different between crope vs crore

English

Etymology

From Middle English crope, from Old English cr?ap (“crept”), first and third person singular indicative of cr?opan (“to creep”).

Verb

crope

1. (obsolete) simple past tense of creep

Related terms

• cropen

Anagrams

• Pecor, Pore?, coper

Old French

Alternative forms

• croupe, crupe

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kruppaz.

Noun

crope f (oblique plural cropes, nominative singular crope, nominative plural cropes)

1. croup (rear of a horse)

Descendants

• Middle French: croupe
  • French: croupe (see there for further descendants)
• Norman: croupe
• ? Middle English: croupe, crope, crop, croppe
  • English: croup, croupe
  • Scots: crouppe

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani ????? / ????? (karo?).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /k???/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k???/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /k?o(?)?/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /k?o?/
• Rhymes: -??(?)
• Homophone: craw (most non-rhotic accents)

Noun

crore (plural crores)

1. (India) ten million; 10,000,000. Often used with units of money.

   Following the ban, the government stands to lose ?30 crore annually, sources said. (India Times, 2nd July 2003)

   The population of Gujarat is 3.39 crores.

Usage notes

There seems to be no standard way of abbreviating crore. The Indian press uses Cr, cr, Cr. and cr. with apparent indifference. Most often it is not abbreviated at all.

Coordinate terms

• lakh
• ?

References

• “crore”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• corer