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Czech
Pronunciation
Verb
krop
- second-person singular imperative of kropit
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse kroppr, from Proto-Germanic *kruppaz. Cognate with Swedish kropp, English crop and German Kropf.
Pronunciation
Noun
krop c (singular definite kroppen, plural indefinite kroppe)
- body (of animals, including humans)
- Synonym: legeme
- trunk, torso (as opposed to the limbs)
- carcass, carcase (of a butchered animal)
- body, fuselage (the central part of an object, e.g. an airplane, a building a musical instrument)
- body (the taste of wine)
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Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch crop, from Old Dutch *krop, from Proto-Germanic *kruppaz. Doublet of groep. Cognate with English crop, German Kropf.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /krɔp/
- Hyphenation: krop
- Rhymes: -ɔp
Noun
krop m (plural kroppen, diminutive kropje n)
- an unhealthy enlargement of a bird's gullet
- the head (capitulum) of certain plants, especially lettuce
- a tissue growth, a goitre, notably struma
- (obsolete, by extension) the throat or rather the whole neck of certain animals, especially birds, rarely of humans
- (metonymically) any emotion felt as a lump in throat, e.g. caused by fear, anxiety or grief
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Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkrɔp/
- Rhymes: -ɔp
- Syllabification: krop
Noun
krop f
- genitive plural of kropa
Verb
krop
- second-person singular imperative of kropić
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
krȍp m (Cyrillic spelling кро̏п)
- (Kajkavian) boiling water
Further reading
- “krop”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
Tocharian A
Etymology
Compare Tocharian B kraupe.
Noun
krop m
- crowd
- herd, flock
- heap