cricket

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• Australian, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɪkɪt/
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• Scotland, Wales: /ˈkɾɪkɪt/
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• New-Zealand: /ˈkɹək.kət/
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• India: /ˈkrɪ(k).keʈ/
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• India: /krɪˈkeʈ/
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• CMU ARPABET: K R IH1 K AH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English creket, crykett, crykette, from Old French criket (with diminutive -et) from criquer (“to make a cracking sound; creak”), from Middle Dutch kricken (“to creak; crack”), from Proto-West Germanic *krakōn, related to Middle English creken, criken (“to creak”), all ultimately of imitative origin. Compare Dutch kriek (“cricket”), Middle Dutch krikel, criekel, crekel (“cricket”) (with diminituve -el), Middle Low German krikel, krekel (“cricket”), German Kreckel (“cricket”). More at creak.

Perhaps from a Flemish dialect of Dutch met de krik ketsen (“to chase a ball with a curved stick”).

The etymology is unknown. A few similar words exist in Germanic languages, such as Norwegian krakk (“stool”).

248 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• ǃXóõ: ǀɢā̰hm ǀō̰hle — insect
• Afrikaans: kriek — insect
• Albanian: bulkth — insect
• Amharic: ዋዝንቢት (waznəbit) — insect
• Amharic: ፌንጣ (fenṭa) — insect
• Arabic: جُدْجُد (judjud) — insect
• Arabic: صُرْصُر (ṣurṣur) — insect
• Arabic: صُرْصُور (ṣurṣūr) — insect
• Arabic: صرصور (ṣarṣūr) — insect
• Armenian: ճռիկ (čṙik) — insect
• Assamese: উঁইচিৰিঙা (ũisiriṅa) — insect
• Asturian: grillu — insect
• Asturian: llorín — insect
• Asturian: pedru — insect
• Azerbaijani: sisəy — insect
• Banjarese: jengkerék — insect
• Basque: kilker — insect
• Belarusian: цвырку́н (cvyrkún) — insect
• Bulgarian: щуре́ц (šturéc) — insect
• Burmese: ပုရစ် (pu.rac) — insect
• Catalan: grill — insect
• Chamicuro: c̈ho'kota — insect
• Cherokee: ᏔᎳᏚ (taladu) — insect
• Chinese Cantonese: 蟋蟀 (sik1 seot1) — insect
• Eastern Min Chinese: 蟋蟀 (sék-sáuk) — insect
• Hakka Chinese: 土狗仔 (tuˋ gieuˋ eˋ) — insect
• Chinese: 杜猴 (zh-min-nan) — insect
• Chinese Mandarin: 蟋蟀 (xīshuài) — insect
• Chittagonian: জিনি পুঁক (zini fuñk) — insect
• Choctaw: shʋlontʋki — insect
• Comanche: tuaahtaki — insect
• Cornish: gryll — insect
• Czech: cvrček — insect
• Danish: fårekylling — insect
• Dutch: krekel — insect
• Emilian: gril — insect
• Esperanto: grilo — insect
• Estonian: kilk — insect
• Faroese: veggjasmiður — insect
• Faroese: veggjasmyril — insect
• Finnish: sirkka — insect
• French: grillon — insect
• French: cri-cri — insect
• French: criquet — insect
• Galician: grilo — insect
• Galician: ralo — insect
• Galician: rilo — insect
• Galician: corta — insect
• Georgian: ჭრიჭინა (č̣rič̣ina) — insect
• German: Grille — insect
• Greek: γρύλος (grýlos) — insect
• Greek: τριζόνι (trizóni) — insect
• Ancient Greek: γρύλλος (grúllos) — insect
• Gujarati: ક્રિકેટ (krikeṭ) — insect
• Hebrew: צְרָצַר m צַרְצוּר (tsratsár) — insect
• Hindi: झींगुर (jhīṅgur) — insect
• Hindi: झीँगुर (jhī̃gur) — insect
• Hungarian: tücsök — insect
• Icelandic: krybba — insect
• Ido: grilio — insect
• Irish: criogar — insect
• Irish: píobaire teallaigh — insect
• Irish: píobaire gríosaí — insect
• Irish: urchuil — insect
• Italian: grillo — insect
• Japanese: コオロギ (kōrogi) — insect
• Japanese: 蟋蟀 (kōrogi) — insect
• Javanese: jangkrik — insect
• Kapampangan: lipaktung — insect
• Kapampangan: kamaru — insect
• Karachay-Balkar: сенгирчке (señirçke) — insect
• S'gaw Karen: သကံၤ (tha keē) — insect
• Kazakh: қара шегіртке (qara şegırtke) — insect
• Khmer: ចង្រិត (cɑngrət) — insect
• Kongo: nzenze — insect
• Korean: 귀뚜라미 (gwitturami) — insect
• Central Kurdish: کولە (kule) — insect
• Kyrgyz: кара чегиртке (kara cegirtke) — insect
• Lao: ຈີ່ລໍ່ (chī lǭ) — insect
• Latin: gryllus — insect
• Latvian: circenis — insect
• Lingala: likélélé — insect
• Lithuanian: svirplys — insect
• Luxembourgish: Grill — insect
• Macedonian: штурец (šturec) — insect
• Malagasy: valala — insect
• Malagasy: ampipanga — insect
• Malayalam: ചീവീട് (cīvīṭŭ) — insect
• Malayalam: മണ്ണട്ട (maṇṇaṭṭa) — insect
• Maltese: grillu — insect
• Marathi: रात्रकिडा (rātrakiḍā) — insect
• Mi'kmaq: pugto'guome'j — insect
• Nahuatl: chapōlin — insect
• Navajo: nahakʼízii — insect
• Norwegian Bokmål: siriss — insect
• Norwegian Nynorsk: siriss — insect
• Occitan: grilh — insect
• Occitan: grelh — insect
• Persian: جیرجیرک (jirjirak) — insect
• Polish: świerszcz — insect
• Portuguese: grilo — insect
• Punjabi: ਝੀਂਗਰ (jhīṅgar) — insect
• Quechua: ch'illik'utu — insect
• Quechua: sirp'i — insect
• Romanian: greier — insect
• Russian: сверчо́к (sverčók) — insect
• Samogitian: svirplīs — insect
• Sanskrit: फालका (phālakā) — insect
• Scottish Gaelic: greollan — insect
• Serbo-Croatian: цвр́чак — insect
• Serbo-Croatian: зри́кавац — insect
• Serbo-Croatian: cvŕčak — insect
• Serbo-Croatian: zríkavac — insect
• Sicilian: griḍḍu — insect
• Slovak: svrček — insect
• Slovene: črȋčək — insect
• Slovene: cvȓčək — insect
• Lower Sorbian: šwjerc — insect
• Upper Sorbian: šwjerč — insect
• Southern Altai: сыгырчык (sïgïrčïk) — insect
• Spanish: grillo — insect
• Sundanese: jangkrik — insect
• Swedish: syrsa — insect
• Sylheti: ꠎꠤꠘꠤ ꠙꠥꠇ (zini fuk) — insect
• Tagalog: kerwe — insect
• Tagalog: kuliglig-lupa — insect
• Tajik: чирчирак (čirčirak) — insect
• Tarifit: tmurɣi — insect
• Telugu: యిలకోడి (yilakōḍi) — insect
• Telugu: కీచురాయి (kīcurāyi) — insect
• Thai: จิ้งหรีด (jîng-rìit) — insect
• Tigrinya: ዕንጭራር (ʿənč̣ərar) — insect
• Turkish: cırcır böceği — insect
• Ukrainian: цвірку́н (cvirkún) — insect
• Urdu: جھینگر (jhīṅgur) — insect
• Uzbek: qora chigirtka — insect
• Vietnamese: dế — insect
• Vilamovian: gryłł — insect
• Volapük: krik — insect
• Walloon: crikion — insect
• Walloon: tchantrê — insect
• Waray-Waray: gangis — insect
• Welsh: criciedyn — insect
• Welsh: cricsyn — insect
• Yiddish: גריל (gril) — insect
• Zhuang: daekdaeq — insect
• Afrikaans: krieket — game
• Albanian: kriket — game
• Arabic: كْرِيكِت (krikit) — game
• Armenian: կրիկետ (kriket) — game
• Assamese: ক্ৰিকেট খেল (kriket khel) — game
• Assamese: ক্ৰিকেট (kriket) — game
• Asturian: críquet — game
• Belarusian: кры́кет (krýkjet) — game
• Bengali: ক্রিকেট (krikeṭ) — game
• Bulgarian: кри́кет (kríket) — game
• Burmese: ကရစ်ကက် (ka.rackak) — game
• Catalan: criquet — game
• Chinese Cantonese: 木球 (muk6 kau4) — game
• Chinese Cantonese: 板球 (baan2 kau4) — game
• Chinese Mandarin: 板球 (bǎnqiú) — game
• Cornish: krycket — game
• Czech: kriket — game
• Dutch: cricket — game
• Esperanto: kriketo — game
• Estonian: kriket — game
• Finnish: kriketti — game
• French: cricket — game
• Galician: crícket — game
• Georgian: კრიკეტი (ḳriḳeṭi) — game
• German: Cricket — game
• German: Kricket — game
• Greek: κρίκετ (kríket) — game
• Gujarati: ક્રિકેટ (krikeṭ) — game
• Hausa: kur̃kèt — game
• Hebrew: קְרִיקֶט (kriket) — game
• Hindi: क्रिकेट (krikeṭ) — game
• Hindi: वल्लकन्दुक (vallakanduk) — game
• Hindi: गेंद-बल्ला (gend-ballā) — game
• Hungarian: krikett — game
• Icelandic: krikket — game
• Ido: kriketo — game
• Irish: cruicéad — game
• Italian: cricket — game
• Japanese: クリケット (kuriketto) — game
• Kannada: ಕ್ರಿಕೆಟ್ (krikeṭ) — game
• Kazakh: крикет (kriket) — game
• Korean: 크리켓 (keuriket) — game
• Kyrgyz: крикет (kriket) — game
• Latvian: krikets — game
• Lithuanian: kriketas — game
• Luxembourgish: Cricket — game
• Macedonian: крикет (kriket) — game
• Malay: kriket — game
• Malayalam: ക്രിക്കറ്റ് (krikkaṟṟŭ) — game
• Marathi: क्रिकेट (krikeṭ) — game
• Mongolian: крикет (kriket) — game
• Norwegian: cricket — game
• Odia: କ୍ରିକେଟ (krikeṭa) — game
• Pashto: کرکټ (krikiṭ) — game
• Dari: کِرِکِت (kirikit) — game
• Iranian Persian: کریکت (kriket) — game
• Polish: krykiet — game
• Portuguese: críquete — game
• Punjabi: ਕ੍ਰਿਕਟ (krikaṭ) — game
• Romanian: crichet — game
• Russian: кри́кет (kríket) — game
• Samoan: kirikiti — game
• Sanskrit: क्रिकेट्-क्रीडा (krikeṭ-krīḍā) — game
• Sanskrit: वल्लकन्दुकः (vallakandukaḥ) — game
• Scottish Gaelic: craigear — game
• Scottish Gaelic: criogaid — game
• Serbo-Croatian: razor-kapija — game
• Serbo-Croatian: крикет — game
• Serbo-Croatian: kriket — game
• Sicilian: cricket — game
• Sinhalese: ක්රිකට් (krikaṭ) — game
• Slovak: kriket — game
• Slovene: kriket — game
• Spanish: críquet — game
• Spanish: cricket — game
• Swahili: kriketi — game
• Swedish: cricket — game
• Swedish: kricket — game
• Tagalog: kriket — game
• Tajik: крикет (kriket) — game
• Tamil: கிரிக்கெட் (kirikkeṭ) — game
• Tamil: மட்டைப்பந்து (maṭṭaippantu) — game
• Telugu: క్రికెట్ (krikeṭ) — game
• Thai: คริกเก็ต (krík-gèt) — game
• Ukrainian: кри́кет (krýket) — game
• Urdu: کرکٹ (krikiṭ) — game
• Vietnamese: crích-kê — game
• Vietnamese: bóng gậy — game
• Welsh: criced — game
• Bulgarian: спортсменство (sportsmenstvo) — fair and sportsmanlike act
• Dutch: fair-play — fair and sportsmanlike act
• Finnish: reilu — fair and sportsmanlike act
• Finnish: reilu peli — fair and sportsmanlike act
• Italian: fair play — fair and sportsmanlike act
• Swedish: fair play — fair and sportsmanlike act
• Swedish: rent spel — fair and sportsmanlike act
• Albanian: fron — a wooden footstool
• Finnish: puurahi — a wooden footstool
• Hungarian: sámli — a wooden footstool
• Dutch: cricketen — play the game of cricket
• Swedish: spela cricket — play the game of cricket
• Swedish: spela kricket — play the game of cricket