[ˈkɾi.βʊ]
OriginAttested since circa 1300. From Late Latin or Vulgar Latin cribum, dissimilated form of Latin cribrum attested in some late glosses, from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (“to seive”). Cognate with Portuguese crivo, Spanish criba, and Sicilian crivu.
- masculinewinnow
- masculinesieve
“furarõ aquel vaso todo porlo fondo [como] criuo” — They pierced that vase all by its bottom as a sieve
- first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singularfirst-person singular present indicative of cribar
Formscribos(plural)