croup

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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.

From Scots croup, croop (“the croup”), from Scots croup, crowp, croop (“to croak, speak hoarsely, murmur, complain”), from Old Scots crowp, crope, croap (“to call loudly, croak”), alteration of rowp, roup, roip, rope (“to cry, cry hoarsely, roop”), from Middle English roupen, ropen, from Old English hrōpan (“to shout, proclaim; cry out, scream, howl”), from Proto-Germanic *hrōpaną (“to shout”), from Proto-Indo-European *ker-, *kor- (“to caw, crow”). More at roop. In the medical sense introduced by Edinburgh physician Francis Home.

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: գավակ (gavak) — top of the rump of a horse
• Azerbaijani: sağrı — top of the rump of a horse
• Catalan: gropa — top of the rump of a horse
• Czech: zadek — top of the rump of a horse
• Finnish: lautaset — top of the rump of a horse
• French: croupe — top of the rump of a horse
• Galician: sobrecú — top of the rump of a horse
• Galician: rabadilla — top of the rump of a horse
• German: Kruppe — top of the rump of a horse
• Italian: groppa — top of the rump of a horse
• Kumyk: савру (sawru) — top of the rump of a horse
• Lezgi: сагъри (saġri) — top of the rump of a horse
• Middle English: cropoun — top of the rump of a horse
• Norman: croupe — top of the rump of a horse
• Romanian: crupă — top of the rump of a horse
• Russian: круп (krup) — top of the rump of a horse
• Spanish: grupa — top of the rump of a horse
• Talysh: ümbə — top of the rump of a horse
• Armenian: խռուկ (xṙuk) — an infectious illness of the larynx
• Armenian: խռիկ (xṙik) — an infectious illness of the larynx
• Bulgarian: спазматичен ларингит (spazmatičen laringit) — an infectious illness of the larynx
• Catalan: crup — an infectious illness of the larynx
• Chinese Cantonese: 嘶吼症 (si1 haau1 zing3) — an infectious illness of the larynx
• Chinese Mandarin: 義膜性喉炎 /义膜性喉炎 (yìmóxìng hóuyán) — an infectious illness of the larynx
• Chinese Mandarin: 喉氣管支氣管炎 /喉气管支气管炎 (hóuqìguǎnzhīqìguǎnyán) — an infectious illness of the larynx
• Chinese Mandarin: 哮吼 (xiàohǒu) — an infectious illness of the larynx
• Chinese Mandarin: 嘶吼症 (sīhǒuzhèng) — an infectious illness of the larynx
• Danish: strubehoste — an infectious illness of the larynx
• Dutch: kroep — an infectious illness of the larynx
• Esperanto: krupo — an infectious illness of the larynx
• Finnish: kuristustauti — an infectious illness of the larynx
• Finnish: valekuristustauti — an infectious illness of the larynx
• French: croup — an infectious illness of the larynx
• Galician: crup — an infectious illness of the larynx
• German: Krupp — an infectious illness of the larynx
• German: Kehlkopfdiphtherie (diphtheric) — an infectious illness of the larynx
• German: Pseudokrupp (viral) — an infectious illness of the larynx
• Hungarian: krupp — an infectious illness of the larynx
• Irish: tochtán — an infectious illness of the larynx
• Lezgi: бугъма (buġma) — an infectious illness of the larynx
• Macedonian: круп (krup) — an infectious illness of the larynx
• Polish: krup — an infectious illness of the larynx
• Russian: круп (krup) — an infectious illness of the larynx
• Scots: croup — an infectious illness of the larynx
• Spanish: crup — an infectious illness of the larynx
• Spanish: garrotillo — an infectious illness of the larynx
• Swedish: krupp — an infectious illness of the larynx
• Tamil: பின்முதுகு (piṉmutuku) — an infectious illness of the larynx
• Turkish: krup — an infectious illness of the larynx
• Welsh: crŵp — an infectious illness of the larynx