cricket

See also: crickets and Cricket

cricket - English

Pronunciation

(UK, US) IPA: /ˈkɹɪkɪt/

Alternative forms

crecket (dialectal and archaic)

Noun

cricket (plural crickets)

An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family Gryllidae, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs.
1. (US, slang, humorous, in the plural) In the form crickets: absolute silence; no communication.
A signalling device used by soldiers in hostile territory to identify themselves to a friendly in low visibility conditions.
A relatively small area of a roof constructed to divert water from a horizontal intersection of the roof with a chimney, wall, expansion joint, or other projection.
(aviation, slang) An aural warning sound consisting of a continuously-repeating chime, designed to be difficult for pilots to ignore.

Derived terms

Translations

Afrikaans: kriek (af)
Albanian: bulkth (sq) m
Amharic: ዋዝንቢት (waznəbit)
Arabic: جُدْجُد‎ m (judjud), صُرْصُر‎ m (ṣurṣur), صُرْصُور‎ m (ṣurṣūr)
- Moroccan Arabic: صرصور‎ m (ṣarṣūr)
Armenian: ճռիկ (hy) (čṙik)
Assamese: উঁইচিৰিঙা (ũisiriṅa)
Azerbaijani: sisəy
Banjarese: jengkerék
Basque: kilker
Belarusian: цвырку́н m (cvyrkún)
Bulgarian: щуре́ц (bg) m (šturéc)
Burmese: ပုရစ် (my) (pu.rac)
Catalan: grill (ca) m
Chamicuro: c̈ho'kota
Cherokee: ᏔᎳᏚ (taladu)
Chinese:
- Cantonese: 蟋蟀 (sik¹ seot¹)
- Hakka: 土狗仔 (tuˋ gieuˋ eˋ)
- Mandarin: 蟋蟀 (zh) (xīshuài)
- Min Dong: 蟋蟀 (sék-sáuk)
- Min Nan: 杜猴 (zh-min-nan) (tōo-kâu)
Chittagonian: জিনি পুঁক (zini fuñk)
Comanche: tuaahtaki
Cornish: gryll m
Czech: cvrček m
Danish: fårekylling c
Dutch: krekel (nl) m
Emilian: gril m
Esperanto: grilo
Faroese: veggjasmiður m, veggjasmyril m
Finnish: sirkka (fi)
French: grillon (fr) m, cri-cri (fr) m, criquet (fr) m
Galician: grilo (gl) m
Georgian: ჭრიჭინა (ka) (č̣rič̣ina)
German: Grille (de) f
Greek: γρύλος (el) m (grýlos), τριζόνι (el) n (trizóni)
- Ancient: γρύλλος m (grúllos)
Guaraní: kyju (gn)
Hebrew: צְרָצַר‎ (he) m (tsratsár) (modern) צַרְצוּר‎ m (tzartzúr) (talmudic)
Hindi: झींगुर m (jhīṅgur), झीँगुर (hi) m (jhīṅgur)
Hungarian: tücsök (hu)
Icelandic: krybba f
Ido: grilio (io)
Irish: criogar m, píobaire (an) teallaigh m, píobaire gríosaí m, urchuil f
Italian: grillo (it) m
Japanese: コオロギ (ja) (kōrogi), 蟋蟀 (ja) (こおろぎ, kōrogi)
Javanese: jangkrik (jv)
Kapampangan: lipaktung
Karachay-Balkar: сенгирчке (señirçke)
Kazakh: қара шегіртке (qara şegırtke)
Khmer: ចង្រិត (km) (cɑngrət)
Kongo: nzenze
Korean: 귀뚜라미 (ko) (gwitturami)
Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: کولە‎ (ckb) (kule)
Kyrgyz: кара чегиртке (kara çegirtke)
Lao: ຈີ່ລໍ່ (chī lǭ)
Latin: gryllus (la) m
Latvian: circenis m
Lingala: likélélé class 5/6
Lithuanian: svirplys m
Luxembourgish: Grill f
Macedonian: штурец m (šturec)
Malagasy: valala (mg), ampipanga (mg)
Malayalam: ചീവീട് (ml) (cīvīṭŭ), മണ്ണട്ട (ml) (maṇṇaṭṭa)
Maltese: grillu m
Mi'kmaq: pugto'guome'j anim
Nahuatl: chapōlin (nah)
Navajo: nahakʼízii
Norwegian:
- Bokmål: siriss m
- Nynorsk: siriss m
Occitan: grilh m
Persian: جیرجیرک‎ (fa) (jirjirak)
Polish: świerszcz (pl) m
Portuguese: grilo (pt) m
Quechua: ch'illik'utu, sirp'i
Romanian: greier (ro) m
Russian: сверчо́к (ru) m (sverčók)
S'gaw Karen: သကံၤ (tha keē)
Samogitian: svirplīs m
Sanskrit: फालका f (phālakā)
Scottish Gaelic: greollan m
Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: цвр́чак m, зри́кавац m
- Roman: cvŕčak (sh) m, zríkavac (sh) m
Sicilian: agriḍḍu m
Slovak: svrček m
Slovene: črȋčək (sl) m anim, cvȓčək m anim
Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: šwjerc m
- Upper Sorbian: šwjerč m
Spanish: grillo (es) m
Sundanese: jangkrik
Swedish: syrsa (sv) c
Sylheti: ꠎꠤꠘꠤ ꠙꠥꠇ (zini fuk)
Tagalog: kerwe, kuliglig-lupa
Tajik: чирчирак (čirčirak)
Telugu: యిలకోడి (yilakōḍi), కీచురాయి (te) (kīcurāyi)
Thai: จิ้งหรีด (th) (jîng-rìit)
Tigrinya: ዕንጭራር (ʿənč̣ərar)
Turkish: cırcır böceği (tr)
Ukrainian: цвірку́н (uk) m (cvirkún)
Urdu: جھینگر‎ m (jhīṅgur)
Uzbek: qora chigirtka
Vietnamese: dế (vi)
Vilamovian: gryłł f
Walloon: crikion (wa) m, tchantrê (wa) m
Waray-Waray: gangis
Welsh: criciedyn m, cricsyn m
Zhuang: daekdaeq

Albanian: fron (sq)
Finnish: puu rahi
Hungarian: sámli (hu)

Noun

cricket (uncountable)

(sports) A game played outdoors with bats and a ball between two teams of eleven, popular in England and many Commonwealth countries.
(chiefly Britain, usually in negative constructions) An act that is fair and sportsmanlike.
- Antonym: not cricket
A variant of the game of darts. See Cricket (darts).

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Afrikaans: krieket
→ Albanian: kriket
→ Arabic: الكريكت‎ (al krīkit)
→ Assamese: ক্ৰিকেট (kriket)
→ Burmese: ကရစ်ကက် (ka.rackak)
→ Catalan: criquet
→ Czech: kriket
→ Danish: kricket, cricket
→ Dutch: cricket
→ French: cricket
→ Galician: crícket
→ German: Cricket
→ Greek: κρίκετ (kríket)
→ Hebrew: קְרִיקֶט‎
→ Hindi: क्रिकेट (krikeṭ)
→ Hungarian: krikett
→ Icelandic: krikket
→ Irish: cruicéad
→ Italian: cricket
→ Japanese: クリケット (kuriketto)
→ Korean: 크리켓 (keuriket)
→ Malay: kriket
→ Pashto: کرکټ‎ (krikiṭ)
→ Persian: کریکت‎ (krekit)
→ Polish: krykiet
→ Portuguese: críquete
→ Russian: кри́кет (kríket) (see there for further descendants)
→ Scottish Gaelic: criogaid
→ Serbo-Croatian: krìket, крѝкет
→ Spanish: críquet, cricket
→ Swahili: kriketi
→ Swedish: cricket
→ Thai: คริกเก็ต (krík-gèt)
→ Urdu: کرکٹ‎ (krikiṭ)
→ Welsh: criced

Translations

Afrikaans: krieket (af)
Albanian: kriket
Arabic: كْرِيكِت‎ m (krikit)
Armenian: կրիկետ (hy) (kriket)
Assamese: ক্ৰিকেট খেল (kriket khel), ক্ৰিকেট (kriket)
Asturian: críquet m
Belarusian: кры́кет m (krýkjet)
Bengali: ক্রিকেট (bn) (krikeṭ)
Bulgarian: кри́кет m (kríket)
Burmese: ကရစ်ကက် (ka.rackak)
Catalan: criquet (ca) m
Chinese:
- Cantonese: 木球 (muk⁶ kau⁴), 板球 (baan² kau⁴)
- Mandarin: 板球 (zh) (bǎnqiú)
Cornish: krycket m
Czech: kriket m
Dutch: cricket (nl) n
Esperanto: kriketo
Estonian: kriket
Finnish: kriketti (fi)
French: cricket (fr) m
Galician: crícket
Georgian: კრიკეტი (ḳriḳeṭi)
German: Cricket (de) n, Kricket (de) n
Greek: κρίκετ (el) n (kríket)
Gujarati: ક્રિકેટ (krikeṭ)
Hausa: kur̃kèt m
Hebrew: קְרִיקֶט‎ m (kriket)
Hindi: क्रिकेट (hi) m (krikeṭ)
Hungarian: krikett (hu)
Icelandic: krikket n
Ido: kriketo (io)
Irish: cruicéad m
Italian: cricket (it) m
Japanese: クリケット (ja) (kuriketto)
Kazakh: крикет (kriket)
Korean: 크리켓 (ko) (keuriket)
Kyrgyz: крикет (kriket)
Latvian: krikets m
Lithuanian: kriketas m
Luxembourgish: Cricket m
Macedonian: крикет m (kriket)
Malay: kriket
Marathi: क्रिकेट (mr) (krikeṭ)
Mongolian: крикет (kriket)
Norwegian: cricket m
Oriya: କ୍ରିକେଟ (krikeṭô)
Persian: کریکت‎ (fa) (kriket)
Polish: krykiet (pl) m
Portuguese: críquete (pt) m
Romanian: crichet (ro) n
Russian: кри́кет (ru) m (kríket)
Sanskrit: क्रिकेट्-क्रीडा (krikeṭ-krīḍā)
Scottish Gaelic: craigear m, criogaid f
Serbo-Croatian: razor-kapija
- Cyrillic: крикет m
- Roman: kriket (sh) m
Sicilian: cricket m
Sinhalese: ක්‍රිකට් (si) (krikaṭ)
Slovak: kriket m
Slovene: kriket (sl) m
Spanish: críquet (es) m, cricket (es) m
Swahili: kriketi (sw)
Swedish: cricket (sv) c, kricket (sv) c
Tagalog: kriket
Tajik: крикет (kriket)
Telugu: క్రికెట్ (krikeṭ)
Thai: คริกเก็ต (krík-gèt)
Ukrainian: кри́кет m (krýket)
Urdu: کرکٹ‎ m (krikiṭ)
Vietnamese: crích-kê, bóng gậy
Welsh: criced (cy) m

Dutch: fair-play
Finnish: reilu (fi) (adjective), reilu peli
Italian: fair play (it) m
Swedish: fair play (sv) n, rent spel n

Verb

cricket (third-person singular simple present crickets, present participle cricketing, simple past and past participle cricketed)

(rare, intransitive) To play the game of cricket.

Translations

Dutch: cricketen (nl)
Swedish: spela cricket, spela kricket

Alternative forms

crecket, cracket

Noun

cricket (plural crickets)

(dialectal) A wooden footstool.

cricket - Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈkrɪ.kət/
Hyphenation: cric‧ket

Noun

cricket n (uncountable)

cricket (sport)

Derived terms

cricketen

cricket - French

Pronunciation

IPA: /kʁi.kɛt/

Noun

cricket m (uncountable)

cricket (sport)

cricket - Italian

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈkri.ket/
Hyphenation: crìc‧ket

Noun

cricket m (uncountable)

cricket (sport)

cricket - Spanish

Noun

cricket m (uncountable)

Alternative spelling of críquet

cricket - Swedish

Alternative forms

kricket (less common)

Noun

cricket c (uncountable)

cricket (sport)

Declension

Declension of cricket
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	cricket	cricketen	—	—
Genitive	crickets	cricketens	—	—

Derived terms