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5-letter words (4 found)

CODER,CORED,CREDO,DECOR,

4-letter words (14 found)

CERO,CODE,COED,CORD,CORE,CRED,DECO,DERO,DOER,DORE,ECOD,REDO,RODE,ROED,

3-letter words (16 found)

COD,COR,DOC,DOE,DOR,ECO,ODE,ORC,ORD,ORE,REC,RED,REO,ROC,ROD,ROE,

2-letter words (8 found)

DE,DO,ED,ER,OD,OE,OR,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 43 words from credo according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

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credo rcedo cerdo ecrdo recdo ercdo crdeo rcdeo cdreo dcreo rdceo drceo cedro ecdro cdero dcero edcro decro redco erdco rdeco dreco edrco derco creod rceod cerod ecrod recod ercod croed rcoed cored ocred roced orced ceord ecord coerd ocerd eocrd oecrd reocd erocd roecd orecd eorcd oercd crdoe rcdoe cdroe dcroe rdcoe drcoe crode rcode corde ocrde rocde orcde cdore dcore codre ocdre docre odcre rdoce droce rodce ordce dorce odrce cedor ecdor cdeor dceor edcor decor ceodr ecodr coedr ocedr eocdr oecdr cdoer dcoer coder ocder docer odcer edocr deocr eodcr oedcr doecr odecr redoc erdoc rdeoc dreoc edroc deroc reodc erodc roedc oredc eordc oerdc rdoec droec rodec ordec dorec odrec edorc deorc eodrc oedrc doerc oderc

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Definitions and meaning of credo

credo

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English credo, from Old French credo, from Latin crēdō (“I believe”); doublet of creed.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɹidəʊ/, /ˈkɹeɪdəʊ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɹidoʊ/, /ˈkɹeɪdoʊ/
  • Hyphenation: cre‧do
  • Rhymes: -iːdəʊ

Noun

credo (plural credos or credoes)

  1. A statement of a belief or a summary statement of a whole belief system; also (metonymically) the belief or belief system itself.
  2. (Christianity) The liturgical creed (usually the Nicene Creed), or a musical arrangement of it for use in church services.

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

  • “credo”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “credo”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

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

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch crede, credo, borrowed from Latin crēdō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkreː.doː/
  • Hyphenation: cre‧do
  • Rhymes: -eːdoː

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkre.do/
  • Rhymes: -edo
  • Hyphenation: cré‧do

Etymology 1

From Latin credō.

Noun

credo m (plural credi)

  1. creed

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

credo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of credere
    Credo. ― I believe.

Anagrams

  • cedro, cedrò, corde, crode

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *krezðō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱred-dʰeh₁-ti (“to place one's heart, i.e. to trust, believe”), compound phrase of oblique case form of *ḱḗr (“heart”) (whence also Latin cor) and *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”) (whence -dō (“put”)).

Cognates include Sanskrit श्रद्दधाति (śrad-√dhā, “to trust, believe”) and Old Irish creitid (“believes”, verb).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkreː.doː/, [ˈkreːd̪oː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkre.do/, [ˈkrɛːd̪o]

Verb

crēdō (present infinitive crēdere, perfect active crēdidī, supine crēditum); third conjugation

  1. (with accusative or dative) to believe, to trust in, to give credence to
  2. to confide in, have confidence in
    Synonyms: cōnfīdō, fīdō
    Antonyms: diffīdō, suspiciō
  3. to think, imagine, suppose, assume
    Synonyms: cēnseō, iūdicō, putō, cōgitō, sentiō, exīstimō, arbitror, opīnor, reor
  4. to commit or consign something to one for preservation, protection, etc., to entrust to one
  5. to lend, to loan

Usage notes

  • Crēdō 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: Crēdō in ūnum Deum = "I believe in one God".

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Balkan Romance:
    • Aromanian: cred
    • Romanian: crede
  • Dalmatian:
    • credro
  • Italo-Romance:
    • Corsican: crede, creda
      Gallurese: cridé
      Sassarese: cridì
    • Italian: credere
    • Neapolitan: credere
    • Sicilian: crìdiri
  • Western Romance of N. Italy:
    • Gallo-Italic:
      • Ligurian: crédde
      • Lombard: cred, credir, creiar, creir
      • Piedmontese: chërde, crèje, creire, crése, cherzì
    • Friulian: crodi
    • Istriot: crido
    • Romansch: crair, crer, creir, crajer
    • Venetian: crédar, créder
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Catalan: creure
    • Franco-Provençal: crêre
    • Old French: croire (see there for further descendants)
    • Gascon: créder, créger, crer
    • Old Occitan: creire, creser, crey, creyer, crer
      • Languedocien: creire, créser
      • Limousin: creure
  • Ibero-Romance:
    • Navarro-Aragonese: creder, creer, creyer
      • Aragonese: creyer, crier, creder; creure (Ribagorçan)
    • Old Leonese: [Term?]
      • Asturian: creyer
      • Extremaduran: creel
      • Leonese: creyere
      • Mirandese: crer
    • Old Galician-Portuguese: creer
      • Galician: crer
      • Portuguese: crer
    • Old Spanish: creyer, creer
      • Spanish: creer
  • Insular Romance:
    • Sardinian: crèdere, crèere, crei, crèiri, crere

Borrowings based on the phrase crēdō in Deum (“I believe in God”) in the Nicene Creed:

  • → Catalan: credo
  • → Czech: krédo
  • → Middle Dutch: crēdō, crēde
    • Dutch: credo
      • → Indonesian: kredo
  • → Old English: crēda, crēdo
    • Middle English: crede
      • English: creed
      • Scots: creed
  • → Franco-Provençal: crédô
  • → Old French: credo
    • Middle French: credo
      • French: credo
    • → Middle English: credo
      • English: credo
  • → Middle High German: crēdō
    • German: Credo
  • → Hungarian: krédó
  • → Italian: credo
  • → Old Norse: credo
    • Icelandic: credo
    • Old Swedish: credo
      • Swedish: credo
    • Old Danish: credo
      • Danish: credo
  • → Old Occitan: credo
    • Occitan: credo
  • → Polish: credo
  • → Portuguese: credo
  • → Spanish: credo

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 Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
  • 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

Middle English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French credo, from Latin crēdō (“I believe”) in the Nicene Creed or Apostle's Creed. Doublet of crede.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkrɛːdɔː/

Noun

credo (uncountable)

  1. The Nicene Creed or Apostle's Creed.

Descendants

  • English: credo

References

  • “crēdō, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old English

Noun

crēda m

  1. crēda

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin crēdō (“I believe”) in the Nicene Creed or Apostle's Creed.

Noun

credo oblique singular, m (nominative singular credo)

  1. The Nicene Creed or Apostle's Creed.

Descendants

  • Middle French: credo
    • French: credo
  • → Middle English: credo
    • English: credo

References

  • Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “crēdĕre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 1306

Polish

Alternative forms

  • kredo

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin crēdō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkrɛ.dɔ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛdɔ
  • Syllabification: cre‧do
  • Homophone: kredo

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 słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • credo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin credō (“to believe”). Doublet of creio.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: cre‧do

Noun

credo m (plural credos)

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

Related terms

Interjection

credo!

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin credo.

Noun

credo n (uncountable)

  1. credo (belief system)

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin credō (“to believe”). Doublet of creo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɾedo/ [ˈkɾe.ð̞o]
  • Rhymes: -edo
  • Syllabification: cre‧do

Noun

credo m (plural credos)

  1. (religion) creed

Related terms

Further reading

  • “credo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

  • cedro, cerdo

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkrɛdɔ/
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkreːdɔ/, /ˈkrɛdɔ/

Verb

credo

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

Mutation


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