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• IPA(key): /kɹiː/
• Rhymes: -iː

From a phonetic rendering of Canadian French Cris, short for Christinaux, from either Algonquin Kirishtinó, or Cree Kenisteniwuik.

Cree

1. An aboriginal nation of North America.
2. The Algonquian language or dialect continuum spoken by this people.
   • 2023 December 30, Daniel W. Hieber, “Why I hate conlangs”, in Linguistic Discovery‎[1], archived from the original on 24 May 2024:
     If the idea of “exotic” and complex languages with features you’ve never imagined thrills you, I guarantee you’ll get more out of studying Navajo, American Sign Language, Kikuyu, Vietnamese, Cree, Cantonese, Quechua, or Nuuchahnnulth than Quenya, Klingon, or attempting to make your own.

• Plains Cree

• Swampy Cree

• ⇒ Irish: Craís

an aboriginal nation of North America

• Arabic: كْرِي m (krī), كِرِي m (kirī)
• Chinese:
  Mandarin: 克里族 (zh) (Kèlǐzú)
• Cree: no word common to all dialects, historically reconstructed *nêhiraw and *iriniw (man) are the sources of the decedents
  Atikamekw: nêhirawisiw
  Montagnais: ilnu, innu
  Moose Cree: ililiw
  Naskapi: [Term?]
  Northern East Cree: iyiyiw pl
  Plains Cree: nêhiyaw
  Southern East Cree: iyiniw
  Swampy Cree: nêhinawak
  Woods Cree: nīhithawak pl
• Dutch: Cree (nl)
• Esperanto: Krio
• Finnish: creet (fi) pl
• French: cri (fr)
• German: Kri pl, Kri-Indianer pl, Cree (de) pl
• Irish: Craíoch m
• Japanese: クリー (Kurī)
• Macedonian: кри n (kri)
• Marathi: क्री (krī)
• Ojibwe: omashkiigoo
• Polish: Kri
• Portuguese: cree (pt) m
• Russian: кри (ru) (kri)
• Spanish: cree (es)

Algonquian language spoken by this people

• Arabic: كْرِي m (krī), كِرِي f (kirī)
• Belarusian: кры n (kry)
• Breton: kreeg
• Chinese:
  Mandarin: 克里語 (zh) (Kèlǐyǔ)
• Cree:
  Atikamekw: nehirâmowin
  Montagnais: nehlueun (Western), ilnu-aimûn (Eastern), innu-aimûn (Western)
  Moose Cree: ᐃᓕᓖᒧᐎᓐ (ililîmowin)
  Naskapi: ᐃᔪᐤ ᐃᔨᒧᐅᓐ (iyuw iyimuun), ᓇᔅᑲᐱ (naskapi) (referring to local dialect)
  Northern East Cree: ᐄᔨᔫ ᐊᔨᒨᓐ (iiyiyoo ayimoon)
  Plains Cree: nêhiyawêwin
  Southern East Cree: ᐄᓅ ᐊᔨᒨᓐ (iinoo ayimoon), ᐄᔨᔫ ᐊᔨᒧᐎᓐ (iiyiyoo ayimowin)
  Swampy Cree: ᐃᓂᓃᒧᐎᓐ (ininîmowin) (Eastern), ᓀᐦᐃᓇᐌᐎᐣ (nēhinawēwin) (Western)
  Woods Cree: ᓃᐦᐃᖬᐑᐏᐣ (nīhithawīwin)
• Czech: kríjština f
• Dutch: Cree (nl) n
• Esperanto: Kria lingvo
• Faroese: kri n
• Finnish: cree (fi)
• French: cri (fr) m
• Galician: lingua cree f
• German: Kri n, Kri-Sprache f, Cree (de) n
• Irish: Craís f
• Japanese: クリー語 (ja) (kurī-go)
• Latvian: krī valoda
• Macedonian: кри n (kri)
• Marathi: क्री f (krī)
• Norwegian: cree
• Portuguese: cree (pt) m
• Quechua: kri simi
• Russian: кри (ru) m (kri)
• Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: кријски језик m
  Latin: krijski jezik m
• Spanish: cree (es) m
• Swedish: cree (sv)
• Ukrainian: мо́ва крі́ f (móva krí)

Cree (plural Crees or **Cree)

1. A member of this people.

• ⇒ Irish: Craíoch
• Category:Cree language
• Knisteneaux

Cree

1. A river in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland, which flows into the Solway Firth and Irish Sea.

• Creetown

Cree

1. A surname.

• ISO 639-1 code cr, ISO 639-3 code cre (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Cree, cre ⁠, a macrolanguage including:
• cere