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Yes. The word cria is a Scrabble US word. The word cria is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

C3R1I1A1

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Yes. The word cria is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

C3R1I1A1

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4-letter words (1 found)

CRIA,

3-letter words (5 found)

AIR,ARC,CAR,RAI,RIA,

2-letter words (2 found)

AI,AR,

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Definitions and meaning of cria

cria

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cría (“kid; pup; cria”).

Noun

cria (plural crias)

  1. A young South American camelid (llama, vicuna, guanaco or alpaca).

Anagrams

  • ACIR, AICR, Acri, CAIR, CIRA, Cira, Crai, arci, cair

Catalan

Etymology 1

From criar (“to raise”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈkɾi.ə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈkɾi.a]

Noun

cria f (plural cries)

  1. upbringing, raising
  2. offspring
  3. young (baby animal)
Derived terms
  • esgarriacries

Further reading

  • “cria”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
  • “cria”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
  • “cria” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “cria” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Etymology 2

Verb

cria

  1. inflection of criar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Cornish

Verb

cria

  1. to cry, to call
  2. to call, to name

French

Pronunciation

Verb

cria

  1. third-person singular past historic of crier

Anagrams

  • cari, cira

Galician

Verb

cria

  1. (reintegrationist norm) first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of crer
  2. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of criar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Gallurese

Etymology

Likely a borrowing from Sardinian cria (“brooding; parturition; childbirth”), deverbal from Logudorese criare and Campidanese criai (“to lay eggs; to give birth”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkria/

Noun

cria f (plural crii)

  1. (collective) clutch, sitting (of eggs)
  2. (collective) litter (animals born in one birth)

References

  • Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkʲrʲi.a]

Verb

·crïa

  1. third-person singular present subjunctive conjunct of crenaid

Mutation

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -iɐ
  • Hyphenation: cri‧a

Etymology 1

From criar (“to rear; to raise”).

Noun

cria f (plural crias)

  1. young; offspring (a young animal, especially one that still depends on its mother)
  2. (familiar) kid; young'un (a person’s son or daughter)
  3. someone who is raised by a family but is not their biological child; a ward or an adoptee
  4. (agriculture) livestock (farm animals being raised)
    Synonym: criação

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cria

  1. inflection of criar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cria

  1. first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of crer

Sardinian

Etymology

Deverbal, from Logudorese criare and Campidanese criai (“to lay an egg; to give birth”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkria/

Noun

cria f (plural crias)

  1. (Logudorese, Nuorese, Campidanese) brooding, incubating
  2. (Logudorese, transferred sense) parturition, labour (of animals, especially sheep)
  3. (Logudorese, transferred sense, humorous or derogatory) childbirth
    1. (with an adjective) family, lineage, descent
      de mala cria ― bad-blooded, of bad blood (literally, “[coming] from a bad family”)

Descendants

  • →? Gallurese: cria
  • →? Sassarese: crea

References

  • Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg
  • Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

Sassarese

Pronunciation

  • (Sedini) IPA(key): /ˈkria/

Noun

cria f (plural crii)

  1. (dialectal) alternative form of crea (“clutch (of eggs); litter”)

References

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɾja/ [ˈkɾja]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: cria

Verb

cria

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of criar

Source: wiktionary.org