English
Pronunciation
- 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
Cree
- An aboriginal nation of North America.
- The Algonquian language or dialect continuum spoken by this people.
Derived terms
Descendants
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)
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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)
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Noun
Cree (plural Crees or Cree)
- A member of this people.
Descendants
Translations
See also
- Category:Cree language
- Knisteneaux
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Cree
- A river in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland, which flows into the Solway Firth and Irish Sea.
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Proper noun
Cree
- A surname.
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