credo

See also: crédo and čredo

English

Etymology

From Latin crēdō (“I believe”); see creed.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: cre‧do

Noun

credo (plural credos)

1. A belief system.

Related terms

• credible
• credibility
• credit
• creditable
• creditor
• credence
• credential
• creed

Translations

belief system

• Bulgarian: верую (bg) (veruju), кредо (kredo)
• Faroese: trúarjáttan f, kredda f
• French: crédo (fr) m
• German: Credo (de) n, Kredo (de) n

• Persian: باور‏‎ (fa) (bâvar), مرام‏‎ (fa) (marâm)
• Portuguese: credo (pt) m
• Russian: кре́до (ru) n (krédo)

Further reading

• credo in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• credo in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• Coder, OCRed, coder, cored, decor, décor

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch crede, credo, borrowed from Latin crēdō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkreː.doː/
• Hyphenation: cre‧do

Noun

credo n (plural credo's, diminutive credootje n)

1. (religion, chiefly Christianity) confession of faith, creed

   Synonyms: belijdenis, geloofsbelijdenis

2. (by extension) (strong) conviction

   Synonyms: overtuiging

Derived terms

• credobord
• credo-tekst

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Italian

Noun

credo m (plural credi)

1. creed

Verb

credo

1. first-person singular present indicative of credere

   Credo. — I believe

Anagrams

• cedro, cedrò, corde, crode

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *krezdō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱred dʰeh₁- (“to place one's heart, i.e. to trust, believe”), compound phrase of oblique case form of *ḱḗr (“heart”) (whence also Latin cor) and *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”) (whence also Latin faciō).

Cognates include Sanskrit श्रद्दधाति (śrad-√dhā, “to trust, believe”) and Old Irish creitid (“believes”, verb).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkreː.doː/

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Verb

crēdō (present infinitive crēdere, perfect active crēdidī, supine crēditum); third conjugation

1. (with accusative or dative) to believe, to trust in, to give credence to.
   • c. 254 BCE – 184 BCE, Plautus, Captivi

     Tune huic credis?

     Do you believe him?

   • c. 254 BCE – 184 BCE, Plautus, Captivi

     Aristophontes: Quid tu autem? Etiam huic credis?
     Hegio: Quid ego credam huic?
     Aristophontes: Insanum esse me?

     Aristophontes: How’s this? You, too? Do you actually believe him?
     Hegio: Believe him in what?
     Aristophontes: That I’m insane?

2. confide in, have confidence in.
3. I commit, consign, entrust to.

Usage notes

• Crēdō often uses dative case with persons believed in, but accusative case with things or concepts believed in. Accusative usage may be accompanied by a preposition: crēdimus in Deum = "we believe in God".

Inflection

Conjugation of credo (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	crēdō	crēdis	crēdit	crēdimus	crēditis	crēdunt
	imperfect	crēdēbam	crēdēbās	crēdēbat	crēdēbāmus	crēdēbātis	crēdēbant
	future	crēdam	crēdēs	crēdet	crēdēmus	crēdētis	crēdent
	perfect	crēdidī	crēdidistī	crēdidit	crēdidimus	crēdidistis	crēdidērunt, crēdidēre
	pluperfect	crēdideram	crēdiderās	crēdiderat	crēdiderāmus	crēdiderātis	crēdiderant
	future perfect	crēdiderō	crēdideris	crēdiderit	crēdiderimus	crēdideritis	crēdiderint
passive	present	crēdor	crēderis, crēdere	crēditur	crēdimur	crēdiminī	crēduntur
	imperfect	crēdēbar	crēdēbāris, crēdēbāre	crēdēbātur	crēdēbāmur	crēdēbāminī	crēdēbantur
	future	crēdar	crēdēris, crēdēre	crēdētur	crēdēmur	crēdēminī	crēdentur
	perfect	crēditus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	crēditus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	crēditus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	crēdam	crēdās	crēdat	crēdāmus	crēdātis	crēdant
	imperfect	crēderem	crēderēs	crēderet	crēderēmus	crēderētis	crēderent
	perfect	crēdiderim	crēdiderīs	crēdiderit	crēdiderīmus	crēdiderītis	crēdiderint
	pluperfect	crēdidissem	crēdidissēs	crēdidisset	crēdidissēmus	crēdidissētis	crēdidissent
passive	present	crēdar	crēdāris, crēdāre	crēdātur	crēdāmur	crēdāminī	crēdantur
	imperfect	crēderer	crēderēris, crēderēre	crēderētur	crēderēmur	crēderēminī	crēderentur
	perfect	crēditus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	crēditus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	crēde	—	—	crēdite	—
	future	—	crēditō	crēditō	—	crēditōte	crēduntō
passive	present	—	crēdere	—	—	crēdiminī	—
	future	—	crēditor	crēditor	—	—	crēduntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		crēdere	crēdidisse	crēditūrus esse	crēdī	crēditus esse	crēditum īrī
participles		crēdēns	—	crēditūrus	—	crēditus	crēdendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		crēdere	crēdendī	crēdendō	crēdendum	crēditum	crēditū

Derived terms

Terms derived from credo

• crēdibilis
• crēdibiliter
• crēditor
• crēditrīx
• crēditum

• crēdulitās
• crēdulus
• incrēdibilis
• incrēdibiliter

• incrēdibiltās
• incrēditus
• incrēdulitās
• incredulus

Descendants

• Aragonese: creyer
• Aromanian: cred, creadiri
• Asturian: creyer
• Catalan: creure
• Dalmatian: credro
• English: creed, credit, credo
• Franco-Provençal: crêre
• French: croire

• Friulian: crodi
• Galician: crer
• Istriot: crido
• Italian: credere
• Norman: creire (Guernsey, France), craithe (Jersey)
• Occitan: creire, créder, créser
• Portuguese: crer
• Romanian: crede, credere

• Romansch: crair, crer, creir, crajer
• Sardinian: crèdere, crèere, crei, crèiri, crere
• Sicilian: crìdiri, crìriri
• Spanish: creer
• Venetian: crédar, créder
• Walloon: croere

References

• credo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• credo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “credo” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • I am gradually convinced that..: addūcor, ut credam
    
  • I cannot make myself believe that..: non possum adduci, ut (credam)
    
  • we believe in the existence of a God: deum esse credimus
    
  • to lend some one money (without interest): pecuniam alicui credere (sine fenore, usuris)
    
  • believe me: mihi crede (not crede mihi)
    
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin credō (“I believe”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾɛ.ðu/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾɛ.du/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾɛ.do/

Noun

credo m (plural credos)

1. (religion) creed; credo (a religious belief system)

   O credo cristão.

   The Christian creed.

Synonyms

• (creed): crença, religião

Antonyms

• (creed): descrença

Related terms

• crer, acreditar, crédito, credência, creditado, crédulo

Interjection

credo!

1. ew! (expression of disgust or nausea)
2. Jesus! (expression of unpleasant surprise)

Synonyms

• (ew!): eca
• (Jesus!): nossa, Jesus

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Spanish

Noun

credo m (plural credos)

1. (religion) creed
2. (pray) Creed

Anagrams

• cedro, cerdo

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkrɛdɔ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkreːdɔ/

Verb

credo

1. (literary) third-person singular present subjunctive of credu

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
credo	gredo	nghredo	chredo
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.