English Explanatory Dictionary

croup

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The top of the rump of a horse or other quadruped.
verb
  1. To croak, make a hoarse noise.
noun
  1. An infectious illness of the larynx, especially in young children, causing respiratory difficulty.

Pronunciation

/kɹuːp/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-croup.wav

Word forms

croup croups crouping crouped

Etymology

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.

Related words

croupe croupade

Derived words

croupal crouplike croupous croupy false croup pseudocroup
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