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

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Cree

Wikipedia

Cree

1. An aboriginal nation of North America.
2. The Algonquian language or dialect continuum spoken by this people.
   • 2023 December 30, Daniel W. Hieber, “Why I hate conlangs”, in Linguistic Discovery‎, archived from the original on 24 May 2024:

     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 Roman: 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.

Descendants

• ⇒ Irish: Craíoch

Translations

Translations

German: Kri m, Kri-Indianer m Irish: Craíoch m Plains Cree: nêhiyaw

See also

• Category:Cree language
• Knisteneaux

Etymology 2

English Wikipedia has an article on:

River Cree

Wikipedia

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

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Cree (surname)

Wikipedia

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