cris
French, noun
cris is spelled C-R-I-S (4 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written French, the 4,746th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cris is a French masculine noun meaning “plural of cri” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Cris is a different word: “plural of Cri; masculine of Cries; masculine plural of Crie”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Poignard malais dont la lame est parfois ondulée”.
What does cris mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineplural of cri
adjective
- 1
plural of cri; masculine plural of crie; masculine of cries
noun
- 1
plural of Cri; masculine of Cries; masculine plural of Crie
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nation amérindienne établie au Canada, du nord du Québec à l’Alberta, de la grande famille des Algonquiens.
noun: 1. Poignard malais dont la lame est parfois ondulée.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cris
- criss plural
- kriss
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is cris in French?
cris appears 15 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).