croupe

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɹuːp/

Noun

croupe (plural croupes)

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)

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

Norman

Etymology

From Old French crope, of Germanic origin.

Noun

croupe f (plural croupes)

(Jersey, anatomy) croup, rump

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