Cree

See also: cree, crée, créé, and creé

English

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /kɹiː/
• Rhymes: -iː

Etymology 1

From a phonetic rendering of Canadian French Cris, short for Christinaux, from either Algonquin Kirishtinó, or Cree Kenisteniwuik.

Proper noun

Cree

1. An aboriginal nation of North America.
2. The Algonquian language or dialect continuum spoken by this people.
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     If the idea of “exotic” and complex languages with features you’ve never imagined thrills you, I guarantee you’ll get more out of studying Navajo, American Sign Language, Kikuyu, Vietnamese, Cree, Cantonese, Quechua, or Nuuchahnnulth than Quenya, Klingon, or attempting to make your own.

Derived terms

• Plains Cree
• Swampy Cree

Descendants

• ⇒ Irish: Craís

Translations

an aboriginal nation of North America

• Arabic: كْرِي m (krī), كِرِي m (kirī)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 克里族 (zh) (Kèlǐzú)

• Cree: no word common to all dialects, historically reconstructed *nêhiraw and *iriniw (man) are the sources of the decedents

  Atikamekw: nêhirawisiw

  Montagnais: ilnu, innu

  Moose Cree: ililiw

  Naskapi: [Term?]

  Northern East Cree: iyiyiw pl

  Plains Cree: nêhiyaw

  Southern East Cree: iyiniw

  Swampy Cree: nêhinawak

  Woods Cree: nīhithawak pl

• Dutch: Cree (nl)
• Esperanto: Krio
• Finnish: creet (fi) pl
• French: cri (fr)
• German: Kri pl, Kri-Indianer pl, Cree (de) pl
• Irish: Craíoch m
• Japanese: クリー (Kurī)
• Macedonian: кри n (kri)
• Marathi: क्री (krī)
• Ojibwe: omashkiigoo
• Polish: Kri
• Portuguese: cree (pt) m
• Russian: кри (ru) (kri)
• Spanish: cree (es)

Algonquian language spoken by this people

• Arabic: كْرِي m (krī), كِرِي f (kirī)
• Belarusian: кры n (kry)
• Breton: kreeg
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 克里語 (zh) (Kèlǐyǔ)

• Cree:

  Atikamekw: nehirâmowin

  Montagnais: nehlueun (Western), ilnu-aimûn (Eastern), innu-aimûn (Western)

  Moose Cree: ᐃᓕᓖᒧᐎᓐ (ililîmowin)

  Naskapi: ᐃᔪᐤ ᐃᔨᒧᐅᓐ (iyuw iyimuun), ᓇᔅᑲᐱ (naskapi) (referring to local dialect)

  Northern East Cree: ᐄᔨᔫ ᐊᔨᒨᓐ (iiyiyoo ayimoon)

  Plains Cree: nêhiyawêwin

  Southern East Cree: ᐄᓅ ᐊᔨᒨᓐ (iinoo ayimoon), ᐄᔨᔫ ᐊᔨᒧᐎᓐ (iiyiyoo ayimowin)

  Swampy Cree: ᐃᓂᓃᒧᐎᓐ (ininîmowin) (Eastern), ᓀᐦᐃᓇᐌᐎᐣ (nēhinawēwin) (Western)

  Woods Cree: ᓃᐦᐃᖬᐑᐏᐣ (nīhithawīwin)

• Czech: kríjština f
• Dutch: Cree (nl) n
• Esperanto: Kria lingvo
• Faroese: kri n
• Finnish: cree (fi)
• French: cri (fr) m
• Galician: lingua cree f
• German: Kri n, Kri-Sprache f, Cree (de) n
• Irish: Craís f
• Japanese: クリー語 (ja) (kurī-go)
• Latvian: krī valoda
• Macedonian: кри n (kri)
• Marathi: क्री f (krī)
• Norwegian: cree
• Portuguese: cree (pt) m
• Quechua: kri simi
• Russian: кри (ru) m (kri)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: кријски језик m

  Latin: krijski jezik m

• Spanish: cree (es) m
• Swedish: cree (sv)
• Ukrainian: мо́ва крі́ f (móva krí)

Noun

Cree (plural Crees or Cree)

1. A member of this people.

Derived terms

• Moose Cree

Descendants

• ⇒ Irish: Craíoch

Translations

Translations

• Cree:

  Plains Cree: nêhiyaw

• German: Kri m, Kri-Indianer m
• Irish: Craíoch m

See also

• Category:Cree language
• Knisteneaux

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Cree

1. A river in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland, which flows into the Solway Firth and Irish Sea.

Derived terms

• Creetown

Etymology 3

Proper noun

Cree

1. A surname.

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code cr, ISO 639-3 code cre (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Cree, cre ⁠, a macrolanguage including:

• Ethnologue entry for Plains Cree, crk ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Moose Cree, crm ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Woods Cree, cwd ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Swampy Cree, csw ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Northern East Cree, crl ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Southern East Cree, crj ⁠

Anagrams

• cere