crouch

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɹaʊ̯t͡ʃ/
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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: [ˈkhɹwaʊ̯t͡ʃ]
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• /ˈkɹɐʊ̯t͡ʃ/
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• [ˈkhɹwɐʊ̯t͡ʃ]
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• /ˈkɹɜʊ̯t͡ʃ/
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• [ˈkhɹwɜ̞ʊ̯t͡ʃ]
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• /ˈkɹʌʊ̯t͡ʃ/
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• [ˈkhɹwʌʊ̯t͡ʃ]
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• /ˈkɹəʊ̯t͡ʃ/
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• [ˈkhɹwəʊ̯t͡ʃ]
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• Australian, Mid-Atlantic, New-York-City, New-Zealand, Southern-US, US: /ˈkɹæʊ̯t͡ʃ/
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• Australian, Mid-Atlantic, New-York-City, New-Zealand, Southern-US, US: [ˈkhɹwæʊ̯t͡ʃ]
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• /ˈkɹaːt͡ʃ/ Pittsburgh, General South African
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• [ˈkhɹwaːt͡ʃ] Pittsburgh, General South African
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• rhymes with -aʊtʃ
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• CMU ARPABET: K R AW1 CH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English crouchen (“to bend, crouch”), variant of croken (“to bend, crook”), from crok (“crook, hook”), from Old Norse krókr (“hook”), from Proto-Germanic *krōkaz (“hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerg- (“wicker, bend”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to turn, wind, weave”). Compare Middle Dutch krōken (“to crook, curl”). More at crook.

From Middle English crouche, cruche, from Old English crūċ (“cross”). Compare Old Saxon krūci (“cross”), Old High German krūzi (“cross”). Doublet of cross and crux.

86 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Estonian: kükk — bent or stooped position
• Estonian: kummardus — bent or stooped position
• Finnish: kyykky — bent or stooped position
• Finnish: kumara — bent or stooped position
• Portuguese: agachar — bent or stooped position
• Spanish: inclinación — bent or stooped position
• Spanish: genuflexión — bent or stooped position
• Bulgarian: навеждам се (naveždam se) — to bend down
• Catalan: ajupir-se — to bend down
• Chinese Mandarin: 臥 /卧 (wò) — to bend down
• Chinese Mandarin: 蹲 (dūn) — to bend down
• Esperanto: kaŭriĝi — to bend down
• Estonian: kükitama — to bend down
• Estonian: küürutama — to bend down
• Finnish: kyyristyä — to bend down
• Finnish: kyykistyä — to bend down
• French: se tapir — to bend down
• French: s'accroupir — to bend down
• French: se recroqueviller — to bend down
• Galician: agochar — to bend down
• Galician: agachar — to bend down
• Galician: anicar — to bend down
• German: kauern — to bend down
• Greek: κάθομαι οκλαδόν (káthomai okladón) — to bend down
• Ancient Greek: ὀκλάζω (oklázō) — to bend down
• Ancient Greek: πτήσσω (ptḗssō) — to bend down
• Hungarian: guggol — to bend down
• Ingrian: kyyrystäissä — to bend down
• Italian: accovacciarsi — to bend down
• Japanese: しゃがむ (shagamu) — to bend down
• Japanese: 蹲る (uzukumaru) — to bend down
• Kabuverdianu: djangotô — to bend down
• Latin: conquiniscō — to bend down
• Māori: whakapāhake — to bend down
• Māori: kōpipiri — to bend down
• Māori: pāhake — to bend down
• Māori: ngunu — to bend down
• Māori: tūruru — to bend down
• Persian: دولا شدن (dollâ šodan) — to bend down
• Polish: podkurczać się — to bend down
• Polish: podkurczyć się — to bend down
• Portuguese: agachar — to bend down
• Russian: приседа́ть (prisedátʹ) — to bend down
• Russian: присе́сть (priséstʹ) — to bend down
• Scottish Gaelic: crom — to bend down
• Serbo-Croatian: čučnuti — to bend down
• Spanish: agacharse — to bend down
• Spanish: acuclillarse — to bend down
• Spanish: encogerse — to bend down
• Spanish: apucuyarse — to bend down
• Spanish: encuclillarse — to bend down
• Spanish: ñangotarse — to bend down
• Spanish: añangotarse — to bend down
• Spanish: agazaparse — to bend down
• Swedish: huka — to bend down
• Turkish: çömelmek — to bend down
• Turkish: pusmak — to bend down
• Ottoman Turkish: پوصمق (pusmak) — to bend down
• Vietnamese: né — to bend down
• Vietnamese: núp — to bend down
• Vietnamese: cúi — to bend down
• Bulgarian: раболепнича (rabolepniča) — to bend servilely
• Estonian: kummardama — to bend servilely
• Finnish: kumartua — to bend servilely
• French: s'incliner — to bend servilely
• Māori: whakamaoko — to bend servilely
• Russian: пресмыка́ться (presmykátʹsja) — to bend servilely
• Russian: раболе́пствовать (rabolépstvovatʹ) — to bend servilely
• Bulgarian: свивам (svivam) — to bend, as in humility or fear
• Bulgarian: свивам се (svivam se) — to bend, as in humility or fear
• Bulgarian: стоя приведен (stoja priveden) — to bend, as in humility or fear
• Estonian: kummardama — to bend, as in humility or fear
• Finnish: kumartua — to bend, as in humility or fear
• Greek: κουλουριάζω (koulouriázo) — to bend, as in humility or fear
• Portuguese: prostar-se — to bend, as in humility or fear
• Russian: извива́ться (izvivátʹsja) — to bend, as in humility or fear
• Russian: ви́ться (vítʹsja) — to bend, as in humility or fear
• Serbo-Croatian: saviti — to bend, as in humility or fear
• Spanish: encogerse — to bend, as in humility or fear
• Spanish: inclinarse — to bend, as in humility or fear
• Ottoman Turkish: پوصمق (pusmak) — to bend, as in humility or fear
• Bulgarian: прекръствам (prekrǎstvam) — to sign with the cross
• Middle English: crouchen — to sign with the cross
• Serbo-Croatian: prekrižiti — to sign with the cross
• Serbo-Croatian: prekrstiti — to sign with the cross
• Spanish: persignarse — to sign with the cross