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Definition: Credo |
CredoNoun1. Any system of principles or beliefs. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "credo" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| EU-Phare Credo | English | EU-Phare Credo programme - Cross-border cooperation between Central European countries | Economics |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: CredoSynonym: creed (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Credulity | Phrase: the wish the father to the thought; credo quia impossibile; all is not gold that glitters; no es oro todo lo que reluce; omne ignotum pro magnifico. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Credo |
| English words defined with "credo": believe. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Credo" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (belief, credo, creed), Italian (credo, creed, I believe, persuasion), Latin (accept as true, be sure, believe, commit, commit / trust in, confide, consign, creed, entrust, give credit, I believe, lend to, make loans, rely on, rely on/ think, suppose, think, to believe, to believe /trust, trust, trust in), Portuguese (credo, creed, shame), Romanian (credo, creed), Spanish (belief, credo, creed, faith), Welsh (belief, creed). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Their credo is to sow discord and to kill the unwary. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Io credo (1973) Non è vero... ma ci credo (1952) Credo ou la tragédie de Lourdes (1924) L' Unica legge in cui credo (1976) | |
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| "Credo" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 88.14% of the time. "Credo" is used about 59 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 88.14% | 52 | 47,145 |
| Noun (proper) | 10.17% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Unclassified Items | 1.69% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 59 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "credo" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Credo | Last name | 100 | 86,430 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name |
| USA | Credo Petroleum Corporation |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expression using "credo": credo quia impossibile. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "credo": Credo-bit, credo-planning. | |
Ending with "credo": anti-credo. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
credo | 108 | credo group | 2 |
el credo | 20 | 325 concilio credo dc de niceno nicéia | 2 |
credo mutwa | 17 | apostolico credo | 2 |
credo mr | 13 | credo de discrimination internacionales organizaciones | 2 |
credo johnson johnson | 7 | credo support | 2 |
catolico credo | 4 | blade credo | 2 |
connect credo world | 4 | credo programmer | 2 |
credo petroleum | 3 | credo navy | 2 |
credo humidifier | 3 | credo david icke mutwa | 2 |
credo personal | 3 | credo empresa | 2 |
credo iffa | 2 | constantinopolitano credo niceno | 2 |
credo cigar | 2 | ||
constantinopolitano credo niceno | 2 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "credo"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | kredo (creed), besim (belief, confidence, credence, credit, creed, denomination, dependence, dogma, doxy, expectation, faith, hope, reliance, religion, trust). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | عقيدة (belief, confession, doctrine, dogma, tenet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | символ на вярата (creed), кредо (creed, symbol). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | krédo (creed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | EU-Phare Credo-programmet for grænseoverskridende samarbejde mellem centraleuropæiske lande (EU-Phare Credo, EU-Phare Credo programme - Cross-border cooperation between Central European countries). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | EU-Phare Credo-programma - Grensoverschrijdende samenwerking tussen de landen van Midden-Europa (EU-Phare Credo, EU-Phare Credo programme - Cross-border cooperation between Central European countries). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | عقیده (Advice, Belief, Concept, Creed, Doctrine, Faith, Impression, Ism, Opinion, Tenet, Thought, View, Viewpoint), ایمان (Belief, Faith, Trust). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | Euroopan unionin Phare-ohjelmaan kuuluva Credo-ohjelma - Keski- ja Itä-Euroopan maiden välinen raja-alueyhteistyö (EU-Phare Credo, EU-Phare Credo programme - Cross-border cooperation between Central European countries). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | credo (creed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | kredo (creed), glaubensbekenntnis (creed, profession). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πίστη (allegiance, belief, conviction, credence, credit, creed, faith, loyalty, loyalty to, trust, trustfulness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | א י מאמין (creed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | hiszekegy (creed), krédó (creed), hitvallás (confession, creed, faith, profession of faith). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | paham (concept), kepercayaan (credence, credibility, reliance, trust). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | credo (creed, I believe, persuasion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | edocray credo (creed, shame). (various references) credo (creed). (various references) убеждения. (various references) kredo. (various references) credo (belief, creed, faith). (various references) EU-Phares Credoprogram - Gränsöverskridande samarbete mellan centraleuropeiska länder (EU-Phare Credo, EU-Phare Credo programme - Cross-border cooperation between Central European countries). (various references) inanç (affiance, belief, confidence, conscience, conviction, credence, creed, cult, dogma, faith, faithfulness, opinion, opinions, persuasion, positiveness, reliance, religion, tenet), iman (belief, creed, faith, faithfulness, religion), amentü. (various references) кредо (creed, faith), переконання (belief, conviction, creed, dogma, faith, notion, opinion, overpersuasion, persuasion, tenet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | John Chapter 9, Verse 38 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | O de efh pisteuw kurie kai prosekunhsen autw |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | At ille ait credo Domine et procidens adoravit eum |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Þa cwæð he. drihten ic ge-lefe. & hefell nyðer. & ge-eadmedede hine. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And he seide, Lord, Y byleue. And he felle doun, and worschipide hym. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And he sayde: Lorde I beleve: and worshipped him. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshiped him. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And he said, Lord, I have faith. And he gave him worship. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | John Chapter 9, Verse 38 |
| Cebuano | Siya miingon, "Ginoo, mosalig ako," |
| Chinese | 他 說 、 主 阿 、 我 信 ． 就 拜 耶 穌 。 |
| Croatian | A on reèe: "Vjerujem, Gospodine!" I baci se nièice preda nj. |
| Danish | Men han sagde: "Jeg tror Herre!" og han kastede sig ned for ham. |
| Dutch | En hij zeide: Ik geloof, Heere! En hij aanbad Hem. |
| Finnish | Niin hän sanoi: "Herra, minä uskon"; ja hän kumartaen rukoili häntä. |
| French | Et il dit: Je crois, Seigneur. Et il se prosterna devant lui. |
| German | Er aber sprach: HERR, ich glaube, und betete ihn an. |
| Haitian Creole | Nonm lan di: Seyè, mwen kwè. Epi li tonbe ajenou devan Jezi. |
| Hungarian | Az pedig monda: Hiszek, Uram. És imádá Õt. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | "Saya percaya, Tuhan," kata orang itu, lalu sujud di hadapan Yesus. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka katanya, "Ya Tuhan, hamba percaya." Lalu ia sujud menyembah Dia. |
| Maori | Na ko tana meatanga, E te Ariki, e whakapono ana ahau. Na koropiko ana ia ki a ia. |
| Norwegian | Han sa: Jeg tror, Herre! og falt ned for ham. |
| Portuguese | Disse o homem: Creio, Senhor! E o adorou. |
| Rumanian | ,,Cred, Doamne``, I -a zis el; wi I s`a knchinat. |
| Shuar | Tutai, tikishmatar "Uunta, Enentáimtajme" Jesusan Tímiayi. |
| Swahili | Basi, huyo mtu akasema, "Ninaamini Bwana!" Akamsujudia. |
| Swedish | Då sade han: "Herre, jag tror." Och han föll ned för honom. |
| Uma | Na'uli' tauna toei: "Kupangala', Pue'!" pai' mowilingkudu-imi mponyompa-i. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "credo": credos. (additional references) | |
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"Credo" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: caedo, Caradog, Carnedoe, Cedco, cerco, Cerddi, Cerdic, Cerdo, cerod, Cerrado, Certo, Chedlow, Chedzoy, Chendo, cledo, Crda, crebo, creco, cred, crede, Credem, Credi, Crediou, credot, credy, creedo, creedy, crend, crendo, creno, creo, creot, creson, creta, criado, crid, crio, Crito, croda, crood, fredo, Mcgredy, Mcreddie, Pcred. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "credo" (pronounced krā"dō or krē"dō) |
| 3 | -ē" d ō | libido, Lido, Toledo, Tuxedo. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: coder, cored, decor. | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-e-o-r" | |
-1 letter: cero, code, coed, cord, core, deco, doer, dore, redo, rode. | |
-2 letters: cod, cor, doc, doe, dor, ode, orc, ore, rec, red, roc, rod, roe. | |
-3 letters: de, do, ed, er, od, oe, or, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-d-e-o-r" | |
+1 letter: chored, codder, coders, codger, colder, corded, corder, corked, corned, credos, crowed, decors, docker, forced, ochred, recode, record, redock, rocked, scored. | |
+2 letters: becrowd, bedrock, brocade, caroled, caromed, choired, chorded, chowder, chromed, cloured, clowder, codders, coddler, codgers, codrive, codrove, coerced, cohered, colored, comrade, cordage, cordate, corders, cordite, cornfed, corrade, corrode, coursed, courted, covered, cowered, cowherd, croaked, crocked, crooked, crooned, cropped, crossed, crowded, crowder, crowdie, crowned, crunode, decoder, decolor, decorum, decoyer, decrown, deforce, defrock, divorce, dockers, dormice, dorneck, douceur, eductor, encoder, encored, ergodic, ericoid, frocked, ochered, percoid, precode, proceed, produce, recoded, recodes, records, redcoat, redocks, roached, scolder, scorned, scoured, scowder, sourced, torched, trocked, vocoder, zorched. | |
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