cru

See also: Cru and crû

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French cru. Doublet of crude.

Pronunciation

• Homophones: crew, crewe, Crewe

Noun

cru (plural crus)

1. A grade or class of wine.

   premier cru

Anagrams

• RUC, cur, ruc

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Catalan

Etymology

From a variant of (compare Occitan crus), from Latin crūdus (compare French cru, Spanish crudo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈkɾu]
• Rhymes: -u

Adjective

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

1. raw

Derived terms

• cruesa

Further reading

• “cru” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Dutch

Etymology

From French.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

cru (not comparable)

1. crude, coarse

Declension

Declension 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

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French

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /kʁy/
• Homophones: crû, crue

Etymology 1

From Middle French crud, from Old French cru, creu, from Latin crūdus.

Adjective

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

1. raw (uncooked, unprocessed)

Derived terms

• écru

Related terms

• crudité

Etymology 2

Verb

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. vineyard; vintage

Further reading

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

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Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾu/

Adjective

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

1. raw; unprocessed
   • 1295, A. López Ferreiro (ed.), 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 weaved cloth and five skeins of raw thread and three boiled

2. (dated) cruel
   • 1348, R. Lorenzo (ed.), 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

Derived terms

• cruel
• crueza

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cruu”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• Template:R:TILG
• “cru” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French cru. Doublet of crudo.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -u

Noun

cru m (uncountable)

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

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Old French

Alternative forms

• creu

Etymology

From Latin crudus.

Adjective

cru m (oblique and nominative feminine singular crue)

1. raw (uncooked)

Descendants

• Middle French: crud
  • French: cru

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Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾu/
• Hyphenation: cru
• Rhymes: -u

Adjective

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

1. raw (uncooked, unprocessed)

Derived terms

• crueza