credo

See also: crédo and čredo

English

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English credo, from Old French credo, from Latin crēdō (“I believe”); Doublet of creed.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹidəʊ/, /ˈkɹeɪdəʊ/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹidoʊ/, /ˈkɹeɪdoʊ/
Hyphenation: cre‧do
Rhymes: -iːdəʊ

Noun

credo (plural credos or credoes)

A statement of a belief or a summary statement of a whole belief system; also (metonymically) the belief or belief system itself.
- 2019 May 19, Alex McLevy, “The final Game Of Thrones brings a pensive but simple meditation about stories (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club‎:
  “You’re either with me or you’re against me” became Dany’s credo, and those against her were an ever-changing multitude to be determined solely by her whims.
(Christianity) The liturgical creed (usually the Nicene Creed), or a musical arrangement of it for use in church services.
Credo III is so beautiful!
- 1996, Pastoral Music (volume 21, page 12)
  Until the mid-1970s, however, most Catholic hymnals contained at least one musical setting of the creed […] By the 1980s hymnals having sung credos were mainly those devoted to "traditional" styles of church music […]

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱerd-‎ (0 c, 37 e)

Translations

belief system

Bulgarian: верую (bg) (veruju), кредо (kredo)
Faroese: trúarjáttan f, kredda f
French: crédo (fr) m
German: Credo (de) n, Kredo (de) n
Hungarian: krédó (hu)
Persian: باور‎ (fa) (bâvar), مرام‎ (fa) (marâm)
Polish: credo (pl) n, kredo (pl) n
Portuguese: credo (pt) m
Russian: кре́до (ru) n (krédo)

Anagrams

Coder, OCRed, coder, cored, decor, décor

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch crede, credo, borrowed from Latin crēdō.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkreː.doː/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: cre‧do
Rhymes: -eːdoː

Noun

credo n (plural credo's, diminutive credootje n)

(religion, chiefly Christianity) confession of faith, creed
Synonyms: belijdenis, geloofsbelijdenis
(by extension) (strong) conviction
Synonym: overtuiging

Derived terms

credobord
credo-tekst

Descendants

→ Indonesian: kredo

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkre.do/
Rhymes: -edo
Hyphenation: cré‧do

Etymology 1

From Latin credō.

Noun

credo m (plural credi)

creed

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

credo

first-person singular present indicative of credere
Credo. ― I believe.

Anagrams

cedro, cedrò, corde, crode

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *krezðō, 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”) (whence also Latin cor) and *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”) (whence also faciō).[1]

Cognates include Sanskrit श्रद्दधाति (śrad-√dhā, “to trust, believe”) and Old Irish creitid (“believes”, verb).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkreː.doː/, [ˈkreːd̪oː]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkre.do/, [ˈkrɛːd̪o]
Audio (Classical) (file)

Verb

crēdō (present infinitive crēdere, perfect active crēdidī, supine crēditum); third conjugation

(with accusative or dative) I believe, I trust in, I give credence to.
- c. 200 BCE – 190 BCE, Plautus, Captivi :
  Tune huic credis?
  Do you believe him?
- c. 200 BCE – 190 BCE, Plautus, Captivi :
  Aristophontes: Quid tu autem? Etiam huic credis?
  Hegio: Quid ego credam huic?
  Aristophontes: Insanum esse me?
  Aristophontes: How’s this? You, too? Do you actually believe him?
  Hegio: Believe him in what?
  Aristophontes: That I’m insane?
I confide in, have confidence in.
Synonyms: confido, fido
Antonyms: diffīdō, suspiciō
I think, imagine, suppose, assume.
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 1.518:
  quis tantum fātī crēdat habēre locum?
  Who could imagine the place to have so great a destiny?
Synonyms: censeo, iūdicō, puto, cōgitō, sentio, existimo, arbitror, opinor, reor
I commit or consign something to one for preservation, protection, etc., I entrust to one
I lend, I loan

Usage notes

Crēdō often governs the dative with persons believed in, but the accusative with things or concepts believed in. The accusative may be accompanied by a preposition: Crēdō in ūnum Deum = "I believe in one God".

Conjugation

Conjugation of crēdō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	crēdō	crēdis	crēdit	crēdimus	crēditis	crēdunt
	imperfect	crēdēbam	crēdēbās	crēdēbat	crēdēbāmus	crēdēbātis	crēdēbant
	future	crēdam	crēdēs	crēdet	crēdēmus	crēdētis	crēdent
	perfect	crēdidī	crēdidistī	crēdidit	crēdidimus	crēdidistis	crēdidērunt, crēdidēre
	pluperfect	crēdideram	crēdiderās	crēdiderat	crēdiderāmus	crēdiderātis	crēdiderant
	future perfect	crēdiderō	crēdideris	crēdiderit	crēdiderimus	crēdideritis	crēdiderint
passive	present	crēdor	crēderis, crēdere	crēditur	crēdimur	crēdiminī	crēduntur
	imperfect	crēdēbar	crēdēbāris, crēdēbāre	crēdēbātur	crēdēbāmur	crēdēbāminī	crēdēbantur
	future	crēdar	crēdēris, crēdēre	crēdētur	crēdēmur	crēdēminī	crēdentur
	perfect	crēditus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	crēditus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	crēditus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	crēdam	crēdās	crēdat	crēdāmus	crēdātis	crēdant
	imperfect	crēderem	crēderēs	crēderet	crēderēmus	crēderētis	crēderent
	perfect	crēdiderim	crēdiderīs	crēdiderit	crēdiderīmus	crēdiderītis	crēdiderint
	pluperfect	crēdidissem	crēdidissēs	crēdidisset	crēdidissēmus	crēdidissētis	crēdidissent
passive	present	crēdar	crēdāris, crēdāre	crēdātur	crēdāmur	crēdāminī	crēdantur
	imperfect	crēderer	crēderēris, crēderēre	crēderētur	crēderēmur	crēderēminī	crēderentur
	perfect	crēditus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	crēditus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	crēde	—	—	crēdite	—
active	future	—	crēditō	crēditō	—	crēditōte	crēduntō
passive	present	—	crēdere	—	—	crēdiminī	—
passive	future	—	crēditor	crēditor	—	—	crēduntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		crēdere	crēdidisse	crēditūrum esse	crēdī	crēditum esse	crēditum īrī
participles		crēdēns	—	crēditūrus	—	crēditus	crēdendus, crēdundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		crēdendī	crēdendō	crēdendum	crēdendō	crēditum	crēditū

Derived terms

accrēdō
concrēdō
crēdibilis
crēdibiliter
crēditor
crēditrīx
crēditum
crēdulitās
crēdulus
incrēdibilis
incrēdibiliter
incrēdibiltās
incrēditus
incrēdulitās
incredulus
recrēdō

Descendants

Balkan Romance:
- Aromanian: cred, creadiri
- Romanian: crede, credere
Dalmatian:
- credro
Italo-Romance:
- Corsican: crede, creda
  Gallurese: cridé
  Sassarese: cridì
- Italian: credere
- Sicilian: crìdiri
North Italian:
- Gallo-Italic:
  - Ligurian: crédde
  - Lombard: cred, credir, creiar, creir
  - Piedmontese: chërde, crèje, creire, crése, cherzì
- Friulian: crodi
- Istriot: crido
- Romansch: crair, crer, creir, crajer
- Venetian: crédar, créder
Gallo-Romance:
- Old French: creire, croire, craire, credre
  - Bourguignon: croire
  - Gallo: craire
  - Franco-Provençal: crêre
  - French: croire
  - Norman: creire (Guernsey, France), craithe (Jersey)
  - Picard: croère
  - Walloon: croere
Occitano-Romance:
- Catalan: creure
- Gascon: créder, créger, crer
- Old Occitan: creire, creser, crey, creyer, crer
  - Languedocien: creire, créser
  - Limousin: creure
Ibero-Romance:
- Navarro-Aragonese: creder, creer, creyer
  - Aragonese: creyer, crier, creder; creure (Ribagorçan)
- Old Leonese: *creyer
  - Asturian: creyer
  - Extremaduran: creel
  - Leonese: creyere
  - Mirandese: crer
- Old Portuguese: crer
  - Galician: crer
  - Portuguese: crer
- Old Spanish: creyer, creer
  - Spanish: creer
Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: crèdere, crèere, crei, crèiri, crere
Borrowings: < crēdō in Deum (“I believe in God”) in the Nicene Creed
- → Catalan: credo
- → Czech: krédo
- → Middle Dutch: crēdō, crēde
  - Dutch: credo
    - → Indonesian: kredo
- → Old English: crēda, crēdo
  - Middle English: crede
    - English: creed
    - Scots: creed
- → Franco-Provençal: crédô
- → Old French: credo
  - Middle French: credo
    - French: credo
  - → Middle English: credo
    - English: credo
- → Middle High German: crēdō
  - German: Credo
- → Hungarian: krédó
- → Italian: credo
- → Old Norse: credo
  - Icelandic: credo
  - Old Swedish: credo
    - Swedish: credo
  - Old Danish: credo
    - Danish: credo
- → Old Occitan: credo
  - Occitan: credo
- → Polish: credo
- → Portuguese: credo
- → Spanish: credo

References

De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “crēdō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 141-142

“credo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“credo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
credo in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2023) Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
credo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
- I am gradually convinced that..: addūcor, ut credam
- I cannot make myself believe that..: non possum adduci, ut (credam)
- we believe in the existence of a God: deum esse credimus
- to lend some one money (without interest): pecuniam alicui credere (sine fenore, usuris)
- believe me: mihi crede (not crede mihi)
De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Middle English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French credo, from Latin crēdō (“I believe”) in the Nicene Creed or Apostle's Creed. Doublet of crede.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkrɛːdɔː/

Noun

credo (uncountable)

The Nicene Creed or Apostle's Creed.

Descendants

English: credo

References

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

Old English

Noun

crēda m

Alternative form of crēda

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin crēdō (“I believe”) in the Nicene Creed or Apostle's Creed.

Noun

credo m (nominative singular credo)

The Nicene Creed or Apostle's Creed.

Descendants

Middle French: credo
- French: credo
→ Middle English: credo
- English: credo

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “crēdĕre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 1306

Polish

Alternative forms

kredo

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin crēdō.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkrɛ.dɔ/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ɛdɔ
Syllabification: cre‧do

Noun

credo n (indeclinable)

(Christianity) credo (liturgical creed (usually the Nicene Creed), or a musical arrangement of it for use in church services)
credo (belief system)

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin credō (“to believe”). Doublet of creio.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾɛ.du/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾɛ.do/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾɛ.du/ [ˈkɾɛ.ðu]

Hyphenation: cre‧do

Noun

credo m (plural credos)

(religion) creed; credo (a religious belief system)
Antonym: descrença
O credo cristão.
The Christian creed.
Synonyms: crença, religião

Related terms

acreditar
credência
creditado
crédito
crédulo
crer

Interjection

credo!

ew! (expression of disgust or nausea)
Synonym: (Brazil) eca
Jesus! (expression of unpleasant surprise)
Synonyms: Jesus, (Brazil) nossa

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin credo.

Noun

credo n (uncountable)

credo (belief system)

Declension

declension of credo (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) credo	credoul
genitive/dative	(unui) credo	credoului
vocative	credoule

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin credō (“to believe”). Doublet of creo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɾedo/ [ˈkɾe.ð̞o]
Rhymes: -edo
Syllabification: cre‧do

Noun

credo m (plural credos)

(religion) creed

Related terms

creer

Anagrams

cedro, cerdo

Welsh

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkrɛdɔ/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkreːdɔ/, /ˈkrɛdɔ/

Verb

credo

(literary) third-person singular present subjunctive of credu

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
credo	gredo	nghredo	chredo
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

[1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “crēdō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 141-142

credo

English

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Dutch

Etymology

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Italian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Etymology 2

Verb

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Latin

Etymology

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Verb

Usage notes

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Middle English

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

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Old English

Noun

Old French

Etymology

Noun

Descendants

References

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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Noun

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Related terms

Interjection

Romanian

Etymology

Noun

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

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Noun

Related terms

Further reading

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Welsh

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Mutation