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crore

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Sound

Pronunciation

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General-American: /kɹoɹ/
Received-Pronunciation: /kɹɔː/
Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
/kɹo(ː)ɹ/ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
/kɹoə/ non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)
homophone: craw (non-rhotic)

noun

Meaning 1

ten million (107): 10,000,000, that is, with Indian digit grouping, 1,00,00,000.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: India, Pakistan

Examples

Meronym: lakh
The population of Gujarat is 3.39 crores.
The state estimates that the construction project will cost about two crores.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

noun

Meaning 2

the number that is represented as a one followed by 7 zeros; ten million

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: large integer

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani करोड़ / کروڑ (karoṛ).

Word forms

Inflections and variants

crore — plural
crores — plural

Word family

Derived and related words

Derived: multicrore

Related: kror, krore, ₹, rupees, lakh, India, Republic of India, Bharat

Spelling and sound

Hyphenation and homophones

Homophones: craw (non-rhotic)

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Other relationships

Hypernyms: large integer

Sources

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