croupe

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɹuːp/ === Noun === croupe (plural croupes) Alternative form of croup. === Anagrams === recoup, upcore == French == === Etymology === From Old French crope, of Germanic origin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kʁup/ === Noun === croupe f (plural croupes) (chiefly of horses) croup, the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks (colloquial, especially of women) bottom, derrière ==== Derived terms ==== croupir ==== Related terms ==== accroupir ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: gropa → German: Kruppe → Italian: groppa → Occitan: cropa → Portuguese: garupa → Romanian: crupă → Spanish: grupa === Further reading === “croupe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === couper == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Old French crope, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kruppaz. Doublet of croppe. ==== Alternative forms ==== crop, crope, croppe, croup, crowpe ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈkruːp(ə)/ ==== Noun ==== croupe (plural croupes) The hindquarters or rear, usually of an animal. A sort of fur from an animal's rear. (rare) A cut of beef from this area. (rare) Armour covering a horse's rear; a croupiere. ===== Descendants ===== English: croup, croupe Middle Scots: crouppe (hapax) ===== References ===== “crǒupe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== croupe alternative form of croppe == Norman == === Etymology === From Old French crope, of Germanic origin. === Noun === croupe f (plural croupes) (Jersey, anatomy) croup, rump