croupe

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɹuːp/

Noun

croupe (plural croupes)

1. Alternative form of croup.

Anagrams

• recoup, upcore

French

Etymology

From Old French crope, of Germanic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʁup/

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Noun

croupe f (plural croupes)

1. (chiefly of horses) croup, the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks
   • 1857, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary […]‎^[1], Paris: Michel Lévy Frères:

     Emma, silencieuse, regardait tourner les roues. Charles, posé sur le bord extrême de la banquette, conduisait les deux bras écartés, et le petit cheval trottait l'amble dans les brancards, qui étaient trop larges pour lui. Les guides molles battaient sur sa croupe en s'y trempant d'écume, et la boîte ficelée derrière le boc donnait contre la caisse de grands coups réguliers.

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2. (colloquial, especially of women) bottom, derrière

   Elle est superbe, ta fiancée ! Elle a une belle croupe...

   Your fiancée is superb! She has a nice ass...

Derived terms

• croupir

Related terms

• accroupir

Descendants

• → Catalan: gropa
• → German: Kruppe
• → Italian: groppa
• → Occitan: cropa
• → Portuguese: garupa
• → Romanian: crupă
• → Spanish: grupa

Further reading

• “croupe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• couper

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French crope, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kruppaz. Doublet of croppe.

Alternative forms

• crop, crope, croppe, croup, crowpe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkruːp(ə)/

Noun

croupe (plural croupes)

1. The hindquarters or rear, usually of an animal.
2. A sort of fur from an animal's rear.
3. (rare) A cut of beef from this area.
4. (rare) Armour covering a horse's rear; a croupiere.

Descendants

• English: croup, croupe
• Middle Scots: crouppe (hapax)

References

• “crǒupe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Noun

croupe

1. alternative form of croppe

Norman

Etymology

From Old French crope, of Germanic origin.

Noun

croupe f (plural croupes)

1. (Jersey, anatomy) croup, rump