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croup¹
- /kɹuːp/
Rhymes with -uːp
Where it comes from
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.
noun croups
- The top of the rump of a horse or other quadruped. So light to the croup the fair lady he swung, / So light to the saddle before her he sprung.
croup²
- /kɹuːp/
Rhymes with -uːp
Where it comes from
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 hrōpan (“to shout, proclaim; cry out, scream, howl”), from Proto-Germanic *hrōpaną (“to shout”), from Proto-Indo-European *ker-, *kor- (“to caw, crow”). More at roop. In the medical sense introduced by Edinburgh physician Francis Home.
verb croups · crouping · crouped
- To croak, make a hoarse noise.
noun
- An infectious illness of the larynx, especially in young children, causing respiratory difficulty. Yes; I've nursed five children and buried three; and the one I loved the best of all, and tended through croup, and teething, and measles, and hooping-cough, and brought up with foreign masters, regardless of expense, […].
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noun top of the rump of a horse
| Español | grupa |
|---|---|
| Français | croupe |
| Deutsch | Kruppe |
| Italiano | groppa |
| Română | crupă |
| Русский | круп krup |
noun an infectious illness of the larynx
| Español | crup, garrotillo |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 義膜性喉炎 /义膜性喉炎 yìmóxìng hóuyán, 喉氣管支氣管炎 /喉气管支气管炎 hóuqìguǎnzhīqìguǎnyán, 哮吼 xiàohǒu, 嘶吼症 sīhǒuzhèng |
| Français | croup |
| Deutsch | Krupp, Kehlkopfdiphtherie (diphtheric), Pseudokrupp (viral) |
| Русский | круп krup |
Talk about this word "croup." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/croup. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. croup. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/croup "croup." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/croup.Cite this
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title = {croup},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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