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cru¹

  • /kɹuː/

Sounds like crew, crewe, Crewe · Rhymes with -uː

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French cru (“growth”), from French crû, past participle of French croître (“grow”).

noun crus

  1. A vineyard or group of vineyards in France, especially one having a high reputation. Each cru has an official quality rating on a scale of 100: Grand cru vineyards all rate 100, and premier cru vineyards rank from 90 to 99 points.

noun crus

  1. alternative Alternative spelling of crew

Cru²

proper noun

  1. abbreviation Abbreviation of Crucis
  2. abbreviation Abbreviation of Crux

CRU³

noun CRUs

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of collective reserve unit

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@misc{cru_2026,
  title = {cru},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cru},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}