croup

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

Noun

The top of the rump of a horse or other quadruped.

Verb

To croak, make a hoarse noise.

Συνώνυμα

rump

hindquarters

crupper

croupe

laryngotracheobronchitis

spasmodic laryngitis

seat

💺

whooping cough

trachitis

rear

buttocks

fundament

grits

groats

bum

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/kɹuːp/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

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.