cri

See also: CRI and Cri

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʁi/

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• Homophones: crie, cries, crient, cris

Etymology 1

Since the Middle Ages, deverbal form of crier.

Noun

cri m (plural cris)

1. cry; shout; scream

   Tu entends le cri du loup ?

   Can you hear the wolf's cry?

Derived terms

• à cor et à cri
• cri de guerre
• cri de ralliement
• cri du cœur
• dernier cri
• syndrome du cri du chat

Related terms

• criard
• crier

Etymology 2

Clipping of Christenaux (now Knistenaux), from Cree Kenisteniwuik (the name of a Cree village).

Noun

cri m (uncountable)

1. Cree (language)

Adjective

cri (feminine crie, masculine plural cris, feminine plural cries)

1. (relational) Cree

Related terms

• Cri
• Crie
• crie
• cris
• Cris

 

Further reading

• “cri”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• RCI

Middle French

Noun

cri m (plural cris or criz)

1. cry; shout

Related terms

• crier, cryer

Old French

Noun

cri m (oblique plural cris, nominative singular cris, nominative plural cri)

1. cry; shout

Related terms

• crier

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾi/

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Alternative forms

• cri cri, cri cri cri

Interjection

cri

1. represents the chirp of a cricket

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cri

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of crer

Romanian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

cri

1. chirrup (sound made by crickets)