crede

See also: credé

Galician

Verb

crede

1. second-person plural imperative of crer

Interlingua

Verb

crede

1. present of creder
2. imperative of creder

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkre.de/
• Rhymes: -ede
• Hyphenation: cré‧de

Verb

crede

1. third-person singular present indicative of credere

Latin

Verb

crēde

1. second-person singular present active imperative of crēdō

Middle Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin crēdō.

Noun

crēde m or f

1. creed

Inflection

Weak masculine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	crede	creden
accusative	crede	creden
genitive	creden	creden
dative	crede	creden

Weak feminine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	crede	creden
accusative	crede	creden
genitive	crede, creden	creden
dative	crede, creden	creden

Further reading

• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “crede”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Middle English

Etymology

Inherited from Old English crēda, crēdo, from Latin crēdō (“I believe”) in the Nicene Creed or Apostle's Creed. Doublet of credo; compare credence, credible, and creditour.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkreːd(ə)/

Noun

crede (plural credes)

1. creed (statement of belief)

Descendants

• English: creed
• Scots: creed

References

• “crẹ̄de, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾe.d͡ʒi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾe.d͡ʒi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾe.de/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾe.dɨ/ [ˈkɾe.ðɨ]

Verb

crede

1. second-person plural imperative of crer

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin crēdere, 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”) and *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkre.de]

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Verb

a crede (third-person singular present crede, past participle crezut, third-person subjunctive creadă) 3rd conjugation

1. (transitive) to believe

   Dacă nu vrei să-mi spui, nu te cred.

   If you don’t want to tell me, then I don’t believe you.

2. (transitive) to guess, to believe, to think

   Cred că este din America.

   I think that he is from America.

Conjugation

    conjugation of crede (third conjugation, past participle in -ut)

infinitive			a crede
gerund			crezând
past participle			crezut
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	cred	crezi	crede	credem	credeți	cred
	imperfect	credeam	credeai	credea	credeam	credeați	credeau
	simple perfect	crezui	crezuși	crezu	crezurăm	crezurăți	crezură
	pluperfect	crezusem	crezuseși	crezuse	crezuserăm	crezuserăți	crezuseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să cred	să crezi	să creadă	să credem	să credeți	să creadă
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		crede			credeți
	negative		nu crede			nu credeți

Derived terms

• credere
• crezământ
• încrede
• încredere

Related terms

• credință
• credibil

References

• “crede”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025