creu

See also: créu and creü

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [ˈkɾɛw]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˈkɾəw]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈkɾew]
  • Audio (Catalonia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛw

Etymology 1

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

Noun

creu f (plural creus)

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

Etymology 2

Verb

creu

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

References

Galician

Verb

creu

  1. third-person singular preterite indicative of crer

Middle French

Verb

creu

  1. past participle of croistre

Old French

Verb

creu

  1. past participle of croire

Portuguese

Pronunciation

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

Verb

creu

  1. third-person singular preterite indicative of crer

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh creu, from Latin creō.

Pronunciation

Verb

creu (first-person singular present creaf)

  1. (transitive) to create

Conjugation

Conjugation of creu (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future creaf crei 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

Mutation

Mutated forms of creu
radical soft nasal aspirate
creu greu nghreu chreu

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.