creu

See also: créu and creü

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈkɾɛw]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈkɾəw]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈkɾew]

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• Rhymes: -ɛw

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Catalan creu, from older crou (via dissimilation), from Latin crucem. Cf. the evolution of veu (“voice”).

Noun

creu f (plural creus)

1. cross
2. (heraldry) cross
3. withers

Derived terms

• creu ansada
• creu de Lorena
• creu grega
• creu llatina
• creu papal
• Creu Roja
• creuar
• creuera
• creueta

Etymology 2

Verb

creu

1. inflection of creure:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

References

• “creu” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “creu”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “creu”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Galician

Verb

creu

1. third-person singular preterite indicative of crer

Middle French

Verb

creu

1. past participle of croistre

Old French

Verb

creu

1. past participle of croire

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾew/ [ˈkɾeʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾew/

Verb

creu

1. third-person singular preterite indicative of crer

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh creu, from Latin creō.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /kreɨ̯/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /krei̯/
• Rhymes: -eɨ̯

Verb

creu (first-person singular present creaf)

1. (transitive) to create

Conjugation

Conjugation of creu (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	creaf	crei	crea	crëwn	crëwch	creant	crëir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	crëwn	creit	creai	creem	creech	creent	crëid
preterite	creais	creaist	creodd	creasom	creasoch	creasant	crëwyd
pluperfect	creaswn	creasit	creasai	creasem	creasech	creasent	creasid, creesid
present subjunctive	crëwyf	creych	creo	creom	creoch	creont	creer
imperative	—	crea	creed	crëwn	crëwch	creent	creer
verbal noun	creu
verbal adjectives	creedig creadwy

Conjugation of creu (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	crea i, creaf i	crei di	creith o/e/hi, creiff e/hi	crewn ni	crewch chi	crean nhw
conditional	crewn i, creswn i	creet ti, creset ti	creai fo/fe/hi, cresai fo/fe/hi	creen ni, cresen ni	creech chi, cresech chi	creen nhw, cresen nhw
preterite	creais i, crees i	creaist ti, creest ti	creodd o/e/hi	creon ni	creoch chi	creon nhw
imperative	—	crea	—	—	crewch	—

Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• crëwr (“creator”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of creu

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
creu	greu	nghreu	chreu

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.