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cris

/kɹɪs/

cris is the alternative form of kris.

Meaning of kris

Noun

kris (plural krises or krisses)

  1. A traditional Indonesian, Malaysian, or Filipino sword or dagger having a tapering, usually serpentine blade.
    • Anne Talbot looked demurely ravishing, as was her intention, in a very low-cut evening frock of bottle-green, choker of Kelantan silver, earrings in the shape of krises.1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 292

See all 4 meanings of kris

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Cris

Cris

  1. (diminutive) Diminutive of Christopher.
  2. (diminutive) Diminutive of Christian.
  3. A female given name.
  4. (diminutive) Diminutive of Christine or Christina.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Cris

Cris

  1. A village in Daneș, Mures, Romania.
  2. A river in Mures, Romania, tributary of the Tarnava Mare.

Noun (1) capitalized: CRIS

CRIS (plural CRISs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of current research information system.
    Synonyms:
    RIS

Noun (2) capitalized: CRIs

CRIs

  1. (plural) plural of CRI

Synonyms of cris

Forms of cris

Noun
pluralcrisses
pluralCRISs
Proper noun
alternative formChris
alternative formKris
alternative formCriș

Origin of cris

Clipping of Christopher, Christian, Christine, and their variants.

From Romanian Criș.

Words formed from cris

Phrases with cris

Words that rhyme with cris

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Questions about cris

What does cris mean?
Cris means a female given name.
What is cris the alternative form of?
Cris is the alternative form of kris.
What part of speech is cris?
Cris can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce cris?
Cris is pronounced /kɹɪs/.

Words near cris in the dictionary

  1. cripqueer
  2. cripqueers
  3. crips
  4. Crips out
  5. crips up
  6. cris
  7. cris de coeur
  8. cris de cœur
  9. Crisafulli
  10. Crisafullis
  11. Crisanto

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: cris (page history and authors); Cris (page history and authors); CRIS (page history and authors); CRIs (page history and authors); kris (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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