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Cree

Cree

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See also: cree, crée, créé, and creé

English

Pronunciation

Audio (US): (file)
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

Cree

An aboriginal nation of North America.
The Algonquian language or dialect continuum spoken by this people.

Derived terms

Descendants

⇒ Irish: Craís

Translations

an aboriginal nation of North America

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

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)

A member of this people.

Descendants

⇒ Irish: Craíoch

Translations

Translations

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

See also

Etymology 2

English Wikipedia has an article on:

River Cree

Proper noun

Cree

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)

Proper noun

Cree

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

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