crew

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• kroo͞
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• Received-Pronunciation: /kɹuː/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /kɹʉw/
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• General-American: /kɹu/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /kɹʉː/
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• Scotland: /kɾʉ/
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• Wales: /kɾɪʊ/
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• rhymes with -uː
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• homophone: crewe
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• homophone: Crewe
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• homophone: cru
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• CMU ARPABET: K R UW1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Crewe in Cheshire, Old Welsh criu (“weir”).

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh1-sḱéti Latin crēscere Old French creistre Old French creuebor. Middle English crue English crew From Middle English crue, from Old French creue (“an increase, recruit, military reinforcement”), the feminine past participle of creistre (“grow”), from Latin crescere (“to arise, grow”).

Probably of Brythonic/Cumbric origin. Compare Middle Welsh creu (“pigsty, hovel, stockade”).

234 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: bemanning — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Albanian: ekip — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Albanian: skuadër — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Arabic: طَاقَم (ṭāqam) — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Arabic: طَاقِم (ṭāqim) — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Armenian: անձնակազմ (anjnakazm) — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Armenian: նավակազմ (navakazm) — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Azerbaijani: ekipaj — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Azerbaijani: komanda — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Belarusian: экіпа́ж (ekipáž) — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Belarusian: кама́нда (kamánda) — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Bulgarian: екипа́ж (ekipáž) — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Catalan: tripulació — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Chinese Mandarin: 班組 /班组 (bānzǔ) — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Chinese Mandarin: 隊 /队 (duì) — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Czech: obsluha — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Czech: posádka — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Danish: mandskab — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Danish: besætning — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Dutch: bemanning — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Dutch: ploeg — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Egyptian: iz-w:*t-A1:Z2 (jzwt) — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Esperanto: ŝipanaro — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Estonian: meeskond — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Finnish: miehistö — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Finnish: käyttöhenkilöstö — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Finnish: väki — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• French: équipage — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• French: équipe — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Galician: equipo — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Galician: tripulación — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Georgian: ეკიპაჟი (eḳiṗaži) — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• German: Besatzung — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• German: Bemannung — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• German: Crew — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Greek: συνεργείο (synergeío) — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Hindi: कर्मीदल (karmīdal) — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Hungarian: legénység — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Icelandic: áhöfn — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Irish: foireann — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Irish: criú — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Italian: squadra — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Italian: equipaggio — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Japanese: クルー (kurū) — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Japanese: 乗組 (norikumi) — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Kazakh: экипаж (ékipaj) — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Kazakh: команда (komanda) — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Kazakh: ұжым (ūjym) — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Korean: 승무원 (seungmuwon) — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Kyrgyz: экипаж (ekipaj) — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Kyrgyz: команда (komanda) — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Lao: ປະຈໍາເຮືອ (pa cham hư̄a) — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Lao: ລູກເຮືອ (lūk hư̄a) — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Latvian: ekipāža — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Lithuanian: įgula — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Lithuanian: ekipažas — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Macedonian: екипа (ekipa) — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Māori: tiramahi — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Mongolian: баг (bag) — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Mongolian: бүлэг (büleg) — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Norwegian Bokmål: mannskap — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Norwegian Bokmål: besetning — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Persian: گُروه (goruh) — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Polish: załoga — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Polish: ekwipaż — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Polish: ekipa — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Portuguese: tripulação — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Portuguese: pessoal — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Romanian: echipaj — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Russian: экипа́ж (ekipáž) — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Russian: кома́нда (kománda) — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Serbo-Croatian: по̏сада — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Serbo-Croatian: еки́па — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Serbo-Croatian: pȍsada — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Serbo-Croatian: ekípa — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Slovak: posádka — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Slovene: posadka — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Spanish: tripulación — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Swedish: besättning — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Tajik: экипаж (ekipaž) — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Tajik: гурӯҳ (gurüh) — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Thai: บุคลากร (bùk-ká-laa-gɔɔn) — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Thai: ลูกเรือ (lûuk-rʉʉa) — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Turkish: ekip — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Turkish: mürettebat — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Turkmen: ekipaž — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Turkmen: komanda — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Ukrainian: екіпа́ж (ekipáž) — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Ukrainian: кома́нда (kománda) — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Uzbek: ekipaj — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Uzbek: komanda — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Welsh: criw — group of people operating a large facility or piece of equipment
• Bulgarian: компа́ния (kompánija) — any company of people
• Finnish: joukko — any company of people
• Galician: banda — any company of people
• Māori: tiramahi — any company of people
• Polish: banda — any company of people
• Russian: кома́нда (kománda) — any company of people
• Russian: компа́ния (kompánija) — any company of people
• Ukrainian: кома́нда (kománda) — any company of people
• Ukrainian: компа́нія (kompánija) — any company of people
• Vietnamese: đội — any company of people
• Vietnamese: đoàn — any company of people
• Vietnamese: nhóm — any company of people
• Welsh: criw — any company of people
• Bulgarian: екипа́ж (ekipáž) — non-officer nautical personnel
• Catalan: marineria — non-officer nautical personnel
• Chinese Mandarin: 船員 /船员 (chuányuán) — non-officer nautical personnel
• Czech: posádka — non-officer nautical personnel
• Dutch: schepeling — non-officer nautical personnel
• Dutch: bemanning — non-officer nautical personnel
• Finnish: miehistön jäsen — non-officer nautical personnel
• Finnish: miehistö — non-officer nautical personnel
• French: équipage — non-officer nautical personnel
• German: Mannschaft — non-officer nautical personnel
• Greek: πλήρωμα (plíroma) — non-officer nautical personnel
• Italian: ciurma — non-officer nautical personnel
• Italian: equipaggio — non-officer nautical personnel
• Japanese: 乗組 — non-officer nautical personnel
• Japanese: クルー (kurū) — non-officer nautical personnel
• Japanese: 船員 (sen'in) — non-officer nautical personnel
• Korean: 일반선원 (ilbanseonwon) — non-officer nautical personnel
• Korean: 수병 (subyeong) — non-officer nautical personnel
• Macedonian: посада (posada) — non-officer nautical personnel
• Macedonian: екипа́ж (ekipáž) — non-officer nautical personnel
• Norwegian Bokmål: besetning — non-officer nautical personnel
• Norwegian Nynorsk: besetning — non-officer nautical personnel
• Portuguese: tripulação — non-officer nautical personnel
• Russian: экипа́ж (ekipáž) — non-officer nautical personnel
• Scottish Gaelic: sgioba — non-officer nautical personnel
• Spanish: grumete — non-officer nautical personnel
• Tok Pisin: boskru — non-officer nautical personnel
• Vietnamese: thuỷ thủ — non-officer nautical personnel
• Welsh: criw — non-officer nautical personnel
• Bulgarian: еки́п (ekíp) — group of people working on common task
• Catalan: equip — group of people working on common task
• Czech: pracovní skupina — group of people working on common task
• Dutch: ploeg — group of people working on common task
• Dutch: team — group of people working on common task
• Finnish: joukkue — group of people working on common task
• Finnish: ryhmä — group of people working on common task
• French: équipe — group of people working on common task
• Galician: roga — group of people working on common task
• Galician: cuadrilla — group of people working on common task
• Galician: equipo — group of people working on common task
• German: Stab — group of people working on common task
• German: Kolonne — group of people working on common task
• Greek: συνεργείο (synergeío) — group of people working on common task
• Italian: squadra — group of people working on common task
• Korean: 일단 (ildan) — group of people working on common task
• Macedonian: еки́па (ekípa) — group of people working on common task
• Macedonian: тајфа (tajfa) — group of people working on common task
• Māori: tiramahi — group of people working on common task
• Norwegian Bokmål: arbeidsgruppe — group of people working on common task
• Norwegian Bokmål: stab — group of people working on common task
• Polish: banda — group of people working on common task
• Portuguese: equipe — group of people working on common task
• Russian: кома́нда (kománda) — group of people working on common task
• Russian: коллекти́в (kollektív) — group of people working on common task
• Russian: брига́да (brigáda) — group of people working on common task
• Spanish: equipo — group of people working on common task
• Ukrainian: кома́нда (kománda) — group of people working on common task
• Ukrainian: колекти́в (kolektýv) — group of people working on common task
• Ukrainian: брига́да (bryháda) — group of people working on common task
• Vietnamese: ê-kíp — group of people working on common task
• Vietnamese: ê kíp — group of people working on common task
• Welsh: criw — group of people working on common task
• Bulgarian: тру́па (trúpa) — arts: non-actor members of a theatrical stage production
• Czech: kulisáci — arts: non-actor members of a theatrical stage production
• Czech: technici — arts: non-actor members of a theatrical stage production
• Dutch: technisch theaterpersoneel — arts: non-actor members of a theatrical stage production
• Finnish: avustajat — arts: non-actor members of a theatrical stage production
• Greek: συνεργείο (synergeío) — arts: non-actor members of a theatrical stage production
• Italian: troupe — arts: non-actor members of a theatrical stage production
• Italian: staff — arts: non-actor members of a theatrical stage production
• Korean: 스태프 (seutaepeu) — arts: non-actor members of a theatrical stage production
• Portuguese: pessoal — arts: non-actor members of a theatrical stage production
• Vietnamese: ê-kíp — arts: non-actor members of a theatrical stage production
• Vietnamese: ê kíp — arts: non-actor members of a theatrical stage production
• Bulgarian: компа́ния (kompánija) — informal: group of friends or associates
• Bulgarian: тайфа́ (tajfá) — informal: group of friends or associates
• Catalan: banda — informal: group of friends or associates
• Catalan: colla — informal: group of friends or associates
• Czech: banda — informal: group of friends or associates
• Dutch: gezelschap — informal: group of friends or associates
• Dutch: ploeg — informal: group of friends or associates
• Dutch: team — informal: group of friends or associates
• Finnish: sakki — informal: group of friends or associates
• German: Haufen — informal: group of friends or associates
• Greek: συμμορία (symmoría) — informal: group of friends or associates
• Italian: banda — informal: group of friends or associates
• Italian: cricca — informal: group of friends or associates
• Italian: folla — informal: group of friends or associates
• Italian: gente — informal: group of friends or associates
• Korean: 패거리 (paegeori) — informal: group of friends or associates
• Macedonian: банда (banda) — informal: group of friends or associates
• Polish: banda — informal: group of friends or associates
• Portuguese: gangue — informal: group of friends or associates
• Russian: компа́ния (kompánija) — informal: group of friends or associates
• Russian: ша́йка (šájka) — informal: group of friends or associates
• Russian: ба́нда (bánda) — informal: group of friends or associates
• Serbo-Croatian: ekípa — informal: group of friends or associates
• Vietnamese: bọn — informal: group of friends or associates
• Vietnamese: tụi — informal: group of friends or associates
• Vietnamese: bầy — informal: group of friends or associates
• Finnish: vartio — Scouting: group of Rovers
• Finnish: vaeltajavartio — Scouting: group of Rovers
• Vietnamese: Tráng đoàn — Scouting: group of Rovers
• Finnish: miehistö — rowing: team manning a single shell
• Catalan: tripulant — member of a crew
• Chinese Mandarin: 人員 /人员 (rényuán) — member of a crew
• Czech: člen m posádky — member of a crew
• Dutch: bemanningslid — member of a crew
• Dutch: teamlid — member of a crew
• Finnish: miehistön jäsen — member of a crew
• Korean: 일원 (irwon) — member of a crew
• Portuguese: tripulante — member of a crew
• Spanish: tripulante — member of a crew
• Tok Pisin: boskru — member of a crew
• Finnish: avustaja — arts: non-actor member of a theatrical stage production
• Finnish: soutu — rowing: sport of competitive rowing
• Finnish: kilpasoutu — rowing: sport of competitive rowing
• Vietnamese: đua thuyền — rowing: sport of competitive rowing
• Finnish: kuulua miehistöön — to be a member of a vessel’s crew
• Portuguese: tripular — to be a member of a vessel’s crew
• Finnish: kuulua miehistöön — to be a member of a work or production crew
• Dutch: bemannen — to supply workers or sailors for a crew
• Finnish: miehittää — to supply workers or sailors for a crew
• Greek: επανδρώνω (epandróno) — to supply workers or sailors for a crew
• Finnish: kuulua miehistöön — nautical: to do the proper work of a sailor
• Portuguese: tripular — nautical: to do the proper work of a sailor
• Dutch: een bemanning werven — nautical: to recruit a crew
• Finnish: värvätä — nautical: to recruit a crew
• Finnish: palkata miehistö — nautical: to recruit a crew