crau

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English crawl.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾaw/ [ˈkɾaʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾaw/

• Rhymes: -aw
• Hyphenation: crau

Noun

crau m (uncountable)

1. (Brazil) crawl (swimming style)

   Synonym: (Portugal) crol

Romanian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

crau

1. caw (sound made by crows)

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /kraɨ̯/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /krai̯/
• Rhymes: -aɨ̯

Etymology 1

From Middle Welsh creu, from Proto-Celtic *kruwos, *kruwyos (“enclosure”) (compare Breton krao (“eye of a needle”), kraou (“stable”), Cornish krow (“hut, shed, sty”), Irish cró (“eye socket; enclosure”)), from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₁- (“to hide”) (compare Old English hrēodan (“to cover”), Old Church Slavonic крꙑти (kryti, “to hide”)).

Noun

crau m (plural creuau)

1. sty
2. eye socket

Etymology 2

From Proto-Brythonic *krow, from Proto-Celtic *krowos, from Proto-Indo-European *kréwh₂s. Cognate with Irish cró, Latin cruor, Ancient Greek κρέας (kréas), Old English hrǣw (English raw).

Noun

crau m or f (uncountable)

1. blood, gore
2. carnage

Derived terms

• creulon (“bloody; cruel”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
crau	grau	nghrau	chrau
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.