crup

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɹʌp/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ʌp

Etymology 1

Noun

crup (plural crups)

1. Alternative form of croup (the rump of a horse)
   • 1904, The Leather Manufacturer - Volumes 15-16, page 105:

     The part immediately above the tail (i.e., the haunches) is the crup, and about 4 to 5 inches above the crup the butt is separated from the hide.

Etymology 2

Compare Old High German grop, German grob (“coarse”).

Adjective

crup (comparative more crup, superlative most crup)

1. Short; brittle (both literally and figuratively).

   You'll have a nice walk, as the snow is very crup.

   • 1664, Thomas St Nicholas, Upon Mr. Benchkin, The Curate of Ash, His Presentment of Me to the Consistory Court at Canterbury For Helping to Lay my Poor Old Nurse, the Widow Solly, In her Grave As Soon as she was Brouth Thither and The Coverings, Without Noise or Disturbance, Taken Off:

     Why now so angry, trow ye? What's the matter, That our Sir James is grown so crup and tatter?

   • 1669, John Baptista Porta, Natural Magick, page 322:

     […] and care must be had to rost him so leasurely, that he neither burn, nor continue raw: for when the skin seems crup, it is a sign all is rosted, and the Polenta is taken away.

   • 1790, Francis Grose, Letters:

     He was tedious crup with me.

Anagrams

• cupr-

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /kɾˠɞpˠ/

Verb

crup (present analytic crupann, future analytic crupfaidh, verbal noun crupadh, past participle cruptha)

1. alternative form of crap (“to shrink, contract”)

Conjugation

Conjugation of crup (first conjugation – A)

indicative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present	crupaim	crupann tú; crupair†	crupann sé, sí	crupaimid; crupann muid	crupann sibh	crupann siad; crupaid†	a chrupann; a chrupas	cruptar
past	chrup mé; chrupas	chrup tú; chrupais	chrup sé, sí	chrupamar; chrup muid	chrup sibh; chrupabhair	chrup siad; chrupadar	a chrup	crupadh
past habitual	chrupainn / crupainn‡	chruptá / cruptá‡	chrupadh sé, sí / crupadh sé, sí‡	chrupaimis; chrupadh muid / crupaimis‡; crupadh muid‡	chrupadh sibh / crupadh sibh‡	chrupaidís; chrupadh siad / crupaidís‡; crupadh siad‡	a chrupadh	chruptaí / cruptaí‡
	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	crupfaidh mé; crupfad	crupfaidh tú; crupfair†	crupfaidh sé, sí	crupfaimid; crupfaidh muid	crupfaidh sibh	crupfaidh siad; crupfaid†	a chrupfaidh; a chrupfas	crupfar
conditional	chrupfainn / crupfainn‡	chrupfá / crupfá‡	chrupfadh sé, sí / crupfadh sé, sí‡	chrupfaimis; chrupfadh muid / crupfaimis‡; crupfadh muid‡	chrupfadh sibh / crupfadh sibh‡	chrupfaidís; chrupfadh siad / crupfaidís‡; crupfadh siad‡	a chrupfadh	chrupfaí / crupfaí‡
subjunctive	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present	go gcrupa mé; go gcrupad†	go gcrupa tú; go gcrupair†	go gcrupa sé, sí	go gcrupaimid; go gcrupa muid	go gcrupa sibh	go gcrupa siad; go gcrupaid†	—	go gcruptar
past	dá gcrupainn	dá gcruptá	dá gcrupadh sé, sí	dá gcrupaimis; dá gcrupadh muid	dá gcrupadh sibh	dá gcrupaidís; dá gcrupadh siad	—	dá gcruptaí
imperative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
—	crupaim	crup	crupadh sé, sí	crupaimis	crupaigí; crupaidh†	crupaidís	—	cruptar
past participle	cruptha
verbal noun	crupadh

^† archaic or dialect form
^‡ dependent form

Mutation

Mutated forms of crup

radical	lenition	eclipsis
crup	chrup	gcrup

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrup/
• Rhymes: -up
• Hyphenation: crùp

Noun

crup m (invariable)

1. (medicine) croup

Derived terms

• crupale

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French croup.

Noun

crup n (uncountable)

1. croup

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	crup	crupul
genitive-dative	crup	crupului
vocative	crupule

Spanish

Alternative forms

• croup

Etymology

Borrowed from English croup.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾup/ [ˈkɾup]
• Rhymes: -up
• Syllabification: crup

Noun

crup m (plural crups)

1. (pathology) croup, especially diphtheria [early 19th c.]

Further reading

• “crup”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “crup”, in Diccionario histórico de la lengua española [Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 31 January 2018, →ISSN