krik

See also: krík, křik, and křík

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French cric, from Middle French cric, from Middle High German kriec (“jack, winch”).

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪk

Noun

krik f or m (plural krikken, diminutive krikje n)

1. jack (mechanical device for lifting heavy machinery)

Derived terms

• opkrikken

Gutnish

Etymology

From kräka (“to crawl”); cognate with Danish kræ, Scanian kræg, Swedish kräk, Norwegian krek.

Noun

krik n (definite plural kriki)

1. cattle

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *krȋkъ, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreik-, ultimately of onomatopoeic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krîːk/

Noun

krȉk m (Cyrillic spelling кри̏к)

1. scream, cry

Declension

Declension of krik

	singular	plural
nominative	krik	krici / krikovi
genitive	krika	krika / krikova
dative	kriku	kricima / krikovima
accusative	krik	krike / krikove
vocative	kriče	krici / krikovi
locative	kriku	kricima / krikovima
instrumental	krikom	kricima / krikovima

Further reading

• “krik”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
• “krik”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *krȋkъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kríːk/

Noun

krȋk m inan

1. cry

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	krík
gen. sing.	kríka
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	krík	kríka	kríki
genitive (rodȋlnik)	kríka	kríkov	kríkov
dative (dajȃlnik)	kríku	kríkoma	kríkom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	krík	kríka	kríke
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	kríku	kríkih	kríkih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	kríkom	kríkoma	kríki

Further reading

• “krik”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “krik”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Teribe

Noun

krik

1. rifle

References

• Gamarra A., Enrique, Villagra S., Inocencio (1980) Llëbo ñaglo lok kibokwogo ëre e lanyo = Vocabulario ilustrado teribe-español‎^[1] (overall work in Teribe and Spanish), Instituto Nacional de Cultura & Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 95

Volapük

Noun

krik (nominative plural kriks)

1. cricket

Declension

Declension of krik

	singular	plural
nominative	krik	kriks
genitive	krika	krikas
dative	krike	krikes
accusative	kriki	krikis
vocative 1	o krik!	o kriks!
predicative 2	kriku	krikus

¹ status as a case is disputed
² in later, non-classical Volapük only