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Yes. The word cru is a Scrabble US word. The word cru is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word cru is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

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3-letter words (3 found)

CRU,CUR,RUC,

2-letter words (1 found)

UR,

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Definitions and meaning of cru

cru

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French cru (“growth”), from French crû, past participle of French croître (“grow”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɹuː/
  • Rhymes: -uː
  • Homophones: crew, crewe, Crewe

Noun

cru (plural crus)

  1. A vineyard or group of vineyards in France, especially one having a high reputation.

Usage notes

Translated as growth in phrases such as “first growth” for premier cru.

Related terms

  • grand cru
  • premier cru

Anagrams

  • RUC, cur, ruc

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin crūdus (compare Occitan crus, French cru, Spanish crudo).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈkɾu]
  • Rhymes: -u

Adjective

cru (feminine crua, masculine plural crus, feminine plural crues)

  1. raw

Derived terms

  • cruesa

Further reading

  • “cru”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
  • “cru” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French cru, from Middle French cru, from Old French [Term?], from Latin crūdus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kry/
  • Hyphenation: cru
  • Rhymes: -y

Adjective

cru (not comparable)

  1. crude, coarse

Declension

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʁy/
  • Homophones: crû, crue

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle French crud, from Old French cru, creu, from Latin crūdus (English crude).

Adjective

cru (feminine crue, masculine plural crus, feminine plural crues)

  1. raw (uncooked, unprocessed)
Derived terms
Related terms
  • crudité
Descendants
  • Haitian Creole: kri

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

cru (feminine crue, masculine plural crus, feminine plural crues)

  1. past participle of croire

Etymology 3

Nominal use of crû, past participle of croître.

Noun

cru m (plural crus)

  1. growth
  2. vineyard; vintage

Further reading

  • “cru”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Etymology

13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese cruu, from Latin crūdus, probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂- (“raw meat, fresh blood”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɾu/

Adjective

cru (feminine crúa, masculine plural crus, feminine plural crúas)

  1. raw; unprocessed
  2. (dated) cruel

Derived terms

  • cruel
  • crueza
  • decrúa
  • decruar
  • recruar

References

  • Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cruu”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cruu”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cru”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cru”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cru”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French cru. Doublet of crudo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkru/*
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: crù

Noun

cru m (invariable)

  1. cru (vineyard known for its quality without official rankings)

Old French

Alternative forms

  • creu

Etymology

From Latin crudus.

Adjective

cru m (oblique and nominative feminine singular crue)

  1. raw (uncooked)

Descendants

  • Middle French: crud
    • French: cru

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cruu, from Latin crūdum. Compare Galician cru, Spanish and Italian crudo, French cru, and Romanian crud.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: cru

Adjective

cru (feminine crua, masculine plural crus, feminine plural cruas)

  1. raw (uncooked, unprocessed)

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

  • Guinea-Bissau Creole: kru

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