# cri
## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kʁi/ or /kχi/
* Audio (Paris):(file)
* Homophones: crie, cries, crient, cris

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle French cri, from Old French cri, a deverbal derived from crier (“to cry”). Compare English cry.

#### Noun

cri m (plural cris)
* 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)
* Cree (language)

#### Adjective

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

## Galician
### Verb

cri
* (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular preterite indicative of crer

## Middle English
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

cri
* Alternative form of cry

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

cri
* Alternative form of crien

## Middle French
### Alternative forms

* cry

### Etymology

Inherited from Old French cri.

### Noun

cri m (plural cris or criz)
* cry; shout

#### Related terms

* crier, cryer

#### Descendants

* French: cri

## Old French
### Etymology

From crier (“to cry”).

### Noun

cri oblique singular, m (oblique plural cris, nominative singular cris, nominative plural cri)
* cry; shout

#### Related terms

* crier

#### Descendants

* Middle French: cri, cry
** French: cri
* → Middle English: cry, cri, crie, crye, kri, krie, kry
** English: cry
** Scots: cry
** Yola: crie, cry

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈkɾi/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈkɾi/

### Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

#### Alternative forms

* cri cri, cri cri cri

#### Interjection

cri
* represents the chirp of a cricket

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

cri
* first-person singular preterite indicative of crer

## Romanian
### Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

### Interjection

cri
* chirrup (sound made by crickets)

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkriː/

### Etymology 1

* This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Old Irish crú (“raw”)”

#### Adjective

cri (feminine singular cri, plural cri, equative crïed, comparative crïach, superlative crïaf)
* unleavened
* raw
    Synonyms: crai, croyw, amrwd
* coarse, crude
    Synonyms: bras, garw, cwrs
* fresh, new
    Synonyms: ffres, ir, newydd

##### Derived terms

* cacen gri, teisen gri (“Welsh cake”)

### Etymology 2

From Middle Welsh cri, from Middle English cry.

#### Noun

cri m or f (plural crïau)
* cry, wail
    Synonyms: wylofain, cwyn

##### Derived terms

* crio

### Mutation

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

### Further reading

* D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “cri”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh-English Dictionary, Gwerin
* R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cri”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies