English

Noun

credo ‎(plural credos)

1. A belief system.

Related terms

• credible
• credibility
• credit
• creditable
• creditor
• credence
• credential
• creed

Translations

External links

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

Anagrams

• coder
• cored
• decor

Italian

Noun

credo m ‎(plural credi)

1. creed

Verb

credo

1. first-person singular present indicative of credere

   Credo. — I believe

Anagrams

• cedro, cedrò, corde, crode

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *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/

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

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “credo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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

From Latin credō ‎(“I believe”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾɛ.ðu/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾɛ.du/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾɛ.do/

Noun

credo m (plural credos)

1. (religion) creed; credo (a religious belief system)

   O credo cristão.‎

   The Christian creed.

Synonyms

• (creed): crença, religião

Antonyms

• (creed): descrença

Related terms

• crer, acreditar, crédito, credência, creditado, crédulo

Interjection

credo!

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

Synonyms

• (ew!): eca
• (Jesus!): nossa, Jesus

Spanish

Noun

credo m ‎(plural credos)

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

Anagrams

• cedro, cerdo