creature
English
/ˈkɹiːt͡ʃə/, /ˈkɹiːt͡ʃəɹ/, /kɹiːˈeɪtjʊə/
noun
Definitions
- A living being; an animal or (sometimes) a human.
- (now) A created thing, whether animate or inanimate; a creation.
- A being subservient to or dependent upon another.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English creature derived from Old French creature derived from Latin creātūra (creature, created thing).
Origin
Latin
creātūra
Gloss
creature, created thing
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- creatural English
- creaturedom English
- creaturehood English
- creaturekind English
- creatureless English
- creaturelessness English
- creaturelike English
- creatureliness English
- creaturely English
- creatureship English
- creaturism English
- creaturize English
- cybercreature English
- mercreature English
- were-creature English
- werecreature English
- creatūra Latin
- creātūra Latin
- creō Latin
- kreatúra Hungarian
- creatura Italian
- criatura Spanish, Castilian
- criaturita Spanish, Castilian
- *ga- Proto-Germanic
- クリーチャー Japanese
- gesceap Old English
- createn Middle English
- creature Middle English
- creature Old French
- criature Old French
- creadur Welsh
- creature Middle Dutch
- creatura Old Occitan
- crétúir Middle Irish