creu

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈkɾɛw]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈkɾəw]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈkɾew]

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• Rhymes: -ɛw

Inherited from Old Catalan creu, from older crou (via dissimilation), from Latin crucem. Cf. the evolution of veu (“voice”).

creu f (plural creus)

1. cross
2. (heraldry) cross
3. withers

creu

1. inflection of creure:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “creu” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “creu”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “creu”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

creu

1. third-person singular preterite indicative of crer

creu

1. past participle of croistre

creu

1. past participle of croire

creu

1. third-person singular preterite indicative of crer

From Middle Welsh creu, from Latin creō.

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /kreɨ̯/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /krei̯/
• Rhymes: -eɨ̯

creu (first-person singular present creaf)

1. (transitive) to create

• crëwr (“creator”)