From a phonetic rendering of Canadian French Cris, short for Christinaux, from either Algonquin Kirishtinó, or Cree Kenisteniwuik.
Meanings
An aboriginal nation of North America.
The Algonquian language or dialect continuum spoken by this people.
If the idea of “exotic” and complex languages with features you’ve never imagined thrills you, I guarantee you’ll get more out of studying Navajo, American Sign Language, Kikuyu, Vietnamese, Cree, Cantonese, Quechua, or Nuuchahnnulth than Quenya, Klingon, or attempting to make your own. 2023 December 30, Daniel W. Hieber, “Why I hate conlangs”, in Linguistic Discovery, archived from the original on 24 May 2024:
no cree (Algonquian language spoken by this people) · pt cree (an aboriginal nation of North America) · ru кри (Algonquian language spoken by this people) · sh кријски језик (Algonquian language spoken by this people) · de Kri (Algonquian language spoken by this people) · be кры (Algonquian language spoken by this people) · fr cri (an aboriginal nation of North America) · ar كِرِي (Algonquian language spoken by this people) · fo kri (Algonquian language spoken by this people) · ar كْرِي (Algonquian language spoken by this people) · mk кри (Algonquian language spoken by this people) · moe nehlueun (Algonquian language spoken by this people) · br kreeg (Algonquian language spoken by this people) · mr क्री (Algonquian language spoken by this people) · crk nêhiyawêwin (Algonquian language spoken by this people) · crj iyiniw (an aboriginal nation of North America) · ru кри (an aboriginal nation of North America) · moe innu (an aboriginal nation of North America) · es cree (an aboriginal nation of North America) · crm ᐃᓕᓖᒧᐎᓐ (Algonquian language spoken by this people) · nsk ᐃᔪᐤ ᐃᔨᒧᐅᓐ (Algonquian language spoken by this people) · moe ilnu (an aboriginal nation of North America) · cwd ᓃᐦᐃᖬᐑᐏᐣ (Algonquian language spoken by this people) · nl Cree (an aboriginal nation of North America) · csw ᓀᐦᐃᓇᐌᐎᐣ (Algonquian language spoken by this people) · pl Kri (an aboriginal nation of North America) · csw ᐃᓂᓃᒧᐎᓐ (Algonquian language spoken by this people) · es cree (Algonquian language spoken by this people) · de Kri-Sprache (Algonquian language spoken by this people) · cr man (an aboriginal nation of North America) · eo Krio (an aboriginal nation of North America) · cmn 克里族 (an aboriginal nation of North America) · oj omashkiigoo (an aboriginal nation of North America) · crj ᐄᔨᔫ ᐊᔨᒧᐎᓐ (Algonquian language spoken by this people) · crl ᐄᔨᔫ ᐊᔨᒨᓐ (Algonquian language spoken by this people) · sv cree (Algonquian language spoken by this people) · mr क्री (an aboriginal nation of North America) · uk мо́ва крі́ (Algonquian language spoken by this people) · cs kríjština (Algonquian language spoken by this people) · ar كْرِي (an aboriginal nation of North America) · fi creet (an aboriginal nation of North America) · cmn 克里語 (Algonquian language spoken by this people) · gl lingua cree (Algonquian language spoken by this people) · nl Cree (Algonquian language spoken by this people) · pt cree (Algonquian language spoken by this people) · qu kri simi (Algonquian language spoken by this people) · de Cree (Algonquian language spoken by this people) · ga Craíoch (an aboriginal nation of North America) · de Cree (an aboriginal nation of North America) · cwd nīhithawak (an aboriginal nation of North America) · crl iyiyiw (an aboriginal nation of North America) · ja クリー語 (Algonquian language spoken by this people) · crm ililiw (an aboriginal nation of North America) · ja クリー (an aboriginal nation of North America) · atj nêhirawisiw (an aboriginal nation of North America) · eo Kria lingvo (Algonquian language spoken by this people) · nsk ᓇᔅᑲᐱ (Algonquian language spoken by this people) · mk кри (an aboriginal nation of North America) · ga Craís (Algonquian language spoken by this people) · fi cree (Algonquian language spoken by this people) · sh krijski jezik (Algonquian language spoken by this people) · csw nêhinawak (an aboriginal nation of North America) · de Kri-Indianer (an aboriginal nation of North America) · fr cri (Algonquian language spoken by this people) · de Kri (an aboriginal nation of North America) · cr no word common to all dialects (an aboriginal nation of North America) · moe innu-aimûn (Algonquian language spoken by this people) · ar كِرِي (an aboriginal nation of North America) · atj nehirâmowin (Algonquian language spoken by this people) · crk nêhiyaw (an aboriginal nation of North America) · crj ᐄᓅ ᐊᔨᒨᓐ (Algonquian language spoken by this people) · moe ilnu-aimûn (Algonquian language spoken by this people) · lv krī valoda (Algonquian language spoken by this people)