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English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?u?p/
• Rhymes: -u?p

Etymology 1

From Middle English croupe, from Old French croupe (“rump, body”), from Old Norse kroppr (“body, trunk, mass”), from Proto-Germanic *kruppaz (“body, mass, heap, collection, crop”), from Proto-Indo-European *grewb- (“to curve, bend, crawl”). More at crupper, doublet of croupe, group, and crop.

Alternative forms

• croupe

Noun

croup (plural croups)

1. The top of the rump of a horse or other quadruped.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Scots croup, croop (“the croup”), from Scots croup, crowp, croop (“to croak, speak hoarsely, murmur, complain”), from Old Scots crowp, crope, croap (“to call loudly, croak”), alteration of rowp, roup, roip, rope (“to cry, cry hoarsely, roop”), from Middle English roupen, ropen, from Old English hr?pan (“to shout, proclaim; cry out, scream, howl”), from Proto-Germanic *hr?pan? (“to shout”), from Proto-Indo-European *ker-, *kor- (“to caw, crow”). More at roop.

Verb

croup (third-person singular simple present croups, present participle crouping, simple past and past participle crouped)

1. (obsolete outside dialects) To croak, make a hoarse noise.

Translations

Noun

croup (uncountable)

1. (pathology) An infectious illness of the larynx, especially in young children, causing respiratory difficulty.

Usage notes

• There are two forms of croup, one caused by the diphtheria bacterium which may be deadly if not cured, and the other, less severe, caused by viruses. The viral form was formerly called pseudocroup. Vaccines and antibiotics have nearly eradicated the diphtheritic form from developed countries, and now the term "croup" chiefly refers to the viral form.

Derived terms

• croupous
• croupy

Translations

Anagrams

• cupro, cupro-

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??p/

Etymology 1

Noun

crup (plural crups)

1. Alternative form of croup (the rump of a horse)

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

crup (comparative more crup, superlative most crup)

1. short; brittle

   crup cake

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Anagrams

• cupr-

Italian

Noun

crup m (invariable)

1. (medicine) croup

Related terms

• crupale

Romanian

Etymology

From French croup.

Noun

crup n (uncountable)

1. croup

Declension