crue

See also: crûe

English

Noun

crue (plural crues)

1. Obsolete form of crew.
   • 1620, Edward Elton, An Exposition of the Epistle of Saint Paul to the Colossians, page 101:

     […] hee would seeme to make that to be, which is not, and so doth winne to himselfe from simple people that runne after men of that cursed crue […]

Anagrams

• Cure, cuer, cure, ecru, écru

French

Etymology

From croître (“to grow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʁy/

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• Homophones: cru, crû

Noun

crue f (plural crues)

1. flood

   Synonym: inondation

2. (obsolete) growth

Adjective

crue

1. feminine singular of cru

Participle

crue f sg

1. feminine singular of cru

Further reading

• “crue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• cure, curé, écru, reçu

Norman

Adjective

crue

1. feminine singular of crû

Venetian

Adjective

crue f

1. feminine plural of cruo