cricket

See also: crickets#Etymology 1 and Cricket

English

WOTD – 16 May 2008

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Pronunciation

(UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹɪkɪt/
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Rhymes: -ɪkɪt

Etymology 1

From Middle English creket, crykett, crykette, from Old French criket (with diminutive -et) from criquer (“to make a cracking sound; creak”), from Middle Dutch kricken (“to creak; crack”), from Proto-West Germanic *krakōn, from Proto-Germanic *krakōną, related to Middle English creken, criken (“to creak”), all ultimately of imitative origin.

Compare Dutch kriek (“cricket”), Middle Dutch krikel, criekel, crekel (“cricket”) (with diminituve -el), Middle Low German krikel, krekel (“cricket”), German Kreckel (“cricket”). More at creak.

Alternative forms

crecket (dialectal and archaic)

Noun

cricket (plural crickets)

An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family Gryllidae, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs.
1. (US, slang, humorous, in the plural) In the form crickets: absolute silence; no communication.
A signalling device used by soldiers in hostile territory to identify themselves to a friendly in low visibility conditions.
A relatively small area of a roof constructed to divert water from a horizontal intersection of the roof with a chimney, wall, expansion joint, or other projection.
(aviation, slang) An aural warning sound consisting of a continuously-repeating chime, designed to be difficult for pilots to ignore.

Derived terms

ant cricket
balm-cricket
balm cricket
bush cricket
bush-cricket
cave cricket
chirpy as a cricket
cricket bird
cricket flour
cricket frog (Acris)
cricketless
cricketlike
fen cricket
field cricket
holy cricket
house cricket
Italian tree cricket
Jerusalem cricket
jiminy cricket
king cricket
merry as a cricket
mole cricket
moon cricket
Mormon cricket
narrow-winged tree cricket
Otomí tree cricket
saddle-backed bush cricket
sand cricket
snowy tree-cricket
spring field cricket
tree-cricket
true cricket

Translations

insect

Afrikaans: kriek (af)
Albanian: bulkth (sq) m
Amharic: ዋዝንቢት (waznəbit)
Arabic: جُدْجُد‎ m (judjud), صُرْصُر‎ m (ṣurṣur), صُرْصُور‎ m (ṣurṣūr)
Moroccan Arabic: صرصور‎ m (ṣarṣūr)
Armenian: ճռիկ (hy) (čṙik)
Assamese: উঁইচিৰিঙা (ũisiriṅa)
Azerbaijani: sisəy
Banjarese: jengkerék
Basque: kilker
Belarusian: цвырку́н m (cvyrkún)
Bulgarian: щуре́ц (bg) m (šturéc)
Burmese: ပုရစ် (my) (pu.rac)
Catalan: grill (ca) m
Chamicuro: c̈ho'kota
Cherokee: ᏔᎳᏚ (taladu)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 蟋蟀 (sik¹ seot¹)
Hakka: 土狗仔 (tuˋ gieuˋ eˋ)
Mandarin: 蟋蟀 (zh) (xīshuài)
Min Dong: 蟋蟀 (sék-sáuk)
Min Nan: 杜猴 (zh-min-nan) (tōo-kâu)
Chittagonian: জিনি পুঁক (zini fuñk)
Comanche: tuaahtaki
Cornish: gryll m
Czech: cvrček m
Danish: fårekylling c
Dutch: krekel (nl) m
Emilian: gril m
Esperanto: grilo
Faroese: veggjasmiður m, veggjasmyril m
Finnish: sirkka (fi)
French: grillon (fr) m, cri-cri (fr) m, criquet (fr) m
Galician: grilo (gl) m
Georgian: ჭრიჭინა (ka) (č̣rič̣ina)
German: Grille (de) f
Greek: γρύλος (el) m (grýlos), τριζόνι (el) n (trizóni)
Ancient: γρύλλος m (grúllos)
Guaraní: kyju (gn)
Hebrew: צְרָצַר‎ (he) m (tsratsár) (modern) צַרְצוּר‎ m (tzartzúr) (talmudic)
Hindi: झींगुर m (jhīṅgur), झीँगुर (hi) m (jhīṅgur)
Hungarian: tücsök (hu)
Icelandic: krybba f
Ido: grilio (io)
Irish: criogar m, píobaire (an) teallaigh m, píobaire gríosaí m, urchuil f
Italian: grillo (it) m
Japanese: コオロギ (ja) (kōrogi), 蟋蟀 (ja) (こおろぎ, kōrogi)
Javanese: jangkrik (jv)
Kapampangan: lipaktung
Karachay-Balkar: сенгирчке (señirçke)
Kazakh: қара шегіртке (qara şegırtke)
Khmer: ចង្រិត (km) (cɑngrət)
Kongo: nzenze
Korean: 귀뚜라미 (ko) (gwitturami)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: کولە‎ (ku) (kule)
Kyrgyz: кара чегиртке (kara çegirtke)
Lao: ຈີ່ລໍ່ (chī lǭ)
Latin: gryllus (la) m
Latvian: circenis m
Lingala: likélélé class 5/6
Lithuanian: svirplys m
Luxembourgish: Grill f
Macedonian: штурец m (šturec)
Malagasy: valala (mg), ampipanga (mg)
Malayalam: ചീവീട് (ml) (cīvīṭŭ), മണ്ണട്ട (ml) (maṇṇaṭṭa)
Maltese: grillu m
Mi'kmaq: pugto'guome'j anim
Nahuatl: chapōlin (nah)
Navajo: nahakʼízii
Norwegian:
Bokmål: siriss m
Nynorsk: siriss m
Occitan: grilh m
Persian: جیرجیرک‎ (fa) (jirjirak)
Polish: świerszcz (pl) m
Portuguese: grilo (pt) m
Quechua: ch'illik'utu, sirp'i
Romanian: greier (ro) m
Russian: сверчо́к (ru) m (sverčók)
S'gaw Karen: သကံၤ (tha keē)
Samogitian: svirplīs m
Sanskrit: फालका f (phālakā)
Scottish Gaelic: greollan m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: цвр́чак m, зри́кавац m
Roman: cvŕčak (sh) m, zríkavac (sh) m
Sicilian: agriḍḍu m
Slovak: svrček m
Slovene: črȋčək (sl) m anim, cvȓčək m anim
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: šwjerc m
Upper Sorbian: šwjerč m
Spanish: grillo (es) m
Sundanese: jangkrik
Swedish: syrsa (sv) c
Sylheti: ꠎꠤꠘꠤ ꠙꠥꠇ (zini fuk)
Tagalog: kerwe, kuliglig-lupa
Tajik: чирчирак (čirčirak)
Telugu: యిలకోడి (yilakōḍi), కీచురాయి (te) (kīcurāyi)
Thai: จิ้งหรีด (th) (jîng-rìit)
Tigrinya: ዕንጭራር (ʿənč̣ərar)
Turkish: cırcır böceği (tr)
Ukrainian: цвірку́н (uk) m (cvirkún)
Urdu: جھینگر‎ m (jhīṅgur)
Uzbek: qora chigirtka
Vietnamese: dế (vi)
Vilamovian: gryłł f
Walloon: crikion (wa) m, tchantrê (wa) m
Waray-Waray: gangis
Welsh: criciedyn m, cricsyn m
Zhuang: daekdaeq

a wooden footstool

Albanian: fron (sq)
Finnish: puurahi
Hungarian: sámli (hu)

Etymology 2

cricket (1)

Perhaps from a Flemish dialect of Dutch met de krik ketsen (“to chase a ball with a curved stick”)[1].

Noun

cricket (uncountable)

(sports) A game played outdoors with bats and a ball between two teams of eleven, popular in England and many Commonwealth countries.
(chiefly Britain, usually in negative constructions) An act that is fair and sportsmanlike.
Antonym: not cricket
- 1954, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (volume 7, page 81)
  Robbins went on, "Henry wouldn't do anything that wasn't cricket. Me, I was raised in a river ward and I'm not bothered by niceties. […]
A variant of the game of darts. See Cricket (darts).

Derived terms

backyard cricket
cricket ball
cricket bat
cricketer
cricket field
cricket ground
cricket pitch
cricket score
cricket whites
French cricket
limited overs cricket
one-day cricket
pencil cricket
pub cricket
Test cricket

Descendants

→ Afrikaans: krieket
→ Albanian: kriket
→ Arabic: الكريكت‎ (al krīkit)
→ Assamese: ক্ৰিকেট (kriket)
→ Burmese: ကရစ်ကက် (ka.rackak)
→ Catalan: criquet
→ Czech: kriket
→ Danish: kricket, cricket
→ Dutch: cricket
→ French: cricket
→ Galician: crícket
→ German: Cricket
→ Greek: κρίκετ (kríket)
→ Hebrew: קְרִיקֶט‎
→ Hindi: क्रिकेट (krikeṭ)
→ Hungarian: krikett
→ Icelandic: krikket
→ Irish: cruicéad
→ Italian: cricket
→ Japanese: クリケット (kuriketto)
→ Korean: 크리켓 (keuriket)
→ Malay: kriket
→ Pashto: کرکټ‎ (krikiṭ)
→ Persian: کریکت‎ (krekit)
→ Polish: krykiet
→ Portuguese: críquete
→ Russian: кри́кет (kríket) (see there for further descendants)
→ Scottish Gaelic: criogaid
→ Serbo-Croatian: krìket, крѝкет
→ Spanish: críquet, cricket
→ Swahili: kriketi
→ Swedish: cricket
→ Thai: คริกเก็ต (krík-gèt)
→ Urdu: کرکٹ‎ (krikiṭ)
→ Welsh: criced

Translations

game

Afrikaans: krieket (af)
Albanian: kriket
Arabic: كْرِيكِت‎ m (krikit)
Armenian: կրիկետ (hy) (kriket)
Assamese: ক্ৰিকেট খেল (kriket khel), ক্ৰিকেট (kriket)
Asturian: críquet m
Belarusian: кры́кет m (krýkjet)
Bengali: ক্রিকেট (bn) (krikeṭ)
Bulgarian: кри́кет m (kríket)
Burmese: ကရစ်ကက် (ka.rackak)
Catalan: criquet (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 木球 (muk⁶ kau⁴), 板球 (baan² kau⁴)
Mandarin: 板球 (zh) (bǎnqiú)
Cornish: krycket m
Czech: kriket m
Dutch: cricket (nl) n
Esperanto: kriketo
Estonian: kriket
Finnish: kriketti (fi)
French: cricket (fr) m
Galician: crícket
Georgian: კრიკეტი (ḳriḳeṭi)
German: Cricket (de) n, Kricket (de) n
Greek: κρίκετ (el) n (kríket)
Gujarati: ક્રિકેટ (krikeṭ)
Hausa: kur̃kèt m
Hebrew: קְרִיקֶט‎ m (kriket)
Hindi: क्रिकेट (hi) m (krikeṭ)
Hungarian: krikett (hu)
Icelandic: krikket n
Ido: kriketo (io)
Irish: cruicéad m
Italian: cricket (it) m
Japanese: クリケット (ja) (kuriketto)
Kannada: please add this translation if you can
Kazakh: крикет (kriket)
Korean: 크리켓 (ko) (keuriket)
Kyrgyz: крикет (kriket)
Latvian: krikets m
Lithuanian: kriketas m
Luxembourgish: Cricket m
Macedonian: крикет m (kriket)
Malay: kriket
Malayalam: please add this translation if you can
Marathi: क्रिकेट (mr) (krikeṭ)
Mongolian: крикет (kriket)
Norwegian: cricket m
Oriya: କ୍ରିକେଟ (krikeṭô)
Persian: کریکت‎ (fa) (kriket)
Polish: krykiet (pl) m
Portuguese: críquete (pt) m
Punjabi: please add this translation if you can
Romanian: crichet (ro) n
Russian: кри́кет (ru) m (kríket)
Sanskrit: क्रिकेट्-क्रीडा (krikeṭ-krīḍā)
Scottish Gaelic: craigear m, criogaid f
Serbo-Croatian: razor-kapija
Cyrillic: крикет m
Roman: kriket (sh) m
Sicilian: cricket m
Sinhalese: ක්‍රිකට් (si) (krikaṭ)
Slovak: kriket m
Slovene: kriket (sl) m
Spanish: críquet (es) m, cricket (es) m
Swahili: kriketi (sw)
Swedish: cricket (sv) c, kricket (sv) c
Tagalog: kriket
Tajik: крикет (kriket)
Tamil: please add this translation if you can
Telugu: క్రికెట్ (krikeṭ)
Thai: คริกเก็ต (krík-gèt)
Ukrainian: кри́кет m (krýket)
Urdu: کرکٹ‎ m (krikiṭ)
Vietnamese: crích-kê, bóng gậy
Welsh: criced (cy) m

fair and sportsmanlike act

Dutch: fair-play
Finnish: reilu (fi) (adjective), reilu peli
Italian: fair play (it) m
Swedish: fair play (sv) n, rent spel n

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Maltese: ^{(please verify)} krikkit

Verb

cricket (third-person singular simple present crickets, present participle cricketing, simple past and past participle cricketed)

(rare, intransitive) To play the game of cricket.
- 1891 May 27, "A Cricketer in Low Circumstances", The Evening News (Sydney); cited in "What do we know about the first Test cricketer?", ESPNcricinfo, 7 August 2016
  Judge: Your family is in destitute circumstances. How do you get your living?
  Bannerman: By cricketing, your Worship.

Translations

play the game of cricket

Dutch: cricketen (nl)
Swedish: spela cricket, spela kricket

Etymology 3

The etymology is unknown. A few similar words exist in Germanic languages, such as Norwegian krakk (“stool”).[2]

Alternative forms

crecket, cracket

Noun

cricket (plural crickets)

(dialectal) A wooden footstool.
- 1746, Tim Bobbin, A View of the Lancashire Dialect; by Way of Dialogue, Manchester: Josehp Harrop, page 31 in the 6th edition 1757, 13–14 in the 1797 edition:
  Heawe’er I pood o Cricket, on keaw’rt meh deawn ith Nook, o side oth' Hob

References

Chris Mason (March 2, 2009), “Cricket 'was invented in Belgium'”, in BBC News‎
“cricket”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000., where 10+ other quotes are given.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English cricket.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkrɪ.kət/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: cric‧ket

Noun

cricket n (uncountable)

cricket (sport)

Derived terms

cricketen

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English cricket.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kʁi.kɛt/

Noun

cricket m (uncountable)

cricket (sport)

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English cricket.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkri.ket/
Rhymes: -iket
Hyphenation: crìc‧ket

Noun

cricket m (uncountable)

cricket (sport)

Spanish

Noun

cricket m (uncountable)

Alternative spelling of críquet

Swedish

Alternative forms

kricket (less common)

Etymology

Borrowed from English cricket.

Noun

cricket c (uncountable)

cricket (sport)

Declension

Declension of cricket
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	cricket	cricketen	—	—
Genitive	crickets	cricketens	—	—

Derived terms

cricketboll
cricketlag
cricketmatch
cricketplan

[1] Chris Mason (March 2, 2009), “Cricket 'was invented in Belgium'”, in BBC News‎

[2] “cricket”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000., where 10+ other quotes are given.

cricket

English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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Etymology 2

Noun

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See also

Verb

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Etymology 3

Alternative forms

Noun

References

Dutch

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

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French

Etymology

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Noun

Further reading

Italian

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Spanish

Noun

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Swedish

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