creu

creu

See also: créu and creü

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾəw/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾɛw/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾew/
• Rhymes: -ɛw

Etymology 1

From Old Catalan creu, from older crou (presumably via dissimilation), from Latin crucem.

Noun

creu f (plural creus)

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

Derived terms

• creuar
• creuera
• creueta
• Creu Roja

 

Verb

creu

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

References

• “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, 2023
• “creu” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Galician

Verb

creu

1. third-person singular preterite indicative of crer

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Middle French

Verb

creu

1. past participle of croistre

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Old French

Verb

creu

1. past participle of croire

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾew/ [ˈkɾeʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾew/

Verb

creu

1. third-person singular preterite indicative of crer

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Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh creu, from Latin creō.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

creu (first-person singular present creaf)

1. (transitive) to create

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	creaf	crei	cre, crea	crëwn	crëwch	creant	crëir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	crëwn	creit	creai	creem	creech	creent	crëid
preterite	creais	creaist	creodd	creasom	creasoch	creasant	crëwyd
pluperfect	creaswn	creasit	creasai	creasem	creasech	creasent	creasid, creesid
present subjunctive	crëwyf	creych	creo	creom	creoch	creont	creer
imperative	—	crea	creed	crëwn	crëwch	creent	creer
verbal noun	creu
verbal adjectives	creedig creadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	crea i, creaf i	crei di	creith o/e/hi, creiff e/hi	crewn ni	crewch chi	crean nhw
conditional	crewn i, creswn i	creet ti, creset ti	creai fo/fe/hi, cresai fo/fe/hi	creen ni, cresen ni	creech chi, cresech chi	creen nhw, cresen nhw
preterite	creais i, crees i	creaist ti, creest ti	creodd o/e/hi	creon ni	creoch chi	creon nhw
imperative	—	crea	—	—	crewch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• crëwr (“creator”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
creu	greu	nghreu	chreu
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.