credo

See also: crédo and čredo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin crēdō (“I believe”); see creed.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: cre‧do

Noun

credo (plural credos)

  1. A belief system.

Translations

Further reading

  • credo in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • credo in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkreː.doː/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: cre‧do

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

Italian

Etymology

From Latin credo.

Noun

credo m (plural credi)

  1. creed

Verb

credo

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

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *krezdō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱred dʰeh₁- (“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 also Latin faciō).[1]

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

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkreː.doː/
  • Audio (Classical)(file)

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.
    • c. 254 BCE – 184 BCE, Plautus, Captivi
      Tune huic credis?
      Do you believe him?
    • c. 254 BCE – 184 BCE, Plautus, Captivi
      Aristophontes: Quid tu autem? Etiam huic credis?
      Hegio: Quid ego credam huic?
      Aristophontes: Insanum esse me?
      Aristophontes: How’s this? You, too? Do you actually believe him?
      Hegio: Believe him in what?
      Aristophontes: That I’m insane?
  2. confide in, have confidence in.
  3. I commit, consign, entrust to.

Usage notes

  • Crēdō often uses dative case with persons believed in, but accusative case with things or concepts believed in. Accusative usage may be accompanied by a preposition: crēdimus in Deum = "we believe in God".

Inflection

   Conjugation of credo (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present crēdō crēdis crēdit crēdimus crēditis crēdunt
imperfect crēdēbam crēdēbās crēdēbat crēdēbāmus crēdēbātis crēdēbant
future crēdam crēdēs crēdet crēdēmus crēdētis crēdent
perfect crēdidī crēdidistī crēdidit crēdidimus crēdidistis crēdidērunt, crēdidēre
pluperfect crēdideram crēdiderās crēdiderat crēdiderāmus crēdiderātis crēdiderant
future perfect crēdiderō crēdideris crēdiderit crēdiderimus crēdideritis crēdiderint
passive present crēdor crēderis, crēdere crēditur crēdimur crēdiminī crēduntur
imperfect crēdēbar crēdēbāris, crēdēbāre crēdēbātur crēdēbāmur crēdēbāminī crēdēbantur
future crēdar crēdēris, crēdēre crēdētur crēdēmur crēdēminī crēdentur
perfect crēditus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect crēditus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect crēditus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present crēdam crēdās crēdat crēdāmus crēdātis crēdant
imperfect crēderem crēderēs crēderet crēderēmus crēderētis crēderent
perfect crēdiderim crēdiderīs crēdiderit crēdiderīmus crēdiderītis crēdiderint
pluperfect crēdidissem crēdidissēs crēdidisset crēdidissēmus crēdidissētis crēdidissent
passive present crēdar crēdāris, crēdāre crēdātur crēdāmur crēdāminī crēdantur
imperfect crēderer crēderēris, crēderēre crēderētur crēderēmur crēderēminī crēderentur
perfect crēditus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect crēditus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — crēde — — crēdite —
future — crēditō crēditō — crēditōte crēduntō
passive present — crēdere — — crēdiminī —
future — crēditor crēditor — — crēduntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives crēdere crēdidisse crēditūrus esse crēdī crēditus esse crēditum īrī
participles crēdēns — crēditūrus — crēditus crēdendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
crēdere crēdendī crēdendō crēdendum crēditum crēditū

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “crēdō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 141-142
  • 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 Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • I am gradually convinced that..: addūcor, ut credam
    • I cannot make myself believe that..: non possum adduci, ut (credam)
    • we believe in the existence of a God: deum esse credimus
    • to lend some one money (without interest): pecuniam alicui credere (sine fenore, usuris)
    • believe me: mihi crede (not crede mihi)
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin credō (“I believe”).

Pronunciation

Noun

credo m (plural credos)

  1. (religion) creed; credo (a religious belief system)
    O credo cristão.
    The Christian creed.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Interjection

credo!

  1. ew! (expression of disgust or nausea)
  2. Jesus! (expression of unpleasant surprise)

Synonyms

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin credō (“I believe”).

Noun

credo m (plural credos)

  1. (religion) creed
  2. (pray) Creed

Anagrams

Welsh

Pronunciation

Verb

credo

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

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
credo gredo nghredo chredo
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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