krik

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

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• Rhymes: -ɪk

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

1. jack (mechanical device for lifting heavy machinery)

• opkrikken

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

krik n (definite plural kriki)

1. cattle

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

• IPA^(key): /krîk/

krȉk m (Cyrillic spelling кри̏к)

1. scream, cry

From Proto-Slavic *krȋkъ.

• IPA^(key): /kríːk/

krȋk m inan

1. cry

krik

1. rifle

• 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

krik (nominative plural kriks)

1. cricket