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croupe
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English
Pronunciation
Noun
croupe (plural croupes)
- Alternative form of croup.
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French
Etymology
From Old French crope, of Germanic origin.
Pronunciation
Noun
croupe f (plural croupes)
- (chiefly of horses) the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks
- 1857, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary […] , Paris: Michel Lévy Frères:
- Emma, silencieuse, regardait tourner les roues. Charles, posé sur le bord extrême de la banquette, conduisait les deux bras écartés, et le petit cheval trottait l'amble dans les brancards, qui étaient trop larges pour lui. Les guides molles battaient sur sa croupe en s'y trempant d'écume, et la boîte ficelée derrière le boc donnait contre la caisse de grands coups réguliers.
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- (colloquial, especially of women) bottom, derrière
- Elle est superbe, ta fiancée ! Elle a une belle croupe...
- Your fiancée is superb! She has a nice ass...
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Descendants
Further reading
- “croupe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Middle English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old French crope, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kruppaz. Doublet of croppe.
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Pronunciation
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
References
- “crǒupe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
Noun
croupe
- alternative form of croppe
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Norman
Etymology
From Old French crope, of Germanic origin.
Noun
croupe f (plural croupes)
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