Saturday, June 22, 2013

Wiktionary - Recent changes [en]: cry

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* Latgalian: {{tø|ltg|rauduot}}

  

* Latgalian: {{tø|ltg|rauduot}}
 

* Latin: {{t-|la|flere}}, {{t-|la|lacrimare}}

  

* Latin: {{t-|la|flere}}, {{t-|la|lacrimare}}
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{{trans-mid}}

  
 

* Latvian: {{t+|lv|raudāt}}

  

* Latvian: {{t+|lv|raudāt}}
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* Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|verkti}}, {{t-|lt|raudoti}}

  

* Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|verkti}}, {{t-|lt|raudoti}}
 

* Luxembourgish: {{t+|lb|kräischen}}

  

* Luxembourgish: {{t+|lb|kräischen}}
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* Polish: {{t+|pl|płakać}} {{impf}}

  

* Polish: {{t+|pl|płakać}} {{impf}}
 

* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|chorar}}

  

* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|chorar}}
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* Quechua: {{t|qu|waqay}}
 

* Romanian: {{t+|ro|plânge}}

  

* Romanian: {{t+|ro|plânge}}
 

* Russian: {{t+|ru|плакать|tr=plákatʹ}} {{impf}}, {{t+|ru|рыдать|tr=rydátʹ}} {{impf}}

  

* Russian: {{t+|ru|плакать|tr=plákatʹ}} {{impf}}, {{t+|ru|рыдать|tr=rydátʹ}} {{impf}}

Latest revision as of 00:30, 23 June 2013

Contents

English[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English crien, from Old French crier, ("to announce publicly, proclaim, scream, shout"; > Medieval Latin crīdāre ("to cry out, shout, publish, proclaim")), from Frankish *krītan ("to cry, cry out, publish"), from Proto-Germanic *krītaną ("to cry out, shout"), from Proto-Indo-European *greyd- ("to shout"). Cognate with Dutch krijten ("to cry"), Middle Low German krīten ("to cry, call out, shriek"), German kreissen ("to cry loudly, wail, groan"), Gothic 𐌺𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (kreitan, "to cry, scream, call out"), Middle Irish grith ("a cry"), Welsh gryd ("a scream").

Verb[edit]

cry (third-person singular simple present cries, present participle crying, simple past and past participle cried)

  1. (intransitive) To shed tears; to weep.
    That sad movie always makes me cry.
  2. (transitive, intransitive) To shout, scream, yell.
    The captured bear cub tried to cry out to its mother.

Synonyms[edit]

Antonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Terms derived from cry (verb)

Translations[edit]

intransitive: to weep

intransitive: to shout, scream, yell

transitive: to shout, to scream (words)

Noun[edit]

cry (plural cries)

  1. A shedding of tears; the act of crying.
    After we broke up, I retreated to my room for a good cry.
  2. A shout or scream.
    I heard a cry from afar.
  3. Words shouted or screamed.
    a battle cry
  4. (collectively) A group of hounds.
  5. (transitive, intransitive, of an animal) A typical sound made by the species in question.
    "Woof" is the cry of a dog, while "neigh" is the cry of a horse.
  6. A desperate or urgent request.

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

shedding of tears

shout or scream

words shouted or screamed

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See also[edit]

References[edit]

Statistics[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Middle French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Old French cri

Noun[edit]

cry m (plural crys)

  1. cry; shout

Descendants[edit]

Verb[edit]

tae cry (third-person singular simple present cries, present participle cryin, simple past cried, past participle cried)

  1. to call, to give a name to
    • A body whit studies the history is cried a historian an aw.
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