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/

Noun

croupe f (plural croupes)

1. (chiefly of horses) the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks
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

• accroupir

Descendants

• → Catalan: gropa
• → German: Krupp
• → 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