cri
Portuguese, interjection/ˈkɾi/
cri is spelled C-R-I (3 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 28,488th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cri is a Portuguese interjection meaning “represents the chirp of a cricket” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular preterite indicative of crer.
What does cri mean in English?
interjection
- 1
represents the chirp of a cricket
verb
- 1
first-person singular preterite indicative of crer
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. povo indígena da América do Norte, que habitava desde as montanhas Rochosas até o oceano Atlântico, tanto nos Estados Unidos da América quanto no Canadá 2. língua falada pelo povo cri
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cri
- cri cri alternative
- cri cri cri alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cri?
- Brazil /ˈkɾi/
- Portugal /ˈkɾi/
- /ˈkɾi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cri in Portuguese?
cri appears 1.3 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).