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credo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cr?d? (I believe); see creed.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /?k?ido?/
  • Hyphenation: cre?do
  • Rhymes: -i?d??

Noun

credo (plural credos or credoes)

  1. A belief system.
  2. (Christianity) The liturgical creed (usually the Nicene Creed), or a musical arrangement of it for use in church services.
    • 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 []

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Translations

Further reading

  • credo in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • credo in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

  • Coder, OCRed, coder, cored, decor, décor

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch crede, credo, borrowed from Latin cr?d?.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?kre?.do?/
  • Hyphenation: cre?do
  • Rhymes: -e?do?

Noun

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

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

Derived terms

  • credobord
  • credo-tekst

Descendants

  • ? Indonesian: kredo

Italian

Etymology

From Latin cred?.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?kre.do/

Noun

credo m (plural credi)

  1. creed

Verb

credo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of credere

Anagrams

  • cedro, cedrò, corde, crode

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *krezð?, from Proto-Indo-European *?red d?eh?- (to place one's heart, i.e. to trust, believe), compound phrase of oblique case form of *??r (heart) (whence also Latin cor) and *d?eh?- (to put, place, set) (whence also Latin faci?).

Cognates include Sanskrit ?????????? (?rad-?dh?, to trust, believe) and Old Irish creitid (believes, verb).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /?kre?.do?/, [?k?e?d?o?]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?kre.do/, [?k???d??]

Verb

cr?d? (present infinitive cr?dere, perfect active cr?did?, supine cr?ditum); third conjugation

  1. (with accusative or dative) I believe, I trust in, I give credence to.
  2. I confide in, have confidence in.
  3. I commit, consign, entrust to.
  4. I lend, I loan

Usage notes

  • Cr?d? 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: Cr?d? in unum Deum = "I believe in one God".

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • 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 Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)?[3], Leiden, Boston: Brill, ?ISBN

Polish

Alternative forms

  • kredo

Etymology

From Latin cr?d?.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?kr?.d?/

Noun

credo n (indeclinable)

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

Further reading

  • credo in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
  • credo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cred? (I believe).

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /?k??.ðu/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /?k??.du/
  • (South Brazil) IPA(key): /?k??.do/

Noun

credo m (plural credos)

  1. (religion) creed; credo (a religious belief system)
    Synonyms: crença, religião

Antonyms

  • (creed): descrença

Related terms

  • crer, acreditar, crédito, credência, creditado, crédulo

Interjection

credo!

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cred? (to believe). Doublet of creo.

Noun

credo m (plural credos)

  1. (religion) creed

Related terms

  • creer

Anagrams

  • cedro, cerdo

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /?kr?d?/
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /?kre?d?/, /?kr?d?/

Verb

credo

  1. (literary) third-person singular present subjunctive of credu

Mutation

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credit

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French crédit (belief, trust), from Latin cr?ditum (a loan, credit), neuter of cr?ditus, past participle of cr?dere (to believe). The verb is from the noun.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?k??d?t/
  • Rhymes: -?d?t

Verb

credit (third-person singular simple present credits, present participle crediting, simple past and past participle credited)

  1. (transitive) To believe; to put credence in.
    Synonyms: accept, believe
  2. (transitive, accounting) To add to an account.
    Antonym: debit
  3. (transitive) To acknowledge the contribution of.
  4. (transitive) To bring honour or repute upon; to do credit to; to raise the estimation of.
    • You credit the church as much by your government as you did the school formerly by your wit.

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Translations

Noun

credit (countable and uncountable, plural credits)

  1. Reliance on the truth of something said or done; faith; trust.
    • When Jonathan and the people heard these words they gave no credit into them, nor received them.
  2. (uncountable) Recognition and respect.
    • 1782, William Cowper, The Diverting History of John Gilpin
      John Gilpin was a citizen / Of credit and renown.
  3. (countable) Acknowledgement of a contribution, especially in the performing arts.
  4. (television/film, usually in the plural) Written titles and other information about the TV program or movie shown at the beginning and/or end of the TV program or movie.
  5. (uncountable, law, business, finance) A privilege of delayed payment extended to a buyer or borrower on the seller's or lender's belief that what is given will be repaid.
  6. The time given for payment for something sold on trust.
  7. (uncountable, US) A person's credit rating or creditworthiness, as represented by their history of borrowing and repayment (or non payment).
  8. (accounting) An addition to certain accounts; the side of an account on which payments received are entered.
  9. (tax accounting) A reduction in taxes owed, or a refund for excess taxes paid.
  10. A source of value, distinction or honour.
    • 1836, Henry Francis Cary, The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope., The Author's Preface
      I published, because I was told I might please such as it was a credit to please.
  11. An arbitrary unit of value, often used in fictive or virtual currencies.
  12. (uncountable) Recognition for having taken a course (class).
  13. (countable) A course credit, a credit hour – used as measure if enough courses have been taken for graduation.

Synonyms

  • (course credit, credit hour): unit

Derived terms

Related terms

  • credible

Translations

References

  • credit at OneLook Dictionary Search
  • credit in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
  • credit in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

  • direct, triced

Latin

Verb

cr?dit

  1. third-person singular present active indicative of cr?d?

Romanian

Etymology

From French crédit.

Noun

credit n (plural credite)

  1. credit

Declension


Welsh

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /?kr?d?t/
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /?kre?d?t/, /?kr?d?t/

Verb

credit (literary)

  1. second-person singular imperfect/conditional of credu

Noun

credit m (plural creditau)

  1. Alternative form of credyd (credit)

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