cry
English
/kɹaɪ̯/
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) To shed a shed tears; to weep.
- (transitive) To utter loudly; to call out; to declare publicly.
- (ambitransitive) To shout, scream, yell.
- (intransitive) To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals do.
- (transitive) To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping.
- To make oral and public proclamation of; to notify or advertise by outcry, especially things lost or found, goods to be sold, etc.
- Hence, to publish the banns of, as for marriage.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English crien derived from Old French crier (shout, proclaim, cry out, cry, scream, announce publicly) derived from Frankish *krītan (cry out, proclaim, shout, scream, cry, publish) derived from Proto-Germanic *krītaną (shout, cry out) derived from Proto-Indo-European *greyd- (shout).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*greyd-
Gloss
shout
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aim-crier English
- baby English
- becry English
- catch English
- catchcry English
- countercry English
- crier English
- criest English
- crieth English
- crybaby English
- cryfest English
- cryful English
- crying English
- cryingly English
- crysome English
- forecrier English
- forecry English
- gale English
- greet English
- midcry English
- outcrier English
- outcry English
- uncrying English
- undercry English
- *crido Latin
- conqueror Latin
- crīdāre Latin
- crīdō Latin
- gingrio Latin
- querimonia Latin
- queror Latin
- quirītō Latin
- Kreißsaal German
- kreißen German
- gridare Italian
- bekrijten Dutch, Flemish
- krijten Dutch, Flemish
- écrier French
- gritar Spanish, Castilian
- gritón Spanish, Castilian
- *greyd- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱwes- Proto-Indo-European
- gråte Norwegian Bokmål
- gritar Portuguese
- *galaną Proto-Germanic
- *grētaną Proto-Germanic
- *hraumaz Proto-Germanic
- *krītaną Proto-Germanic
- gråta Norwegian Nynorsk
- begrætan Old English
- galan Old English
- grētan Old English
- grǣtan Old English
- hremig Old English
- hrēam Old English
- hrȳman Old English
- crien Middle English
- cryer Middle English
- galen Middle English
- greten Middle English
- outcry Middle English
- rem Middle English
- remen Middle English
- undercryen Middle English
- gráta Old Norse
- grátinn Old Norse
- hóa Old Norse
- græde Danish
- criement Old French
- crier Old French
- descrier Old French
- escrier Old French
- havok Old French
- gráta Icelandic
- criten Middle Dutch
- *krīzan Old High German
- gráta Faroese
- crier Norman
- krīzen Middle High German
- crier Middle French
- *galan gmw-pro
- *crītan Old Dutch
- krîten Middle Low German
- *krītan Old Saxon
- grata Old Swedish
- grāta, grata Old Swedish
- hoo Westrobothnian
- *krītan Frankish
- *krīta Old Frisian
- krieten German Low German
- gridar, cridar Old Spanish
- karai Tok Pisin
- krai Tok Pisin
- kriete Saterland Frisian
- grita Kabuverdianu
- cly Chinook Jargon