cry
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From Middle English crien (“to cry out, shout, proclaim”), from Old French crier (“to announce publicly, scream, shout”), from Medieval Latin crīdāre (“to cry out, shout, proclaim”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *krītan (“to cry, cry out, publish”), Gothic 𐌺𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌴𐌽 (crīten, kreiten, “to cry, scream, call out”), both from Proto-Germanic *krītanan (“to cry out, shout”), from Proto-Indo-European *greid- (“to shout”). Cognate with Middle Dutch crīten (Dutch krijten "to cry"), Middle Low German krīten (“to cry, call out, shriek”), Middle High German krīzen (German kreissen, “to cry loudly, wail, groan”). Compare also to Occitan cridar, Italian gridare, Old Spanish cridar (Spanish gritar). Cognate with Middle Irish grith (“a cry”), Welsh gryd (“a scream”).
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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 explain (cridare meant "shout, yell, proclaim", not "complain, lament, wail"). Compare also Sanskrit cvas "to pant", "hiss", "sigh"; English quarrel a brawl, querulous. Middle English crien 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. |
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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.
- (ambitransitive) To shout, scream, yell.
- The captured bear cub tried to cry out to its mother.
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- weep
- See also Wikisaurus:weep
- See also Wikisaurus:shout
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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.
- (ambitransitive, 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.
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- “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
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Most common English words before 1923: individual · girls · wall · #809: cry · step · turning · village
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Old French cri
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cry m. (plural crys)
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- French: cri
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tae cry (third-person singular simple present cries, present participle cryin, simple past cried, past participle cried)
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