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credo

See also: crédo and čredo

English

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Etymology

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

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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.
    credo quia absurdum
    • 2019 May 19, Alex McLevy, “The final Game Of Thrones brings a pensive but simple meditation about stories (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club‎[1], archived from the original on 22 May 2019:
      “You’re either with me or you’re against me” became Dany’s credo, and those against her were an ever-changing multitude to be determined solely by her whims.
  2. (Christianity) The liturgical creed (usually the Nicene Creed), or a musical arrangement of it for use in church services.
    Credo III is so beautiful!
    • 1996, Pastoral Music, volume 21, page 12:
      Until the mid-1970s, however, most Catholic hymnals contained at least one musical setting of the creed […] By the 1980s hymnals having sung credos were mainly those devoted to "traditional" styles of church music […]

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English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱerd- (0 c, 39 e)

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Dutch

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Etymology

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

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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

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  • → Indonesian: kredo

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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From Latin credō.

Noun

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credo m (plural credi)

  1. creed

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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credo

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

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Latin

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Etymology

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    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”)).[1]

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

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    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. 200 BCE – 190 BCE, Plautus, Captivi 3.4:
        Tune huic credis?
        Do you believe him?
      • c. 200 BCE – 190 BCE, Plautus, Captivi 3.4:
        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. 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
      • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.500–502:
        Nōn tamen Anna novīs praetexere fūnera sacrīs / germānam crēdit, nec tantōs mente furōrēs / concipit [...].
        Yet Anna cannot imagine [that] her sister [Dido], by [these] unusual rituals, conceals her [own] funeral preparations, nor does such insanity come to mind [...].
      • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 1.518:
        quis tantum fātī crēdat habēre locum?
        Who could imagine the place to have so great a destiny?
    4. to commit or consign something to one for preservation, protection, etc., to entrust to one
    5. to lend, to loan

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    • 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

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       Conjugation of crēdō (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 crēditūrum esse crēdī crēditum esse crēditum īrī
    participles crēdēns — crēditūrus — crēditus crēdendus,
    crēdundus
    verbal nouns gerund supine
    genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
    crēdendī crēdendō crēdendum crēdendō crēditum crēditū

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

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    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, →ISBN, pages 141-142

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    • “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.
      • 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)‎[3], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

    Middle English

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    Etymology

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

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    credo (uncountable)

    1. The Nicene Creed or Apostle's Creed.

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    Old English

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    crēda m

    1. crēda

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    Etymology

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

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    credo oblique singular, m (nominative singular credo)

    1. The Nicene Creed or Apostle's Creed.

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    Polish

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    Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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    Etymology

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    Unadapted borrowing from Latin crēdō.

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    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)

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

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    Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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    Etymology

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

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    • Hyphenation: cre‧do

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    credo m (plural credos)

    1. (religion) creed; credo (a religious belief system)
      Synonyms: crença, religião
      Antonym: descrença
      O credo cristão.
      The Christian creed.
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    credo!

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

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Latin credo.

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    credo n (uncountable)

    1. credo (belief system)

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    singular only indefinite definite
    nominative-accusative credo credoul
    genitive-dative credo credoului
    vocative credoule

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    Etymology

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

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

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    credo m (plural credos)

    1. (religion) creed
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    Welsh

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    credo

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

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    Mutated forms of credo
    radical soft nasal aspirate
    credo gredo nghredo chredo

    Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
    All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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