shriek

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• /ʃɹiːk/
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From obsolete shrick (1567), shreke, variants of earlier screak, skricke (before 1500), from Middle English scrycke, from a North Germanic/Scandinavian language (compare Swedish skrika, Danish skrige, Icelandic skríkja), from Proto-Germanic *skrīkijaną, *skrik- (compare English screech). More at screech.

95 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: زَعَقَ (zaʕaqa) — a sharp, shrill outcry or scream
• Arabic: صريخ (srikh) — a sharp, shrill outcry or scream
• Bulgarian: писък (pisǎk) — a sharp, shrill outcry or scream
• Bulgarian: крясък (krjasǎk) — a sharp, shrill outcry or scream
• Chinese Mandarin: 尖叫聲 /尖叫声 — a sharp, shrill outcry or scream
• Czech: vřískot — a sharp, shrill outcry or scream
• Czech: jekot — a sharp, shrill outcry or scream
• Czech: ječení — a sharp, shrill outcry or scream
• Czech: zaječení — a sharp, shrill outcry or scream
• Danish: skrig — a sharp, shrill outcry or scream
• Dutch: krijsen — a sharp, shrill outcry or scream
• Esperanto: ŝriko — a sharp, shrill outcry or scream
• Finnish: kirkaisu — a sharp, shrill outcry or scream
• Finnish: rääkäisy — a sharp, shrill outcry or scream
• French: hurlement — a sharp, shrill outcry or scream
• German: Kreischen — a sharp, shrill outcry or scream
• Greek: οξεία κραυγή (oxeía kravgí) — a sharp, shrill outcry or scream
• Hebrew: צווחה (tsvaḥa) — a sharp, shrill outcry or scream
• Hungarian: rikácsol — a sharp, shrill outcry or scream
• Hungarian: ordít — a sharp, shrill outcry or scream
• Irish: scréach — a sharp, shrill outcry or scream
• Irish: scread — a sharp, shrill outcry or scream
• Japanese: 悲鳴 (himei) — a sharp, shrill outcry or scream
• Korean: 비명 (bimyeong) — a sharp, shrill outcry or scream
• Māori: tioro — a sharp, shrill outcry or scream
• Māori: ngoengoe — a sharp, shrill outcry or scream
• Māori: ngoe — a sharp, shrill outcry or scream
• Marathi: किंकाळी (kiṅkāḷī) — a sharp, shrill outcry or scream
• Persian: جیغ (jiġ) — a sharp, shrill outcry or scream
• Polish: krzyk — a sharp, shrill outcry or scream
• Portuguese: guincho — a sharp, shrill outcry or scream
• Romanian: țipăt — a sharp, shrill outcry or scream
• Romanian: strigăt — a sharp, shrill outcry or scream
• Romanian: urlet — a sharp, shrill outcry or scream
• Russian: пронзительный крик — a sharp, shrill outcry or scream
• Russian: визг (vizg) — a sharp, shrill outcry or scream
• Sanskrit: क्रोश (krośa) — a sharp, shrill outcry or scream
• Scottish Gaelic: sgal — a sharp, shrill outcry or scream
• Spanish: alarido — a sharp, shrill outcry or scream
• Spanish: chillido — a sharp, shrill outcry or scream
• Tahitian: taʻi — a sharp, shrill outcry or scream
• Ottoman Turkish: صراخ (surah) — a sharp, shrill outcry or scream
• Ukrainian: ве́реск (véresk) — a sharp, shrill outcry or scream
• Ukrainian: виск (vysk) — a sharp, shrill outcry or scream
• Urdu: چیخ (cīx) — a sharp, shrill outcry or scream
• Arabic: صَرَخَ (ṣaraḵa) — to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry
• Bulgarian: пищя (pištja) — to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry
• Bulgarian: крещя (kreštja) — to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry
• Czech: ječet — to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry
• Czech: zaječet — to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry
• Czech: vřískat — to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry
• Czech: zavřískat — to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry
• Czech: křičet — to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry
• Czech: zakřičet — to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry
• Danish: skrige — to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry
• Dutch: krijsen — to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry
• Esperanto: kriaĉi — to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry
• Finnish: kirkaista — to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry
• Finnish: rääkäistä — to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry
• French: crier — to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry
• German: kreischen — to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry
• Greek: σκούζω (skoúzo) — to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry
• Greek: κραυγάζω οξέως (kravgázo oxéos) — to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry
• Greek: στριγκλίζω (strigklízo) — to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry
• Greek: τσιρίζω (tsirízo) — to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry
• Ancient Greek: κωκύω (kōkúō) — to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry
• Ancient Greek: ἰύζω (iúzō) — to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry
• Irish: scread — to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry
• Latin: quirītō — to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry
• Latin: strīdō — to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry
• Māori: tioro — to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry
• Māori: ngoengoe — to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry
• Māori: ngoe — to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry
• Marathi: किंकाळी मारणे (kiṅkāḷī mārṇe) — to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry
• Marathi: किंकाळी फोडाणे (kiṅkāḷī phoḍāṇe) — to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry
• Persian: جیغ زدن (jǐq zadan) — to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry
• Polish: krzyczeć — to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry
• Polish: krzyknąć — to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry
• Portuguese: guinchar — to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry
• Romanian: țipa — to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry
• Romanian: striga — to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry
• Romanian: urla — to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry
• Russian: визжа́ть (vizžátʹ) — to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry
• Scottish Gaelic: sgal — to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry
• Spanish: chillar — to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry
• Ukrainian: вереща́ти (vereščáty) — to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry
• Ukrainian: вища́ти (vyščáty) — to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry
• Urdu: چیخنا (cīxnā) — to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry
• Vietnamese: rít — to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry
• Czech: ječet — to utter sharply and shrilly
• Czech: zaječet — to utter sharply and shrilly
• Czech: křičet — to utter sharply and shrilly
• Czech: zakřičet — to utter sharply and shrilly
• German: kreischen — to utter sharply and shrilly
• Persian: جیغ زدن (jǐq zadan) — to utter sharply and shrilly