Cricket

//ˈkɹɪkᵻt//

Synonyms for "cricket" (52 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (11)

bingo boiler factory boiler room bull-roarer candor catcall chair checkers cherry bomb chess cicada

Strong matches (15)

cicala clack clacker clapper cracker dog-day cicada fair play fair shake fair-mindedness fairness firecracker game good sportsmanship grasshopper hassock

Related words (26)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

8 relation types

More general

5 entries

field game orthopteran orthopteron orthopterous insect play

derived

68 entries

French cricket Italian tree cricket Jerusalem cricket Kanga cricket Kiwi cricket Mormon cricket Otomí tree cricket Test cricket ant cricket backyard cricket balm cricket balm-cricket bush cricket bush-cricket bushcricket cave cricket

Showing 16 of 68 words.

etymologically related_to

1 entries

creak

has context

5 entries

british humorous slang sports us

is a

8 entries

ensifera field game game orthopterous insect slow paces sport team sport vermin

manner of

1 entries

play

receives action

1 entries

played in many british colonies

related to

26 entries

ball bat casing chirping comb commonwealth communication constructed crickets divert england fair fiction footstool game gryllidae

Showing 16 of 26 words.

Translations

235 translations across 124 languages.

Afrikaans

2 entries

kriek noun (insect)
krieket noun (game)

Albanian

3 entries

bulkth noun (insect)
fron noun (a wooden footstool)
kriket noun (game)

Amharic

1 entries

ዋዝንቢት noun (insect)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

γρύλλος noun (insect)

Arabic

4 entries

جُدْجُد noun (insect)
صرصور noun (insect)
صُرْصُر noun (insect)
صُرْصُور noun (insect)

Armenian

2 entries

կրիկետ noun (game)
ճռիկ noun (insect)

Assamese

3 entries

উঁইচিৰিঙা noun (insect)
ক্ৰিকেট noun (game)
ক্ৰিকেট খেল noun (game)

Asturian

1 entries

críquet noun (game)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

sisəy noun (insect)

Banjarese

1 entries

jengkerék noun (insect)

Basque

1 entries

kilker noun (insect)

Belarusian

2 entries

кры́кет noun (game)
цвырку́н noun (insect)

Bengali

1 entries

ক্রিকেট noun (game)

Bulgarian

3 entries

кри́кет noun (game)
спортсменство noun (fair and sportsmanlike act)
щуре́ц noun (insect)

Burmese

2 entries

ကရစ်ကက် noun (game)
ပုရစ် noun (insect)

Catalan

2 entries

criquet noun (game)
grill noun (insect)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

کولە noun (insect)

Chamicuro

1 entries

c̈ho'kota noun (insect)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᏔᎳᏚ noun (insect)

Chinese

1 entries

杜猴 noun (insect)

Chinese Cantonese

3 entries

木球 noun (game)
板球 noun (game)
蟋蟀 noun (insect)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

板球 noun (game)
蟋蟀 noun (insect)

Chittagonian

1 entries

জিনি পুঁক noun (insect)

Comanche

1 entries

tuaahtaki noun (insect)

Cornish

2 entries

gryll noun (insect)
krycket noun (game)

Czech

2 entries

cvrček noun (insect)
kriket noun (game)

Danish

1 entries

fårekylling noun (insect)

Dari

1 entries

کِرِکِت noun (game)

Dutch

4 entries

cricket noun (game)
fair-play noun (fair and sportsmanlike act)
krekel noun (insect)
cricketen verb (play the game of cricket)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries

蟋蟀 noun (insect)

Emilian

1 entries

gril noun (insect)

Esperanto

2 entries

grilo noun (insect)
kriketo noun (game)

Estonian

2 entries

kilk noun (insect)
kriket noun (game)

Faroese

2 entries

veggjasmiður noun (insect)
veggjasmyril noun (insect)

Finnish

4 entries

kriketti noun (game)
puurahi noun (a wooden footstool)
reilu noun (fair and sportsmanlike act)
reilu peli noun (fair and sportsmanlike act)

French

4 entries

cri-cri noun (insect)
cricket noun (game)
criquet noun (insect)
grillon noun (insect)

Galician

4 entries

corta noun (insect)
crícket noun (game)
grilo noun (insect)
ralo noun (insect)

Georgian

2 entries

კრიკეტი noun (game)
ჭრიჭინა noun (insect)

German

3 entries

Cricket noun (game)
Grille noun (insect)
Kricket noun (game)

Greek

3 entries

γρύλος noun (insect)
κρίκετ noun (game)
τριζόνι noun (insect)

Gujarati

2 entries

ક્રિકેટ noun (insect)
ક્રિકેટ noun (game)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries

土狗仔 noun (insect)

Hausa

1 entries

kur̃kèt noun (game)

Hebrew

2 entries

צְרָצַר m צַרְצוּר noun (insect)
קְרִיקֶט noun (game)

Hindi

4 entries

क्रिकेट noun (game)
झीँगुर noun (insect)
झींगुर noun (insect)
वल्लकन्दुक noun (game)

Hungarian

3 entries

krikett noun (game)
sámli noun (a wooden footstool)
tücsök noun (insect)

Icelandic

2 entries

krikket noun (game)
krybba noun (insect)

Ido

2 entries

grilio noun (insect)
kriketo noun (game)

Iranian Persian

1 entries

کریکت noun (game)

Irish

4 entries

criogar noun (insect)
cruicéad noun (game)
píobaire gríosaí noun (insect)
píobaire teallaigh noun (insect)

Italian

3 entries

cricket noun (game)
fair play noun (fair and sportsmanlike act)
grillo noun (insect)

Japanese

3 entries

クリケット noun (game)
コオロギ noun (insect)
蟋蟀 noun (insect)

Javanese

1 entries

jangkrik noun (insect)

Kapampangan

2 entries

kamaru noun (insect)
lipaktung noun (insect)

Karachay-Balkar

1 entries

сенгирчке noun (insect)

Kazakh

2 entries

крикет noun (game)
қара шегіртке noun (insect)

Khmer

1 entries

ចង្រិត noun (insect)

Kongo

1 entries

nzenze noun (insect)

Korean

2 entries

귀뚜라미 noun (insect)
크리켓 noun (game)

Kyrgyz

2 entries

кара чегиртке noun (insect)
крикет noun (game)

Lao

1 entries

ຈີ່ລໍ່ noun (insect)

Latin

1 entries

gryllus noun (insect)

Latvian

2 entries

circenis noun (insect)
krikets noun (game)

Lingala

1 entries

likélélé noun (insect)

Lithuanian

2 entries

kriketas noun (game)
svirplys noun (insect)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

šwjerc noun (insect)

Luxembourgish

2 entries

Cricket noun (game)
Grill noun (insect)

Macedonian

2 entries

крикет noun (game)
штурец noun (insect)

Malagasy

2 entries

ampipanga noun (insect)
valala noun (insect)

Malay

1 entries

kriket noun (game)

Malayalam

2 entries

ചീവീട് noun (insect)
മണ്ണട്ട noun (insect)

Maltese

1 entries

grillu noun (insect)

Marathi

2 entries

क्रिकेट noun (game)
रात्रकिडा noun (insect)

Mi'kmaq

1 entries

pugto'guome'j noun (insect)

Mongolian

1 entries

крикет noun (game)

Nahuatl

1 entries

chapōlin noun (insect)

Navajo

1 entries

nahakʼízii noun (insect)

Norwegian

1 entries

cricket noun (game)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

siriss noun (insect)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

siriss noun (insect)

Occitan

2 entries

grelh noun (insect)
grilh noun (insect)

Odia

1 entries

କ୍ରିକେଟ noun (game)

Pashto

1 entries

کرکټ noun (game)

Persian

1 entries

جیرجیرک noun (insect)

Polish

2 entries

krykiet noun (game)
świerszcz noun (insect)

Portuguese

2 entries

críquete noun (game)
grilo noun (insect)

Punjabi

1 entries

ਝੀਂਗਰ noun (insect)

Quechua

2 entries

ch'illik'utu noun (insect)
sirp'i noun (insect)

Romanian

2 entries

crichet noun (game)
greier noun (insect)

Russian

2 entries

кри́кет noun (game)
сверчо́к noun (insect)

S'gaw Karen

1 entries

သကံၤ noun (insect)

Samogitian

1 entries

svirplīs noun (insect)

Sanskrit

3 entries

क्रिकेट्-क्रीडा noun (game)
फालका noun (insect)
वल्लकन्दुकः noun (game)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries

craigear noun (game)
criogaid noun (game)
greollan noun (insect)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

cvŕčak noun (insect)
kriket noun (game)
razor-kapija noun (game)
zríkavac noun (insect)

Sicilian

2 entries

agriḍḍu noun (insect)
cricket noun (game)

Sinhalese

1 entries

ක්රිකට් noun (game)

Slovak

2 entries

kriket noun (game)
svrček noun (insect)

Slovene

3 entries

cvȓčək noun (insect)
kriket noun (game)
črȋčək noun (insect)

Spanish

3 entries

cricket noun (game)
críquet noun (game)
grillo noun (insect)

Sundanese

1 entries

jangkrik noun (insect)

Swahili

1 entries

kriketi noun (game)

Swedish

4 entries

cricket noun (game)
fair play noun (fair and sportsmanlike act)
kricket noun (game)
rent spel noun (fair and sportsmanlike act)

Sylheti

1 entries

ꠎꠤꠘꠤ ꠙꠥꠇ noun (insect)

Tagalog

3 entries

kerwe noun (insect)
kriket noun (game)
kuliglig-lupa noun (insect)

Tajik

2 entries

крикет noun (game)
чирчирак noun (insect)

Tamil

1 entries

மட்டைப்பந்து noun (game)

Tarifit

1 entries

tmurɣi noun (insect)

Telugu

3 entries

కీచురాయి noun (insect)
క్రికెట్ noun (game)
యిలకోడి noun (insect)

Thai

2 entries

คริกเก็ต noun (game)
จิ้งหรีด noun (insect)

Tigrinya

1 entries

ዕንጭራር noun (insect)

Turkish

1 entries

cırcır böceği noun (insect)

Ukrainian

2 entries

кри́кет noun (game)
цвірку́н noun (insect)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries

šwjerč noun (insect)

Urdu

2 entries

جھینگر noun (insect)
کرکٹ noun (game)

Uzbek

1 entries

qora chigirtka noun (insect)

Vietnamese

3 entries

bóng gậy noun (game)
crích-kê noun (game)
dế noun (insect)

Vilamovian

1 entries

gryłł noun (insect)

Volapük

1 entries

krik noun (insect)

Walloon

2 entries

crikion noun (insect)
tchantrê noun (insect)

Waray-Waray

1 entries

gangis noun (insect)

Welsh

3 entries

criced noun (game)
criciedyn noun (insect)
cricsyn noun (insect)

Yiddish

1 entries

גריל noun (insect)

Zhuang

1 entries

daekdaeq noun (insect)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Just as Japanese boys play baseball, so English boys play cricket.

Source: tatoeba (40125)

I should like to join the cricket club.

Source: tatoeba (62846)

Just as the Americans like baseball, the British like cricket.

Source: tatoeba (67489)

My uncle is an amateur cricket player.

Source: tatoeba (250246)

Showing 4 of 13 available sentences.

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