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credo

Syllables: cre·do/ˈkɹidəʊ/US/ˈkɹidoʊ/

credo noun: a statement of a belief or a summary statement of a whole belief system; also (metonymically) the belief or belief system itself.

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Noun

credo (plural credos or credoes)

  1. A statement of a belief or a summary statement of a whole belief system; also (metonymically) the belief or belief system itself.
    • “You’re either with me or you’re against me” became Dany’s credo, and those against her were an ever-changing multitude to be determined solely by her whims.2019 May 19, Alex McLevy, “The final Game Of Thrones brings a pensive but simple meditation about stories (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 22 May 2019
  2. The liturgical creed (usually the Nicene Creed), or a musical arrangement of it for use in church services.
    • Credo III is so beautiful!
    • Until the mid-1970s, however, most Catholic hymnals contained at least one musical setting of the creed […] By the 1980s hymnals having sung credos were mainly those devoted to "traditional" styles of church music […]1996, Pastoral Music, volume 21, page 12

credo meaning in Tamil and Persian

credo in Tamil

கோட்பாடுக் கூற்று

credo in Persian

belief system
باور bâvar, مرام marâm

Forms of credo

pluralcredos
pluralcredoes

Plural of credo: credos or credoes

Origin of credo

Inherited from Middle English credo, from Old French credo, from Latin crēdō (“to believe”); doublet of creed.

Words formed from credo

Words that rhyme with credo

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Questions about credo

What does credo mean?
Credo means a statement of a belief or a summary statement of a whole belief system; also (metonymically) the belief or belief system itself.
What is credo in Tamil?
Credo in Tamil is கோட்பாடுக் கூற்று. See Credo meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is credo?
Credo is a noun.
How do you pronounce credo?
Credo is pronounced /ˈkɹidəʊ/ (UK).
What is the plural of credo?
The plural of credo is credos.

Words near credo in the dictionary

  1. creditworthiness
  2. creditworthy
  3. Credle
  4. Credles
  5. crednerite
  6. credo
  7. credobaptism
  8. credobaptist
  9. credobaptists
  10. credoes
  11. credophile

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: credo (page history and authors); credo (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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