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See also: CRU, Cru, crû, and crú

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French cru (“growth”), from French crû, past participle of French croître (“grow”).

Pronunciation

Noun

cru (plural crus)

  1. A vineyard or group of vineyards in France, especially one having a high reputation.
    • 2009, Ed McCarthy, Mary Ewing-Mulligan, Maryann Egan, Wine All-in-One For Dummies, page 218:
      Each cru has an official quality rating on a scale of 100: Grand cru vineyards all rate 100, and premier cru vineyards rank from 90 to 99 points.

Usage notes

Translated as growth in phrases such as “first growth” for premier cru.

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Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin crūdus (compare Occitan crus, French cru, Spanish crudo).

Pronunciation

Adjective

cru (feminine crua, masculine plural crus, feminine plural crues)

  1. raw

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French cru, from Middle French cru, from Old French , from Latin crūdus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

cru (not comparable)

  1. crude, coarse

Declension

Inflection of cru
uninflected cru
inflected crue
comparative —
positive
predicative/adverbial cru
indefinite m./f. sing. crue
n. sing. cru
plural crue
definite crue
partitive cru's

French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle French crud, from Old French cru, creu, from Latin crūdus (English crude).

Adjective

cru (feminine crue, masculine plural crus, feminine plural crues)

  1. raw (uncooked, unprocessed)
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Descendants
  • Haitian Creole: kri

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

cru (feminine crue, masculine plural crus, feminine plural crues)

  1. past participle of croire

Etymology 3

Nominal use of crû, past participle of croître.

Noun

cru m (plural crus)

  1. growth
  2. vineyard; vintage

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Galician

Etymology

13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese cruu, from Latin crūdus, probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂- (“raw meat, fresh blood”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

cru (feminine crúa, masculine plural crus, feminine plural crúas)

  1. raw; unprocessed
    • 1295, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 152:
      acharedes en casa na mia ucha cinquoeenta uaras de lenço que seen ordidas et cinquo maranas de fiado cruu et tres de cozido
      you'll find in my home inside my chest fifty yards of woven cloth and five skeins of raw thread and three of boiled
  2. (dated) cruel
    • 1348, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 316:
      Et, ãdando ambos muy fortes et muy cruus en sua batalla, ferindose muy sen piadade
      And, being both very strong and cruel in their battle, they hurt one another mercilessly

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References

  • “cruu” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “cruu” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “cru” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “cru” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “cru” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French cru. Doublet of crudo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkru/
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: crù

Noun

cru m (invariable)

  1. cru (vineyard known for its quality without official rankings)

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin crudus.

Adjective

cru m (oblique and nominative feminine singular crue)

  1. raw (uncooked)

Descendants

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cruu, from Latin crūdum. Compare Galician cru, Spanish and Italian crudo, French cru, and Romanian crud.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: cru

Adjective

cru (feminine crua, masculine plural crus, feminine plural cruas)

  1. raw (uncooked, unprocessed)

Derived terms

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Descendants

  • Guinea-Bissau Creole: kru
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