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From Middle English createn, from Latin creātus, the perfect passive participle of creō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). In this sense, mostly displaced Old English wyrċan (whence Modern English work) and ġesċieppan (whence Modern English shape).

207 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: mbaroj (gheg) — to put into existence
• Albanian: krijoj — to put into existence
• Albanian: sajoj — to put into existence
• Albanian: lentoj — to put into existence
• Southern Altai: јазаар (ǰazaar) — to put into existence
• Arabic: خَلَقَ (ḵalaqa) — to put into existence
• Arabic: خلق (ḵalaʔ) — to put into existence
• Aragonese: creyar — to put into existence
• Armenian: ստեղծել (steġcel) — to put into existence
• Armenian: արարել (ararel) — to put into existence
• Asturian: crear — to put into existence
• Azerbaijani: yaratmaq — to put into existence
• Belarusian: твары́ць (tvarýcʹ) — to put into existence
• Belarusian: ствары́ць (stvarýcʹ) — to put into existence
• Bengali: বানানো (bananō) — to put into existence
• Bengali: তৈরি করা (tōiri kora) — to put into existence
• Bulgarian: създа́вам (sǎzdávam) — to put into existence
• Bulgarian: създа́м (sǎzdám) — to put into existence
• Bulgarian: творя́ (tvorjá) — to put into existence
• Bulgarian: сътворя́вам (sǎtvorjávam) — to put into existence
• Bulgarian: сътворя́ (sǎtvorjá) — to put into existence
• Burmese: ဖန်တီး (hpanti:) — to put into existence
• Burmese: ဖန် (hpan) — to put into existence
• Catalan: crear — to put into existence
• Chichewa: -lenga — to put into existence
• Chinese Mandarin: 創造 /创造 (chuàngzào) — to put into existence
• Chinese Mandarin: 締造 /缔造 (dìzào) — to put into existence
• Maore Comorian: uumba — to put into existence
• Ngazidja Comorian: huumba — to put into existence
• Cornish: gul — to put into existence
• Cornish: gwruthyl — to put into existence
• Cornish: oberi — to put into existence
• Czech: tvořit — to put into existence
• Czech: vytvořit — to put into existence
• Czech: udělat — to put into existence
• Danish: skabe — to put into existence
• Dutch: creëren — to put into existence
• Dutch: scheppen — to put into existence
• Dutch: maken — to put into existence
• Egyptian: p:t-H (ptḥ) — to put into existence
• Esperanto: krei — to put into existence
• Estonian: looma — to put into existence
• Extremaduran: crial — to put into existence
• Finnish: luoda — to put into existence
• French: créer — to put into existence
• Galician: crear — to put into existence
• Georgian: შექმნა (šekmna) — to put into existence
• German: kreieren — to put into existence
• German: erschaffen — to put into existence
• German: schaffen — to put into existence
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌺𐌰𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gaskapjan) — to put into existence
• Greek: δημιουργώ (dimiourgó) — to put into existence
• Ancient Greek: κτίζω (ktízō) — to put into existence
• Mbya Guarani: moingo — to put into existence
• Haitian Creole: kreye — to put into existence
• Hebrew: יָצַר (yatsár) — to put into existence
• Hebrew: בָּרָא (bará) — to put into existence
• Higaonon: agbuhaton — to put into existence
• Hindi: रचना (racnā) — to put into existence
• Hindi: सृजन करना (sŕjan karnā) — to put into existence
• Hindi: बनाना (banānā) — to put into existence
• Hindi: रचना करना (racnā karnā) — to put into existence
• Hindi: सृष्टि करना (sŕṣṭi karnā) — to put into existence
• Hindi: सिरजना (sirajnā) — to put into existence
• Hungarian: teremt — to put into existence
• Hungarian: alkot — to put into existence
• Hungarian: létrehoz — to put into existence
• Icelandic: skapa — to put into existence
• Ido: krear — to put into existence
• Indonesian: menciptakan — to put into existence
• Old Irish: do·fuissim — to put into existence
• Italian: creare — to put into existence
• Japanese: 生み出す (umidasu) — to put into existence
• Japanese: 創造する (sōzō suru) — to put into existence
• Kazakh: жарату (jaratu) — to put into existence
• Kazakh: жасау (jasau) — to put into existence
• Kazakh: құру (qūru) — to put into existence
• Kazakh: тудыру (tudyru) — to put into existence
• Kazakh: шығару (şyğaru) — to put into existence
• Khmer: បង្ក (bɑɑbɑngkɑɑ) — to put into existence
• Khmer: បង្កើត (bɑɑbɑngkaət) — to put into existence
• Korean: 창조하다 (changjohada) — to put into existence
• Kunda: -lenga — to put into existence
• Northern Kurdish: afirandin — to put into existence
• Northern Kurdish: xulqandin — to put into existence
• Kyrgyz: жаратуу (jaratuu) — to put into existence
• Latgalian: radeit — to put into existence
• Latgalian: taiseit — to put into existence
• Latin: creō — to put into existence
• Latvian: radīt — to put into existence
• Lenje: -lenga — to put into existence
• Lithuanian: kurti — to put into existence
• Lithuanian: sukurti — to put into existence
• Macedonian: создава (sozdava) — to put into existence
• Macedonian: создаде (sozdade) — to put into existence
• Macedonian: твори (tvori) — to put into existence
• Macedonian: створи (stvori) — to put into existence
• Malay: cipta — to put into existence
• Malay: mencipta — to put into existence
• Malayalam: ഉണ്ടാക്കുക (uṇṭākkuka) — to put into existence
• Malayalam: സൃഷ്ടിക്കുക (sr̥ṣṭikkuka) — to put into existence
• Maltese: ħalaq — to put into existence
• Eastern Mari: ышташ (yštaš) — to put into existence
• Middle English: formen — to put into existence
• Mongolian: бүтээх (büteex) — to put into existence
• Mongolian: үүсгэх (üüsgex) — to put into existence
• Norman: créer — to put into existence
• Norwegian: skape — to put into existence
• Nyungwe: -lenga — to put into existence
• Church Slavic: творити (tvoriti) — to put into existence
• Old East Slavic: творити (tvoriti) — to put into existence
• Old English: wyrċan — to put into existence
• Old English: ġesċieppan — to put into existence
• Oromo: uumuu — to put into existence
• Persian: آفریدن (âfaridan) — to put into existence
• Persian: خلق کردن (xalq kardan) — to put into existence
• Persian: بوجود آوردن — to put into existence
• Persian: ایجاد کردن (ijâd kardan) — to put into existence
• Piedmontese: creé — to put into existence
• Plautdietsch: schaufen — to put into existence
• Polish: tworzyć — to put into existence
• Polish: stworzyć — to put into existence
• Portuguese: criar — to put into existence
• Quechua: kamay — to put into existence
• Romanian: crea — to put into existence
• Russian: создава́ть (sozdavátʹ) — to put into existence
• Russian: созда́ть (sozdátʹ) — to put into existence
• Russian: твори́ть (tvorítʹ) — to put into existence
• Russian: сотвори́ть (sotvorítʹ) — to put into existence
• Sanskrit: कृ (kṛ) — to put into existence
• Serbo-Croatian: тво̀рити — to put into existence
• Serbo-Croatian: ства́рати — to put into existence
• Serbo-Croatian: ство̀рити — to put into existence
• Serbo-Croatian: tvòriti — to put into existence
• Serbo-Croatian: stvárati — to put into existence
• Serbo-Croatian: stvòriti — to put into existence
• Silesian: tworzić — to put into existence
• Slovak: tvoriť — to put into existence
• Slovak: vytvoriť — to put into existence
• Slovene: ustvarjati — to put into existence
• Slovene: ustvariti — to put into existence
• Slovene: narediti — to put into existence
• Lower Sorbian: tworiś — to put into existence
• Upper Sorbian: tworić — to put into existence
• Spanish: crear — to put into existence
• Spanish: generar — to put into existence
• Swahili: kuumba — to put into existence
• Swedish: skapa — to put into existence
• Tajik: офаридан (ofaridan) — to put into existence
• Tajik: эҷод кардан (ejod kardan) — to put into existence
• Telugu: సృష్టించు (sr̥ṣṭiñcu) — to put into existence
• Telugu: కల్పించు (kalpiñcu) — to put into existence
• Telugu: సృజించు (sr̥jiñcu) — to put into existence
• Telugu: చేయు (cēyu) — to put into existence
• Thai: สร้างสรรค์ (sâang-sǎn) — to put into existence
• Thai: สร้าง (sâang) — to put into existence
• Tocharian B: pyutk- — to put into existence
• Turkish: yaratmak — to put into existence
• Turkish: oluşturmak — to put into existence
• Turkish: meydana getirmek — to put into existence
• Turkish: ortaya koymak — to put into existence
• Turkish: teşekkül ettirmek — to put into existence
• Turkish: tekvin etmek — to put into existence
• Turkmen: döretmek — to put into existence
• Ugaritic: 𐎖𐎐𐎊 (qny) — to put into existence
• Ukrainian: твори́ти (tvorýty) — to put into existence
• Ukrainian: створи́ти (stvorýty) — to put into existence
• Uyghur: ياراتماق (yaratmaq) — to put into existence
• Uzbek: yaratmoq — to put into existence
• Uzbek: ijod etmoq — to put into existence
• Vietnamese: tạo — to put into existence
• Vietnamese: tạo nên — to put into existence
• Vietnamese: sáng tạo — to put into existence
• Welsh: creu — to put into existence
• Yao (Africa): kupanganya — to put into existence
• Yiddish: שאַפֿן (shafn) — to put into existence
• Yiddish: באַשאַפֿן (bashafn) — to put into existence
• Armenian: ստեղծել (steġcel) — to design, invest with a new form, shape etc.
• Bulgarian: създава́м (sǎzdavám) — to design, invest with a new form, shape etc.
• Bulgarian: творя́ (tvorjá) — to design, invest with a new form, shape etc.
• Catalan: crear — to design, invest with a new form, shape etc.
• Danish: skabe — to design, invest with a new form, shape etc.
• Danish: kreere — to design, invest with a new form, shape etc.
• Dutch: creëren — to design, invest with a new form, shape etc.
• Dutch: scheppen — to design, invest with a new form, shape etc.
• Dutch: ontwerpen — to design, invest with a new form, shape etc.
• Esperanto: krei — to design, invest with a new form, shape etc.
• Finnish: luoda — to design, invest with a new form, shape etc.
• German: entwerfen — to design, invest with a new form, shape etc.
• Greek: πλάθω (plátho) — to design, invest with a new form, shape etc.
• Ancient Greek: κτίζω (ktízō) — to design, invest with a new form, shape etc.
• Japanese: 創り出す (tsukuridasu) — to design, invest with a new form, shape etc.
• Japanese: 創造する (sōzō suru) — to design, invest with a new form, shape etc.
• Japanese: 創作する (sōsaku suru) — to design, invest with a new form, shape etc.
• Malayalam: സൃഷ്ടിക്കുക (sr̥ṣṭikkuka) — to design, invest with a new form, shape etc.
• Middle English: formen — to design, invest with a new form, shape etc.
• Persian: ابداع کردن — to design, invest with a new form, shape etc.
• Persian: ایجاد کردن — to design, invest with a new form, shape etc.
• Portuguese: criar — to design, invest with a new form, shape etc.
• Romanian: crea — to design, invest with a new form, shape etc.
• Telugu: చేయు (cēyu) — to design, invest with a new form, shape etc.
• Telugu: ఏర్పరచు (ērparacu) — to design, invest with a new form, shape etc.
• Welsh: creu — to design, invest with a new form, shape etc.
• French: nommer — to confer a title of nobility
• Hungarian: ......-i rangra emel — to confer a title of nobility
• Spanish: crear — to confer a title of nobility
• Spanish: crear — to confer a cardinalate