krop

(Inglese)

1. (masculine) an unhealthy enlargement of a bird's gullet
2. (masculine) the head (capitulum) of certain plants, especially lettuce
3. (masculine) a tissue growth, a goitre, notably struma
4. (broadly, masculine, obsolete) the throat or rather the whole neck of certain animals, especially birds, rarely of humans
5. (masculine, metonymically) any emotion felt as a lump in throat, e.g. caused by fear, anxiety or grief

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/krɔp/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da olandese medio: crop

Ereditato da Old Dutch: *krop

Affine inglese: crop

Affine tedesco: Kropf

In summary

From Middle Dutch crop, from Old Dutch *krop, from Proto-Germanic *kruppaz. Doublet of groep. Cognate with English crop, German Kropf.

Concetti

gozzo

testa

struma

sinonimi

hoofd

kop

struma

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