out”) (from Old English grǣdan), Middle English yermen (“to bellow, mourn, lament”) (from Old English ġierman), Middle English hooen, hoen (“to cry out”) (from Old Norse hōa), Middle English remen (“to cry, shout”) (from Old English hrīeman, compare Old English hrēam (“noise, outcry, lamentation, alarm”)), Middle English greten, graten (“to weep, cry, lament”) (from Old English grǣtan and Old Norse grāta). More at greet, regret. |
Verb [edit]
cry (third-person singular simple present cries, present participle crying, simple past and past participle cried)
- (intransitive) To shed tears; to weep.
- That sad movie always makes me cry.
- (transitive, intransitive) To shout, scream, yell.
- The captured bear cub tried to cry out to its mother.
Synonyms [edit]
- weep
- See also Wikisaurus:weep
- See also Wikisaurus:shout
Antonyms [edit]
Derived terms [edit]
Terms derived from cry (verb)
Translations [edit]
intransitive: to weep
|
|
intransitive: to shout, scream, yell
|
|
transitive: to shout, to scream (words)
Noun [edit]
cry (plural cries)
- A shedding of tears; the act of crying.
- After we broke up, I retreated to my room for a good cry.
- A shout or scream.
- I heard a cry from afar.
- Words shouted or screamed.
- a battle cry
- (collectively) A group of hounds.
- (transitive, intransitive, of an animal) A typical sound made by the species in question.
- "Woof" is the cry of a dog, while "neigh" is the cry of a horse.
- A desperate or urgent request.
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
shedding of tears
|
|
shout or scream
|
|
words shouted or screamed
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.
Translations to be checked
See also [edit]
References [edit]
- “cry” in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
- cry in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- cry in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Statistics [edit]
-
Most common English words before 1923: individual · girls · wall · #809: cry · step · turning · village
Anagrams [edit]
Middle French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Old French cri
Noun [edit]
cry m (plural crys)
Descendants [edit]
- French: cri
Scots [edit]
Verb [edit]
tae cry (third-person singular simple present cries, present participle cryin, simple past cried, past participle cried)
Categories:
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Frankish
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English verbs
- English nouns
- 1000 English basic words
- English intransitive verbs
- English reporting verbs
- English transitive verbs
- Middle French terms derived from Old French
- Middle French nouns
- Scots verbs
