adj · noun · 16 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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kro͞od
/kɹuːd/
Scotland:/kɹʉd/
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rhymes with -uːd
homophone: crewed (except Scotland)
CMU ARPABET:K R UW1 D
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
In a natural, untreated state.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
11
adjective
Meaning 11
not refined or processed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
unrefined ore
crude oil
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: unrefined, unprocessed
Antonyms: none provided
12
adjective satellite
Meaning 12
not processed or subjected to analysis
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
raw data
the raw cost of production
only the crude vital statistics
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: raw
Antonyms: none provided
13
adjective satellite
Meaning 13
conspicuously and tastelessly indecent
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
coarse language
a crude joke
crude behavior
an earthy sense of humor
a revoltingly gross expletive
a vulgar gesture
full of language so vulgar it should have been edited
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: earthy, gross, vulgar
Antonyms: none provided
14
adjective satellite
Meaning 14
belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man
primitive movies of the 1890s
primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mountains
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: primitive, rude
Antonyms: none provided
15
adjective satellite
Meaning 15
not carefully or expertly made
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
managed to make a crude splint
a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them
rough carpentry
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rough
Antonyms: none provided
16
noun
Meaning 16
a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: petroleum, crude oil, rock oil, fossil oil, oil
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fossil fuel, oil
Narrower terms: residual oil, resid
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *krewh2-der. Proto-Italic [Term?] Latin crūdusbor. Middle English crude English crude Doublet of crudo, which was borrowed from Italian, and (more distantly) raw through Proto-Indo-European.
Across languages
Translations
144 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
خَامّ
(ḵāmm)
— being in a natural state
Bulgarian:
суро́в
(suróv)
— being in a natural state
Bulgarian:
необрабо́тен
(neobrabóten)
— being in a natural state
Catalan:
cru
— being in a natural state
Czech:
surový syrový
— being in a natural state
Dutch:
ruw
— being in a natural state
Dutch:
onbewerkt
— being in a natural state
Dutch:
ongeraffineerd
— being in a natural state
Esperanto:
kruda
— being in a natural state
French:
cru
— being in a natural state
German:
roh
— being in a natural state
Greek:
ακατέργαστος
(akatérgastos)
— being in a natural state
Greek:
ανεπεξέργαστος
(anepexérgastos)
— being in a natural state
Hebrew:
גולמי
(golmí)
— being in a natural state
Hebrew:
גולמית
(golmít)
— being in a natural state
Hungarian:
nyers
— being in a natural state
Hungarian:
finomítatlan
— being in a natural state
Ido:
kruda
— being in a natural state
Italian:
greggio
— being in a natural state
Italian:
grezzo
— being in a natural state
Macedonian:
су́ров
(súrov)
— being in a natural state
Macedonian:
необра́ботен
(neobráboten)
— being in a natural state
Persian:
خام
(xâm)
— being in a natural state
Polish:
surowy
— being in a natural state
Polish:
nieoczyszczony
— being in a natural state
Portuguese:
cru
— being in a natural state
Portuguese:
bruto
— being in a natural state
Russian:
необрабо́танный
(neobrabótannyj)
— being in a natural state
Russian:
сыро́й
(syrój)
— being in a natural state
Spanish:
crudo
— being in a natural state
Swedish:
rå
— being in a natural state
Swedish:
grov
— being in a natural state
Swedish:
rå-
— being in a natural state
Telugu:
ముడి
(muḍi)
— being in a natural state
Ottoman Turkish:
خام
(ham)
— being in a natural state
Vietnamese:
thô
— being in a natural state
Bulgarian:
прост
(prost)
— characterized by simplicity
Bulgarian:
груб
(grub)
— characterized by simplicity
Czech:
prostý
— characterized by simplicity
Dutch:
onafgewerkt
— characterized by simplicity
Dutch:
rudimentair
— characterized by simplicity
Dutch:
primitief
— characterized by simplicity
Estonian:
rohmakas
— characterized by simplicity
Estonian:
tahumatu
— characterized by simplicity
Finnish:
yksinkertainen
— characterized by simplicity
German:
einfach gestrickt
— characterized by simplicity
German:
schlicht
— characterized by simplicity
German:
grob gezimmert
— characterized by simplicity
Greek:
αδρός
(adrós)
— characterized by simplicity
Hungarian:
kezdetleges
— characterized by simplicity
Ido:
kruda
— characterized by simplicity
Italian:
rustico
— characterized by simplicity
Italian:
raffazzonato
— characterized by simplicity
Latin:
crūdus
— characterized by simplicity
Macedonian:
прост
(prost)
— characterized by simplicity
Macedonian:
груб
(grub)
— characterized by simplicity
Polish:
prymitywny
— characterized by simplicity
Portuguese:
rústico
— characterized by simplicity
Russian:
примити́вный
(primitívnyj)
— characterized by simplicity
Russian:
просто́й
(prostój)
— characterized by simplicity
Russian:
про́стенький
(próstenʹkij)
— characterized by simplicity
Swedish:
enkel
— characterized by simplicity
Telugu:
ముతక
(mutaka)
— characterized by simplicity
Ottoman Turkish:
بیاغی
(bayağı)
— characterized by simplicity
Catalan:
cru
— lacking concealing elements
Czech:
zřejmý
— lacking concealing elements
Czech:
evidentní
— lacking concealing elements
Czech:
jasný
— lacking concealing elements
Dutch:
naakt
— lacking concealing elements
French:
cru
— lacking concealing elements
German:
nackt
— lacking concealing elements
German:
pur
— lacking concealing elements
Greek:
χονδροειδής
(chondroeidís)
— lacking concealing elements
Ido:
kruda
— lacking concealing elements
Italian:
ovvio
— lacking concealing elements
Italian:
crudo
— lacking concealing elements
Macedonian:
ја́вен
(jáven)
— lacking concealing elements
Macedonian:
непри́криен
(nepríkrien)
— lacking concealing elements
Plautdietsch:
bollboarich
— lacking concealing elements
Portuguese:
cru
— lacking concealing elements
Russian:
я́вный
(jávnyj)
— lacking concealing elements
Russian:
неприкры́тый
(neprikrýtyj)
— lacking concealing elements
Spanish:
crudo
— lacking concealing elements
Swedish:
ohöljd
— lacking concealing elements
Swedish:
oförblommerad
— lacking concealing elements
Bulgarian:
груб
(grub)
— lacking tact or taste
Catalan:
groller
— lacking tact or taste
Czech:
neomalený
— lacking tact or taste
Danish:
rå
— lacking tact or taste
Danish:
grov
— lacking tact or taste
Danish:
skammelig
— lacking tact or taste
Dutch:
ruw
— lacking tact or taste
Dutch:
grof
— lacking tact or taste
Dutch:
smakeloos
— lacking tact or taste
Dutch:
vulgair
— lacking tact or taste
Finnish:
karkea
— lacking tact or taste
French:
vulgaire
— lacking tact or taste
French:
cru
— lacking tact or taste
German:
derb
— lacking tact or taste
German:
krude
— lacking tact or taste
German:
krass
— lacking tact or taste
German:
roh
— lacking tact or taste
German:
grob
— lacking tact or taste
Greek:
άξεστος
(áxestos)
— lacking tact or taste
Hindi:
सड़कछाप
(saṛakchāp)
— lacking tact or taste
Hungarian:
durva
— lacking tact or taste
Hungarian:
faragatlan
— lacking tact or taste
Hungarian:
nyers
— lacking tact or taste
Irish:
tútach
— lacking tact or taste
Italian:
volgare
— lacking tact or taste
Italian:
crudo
— lacking tact or taste
Italian:
semplice
— lacking tact or taste
Italian:
grezzo
— lacking tact or taste
Macedonian:
груб
(grub)
— lacking tact or taste
Polish:
nieokrzesany
— lacking tact or taste
Portuguese:
bruto
— lacking tact or taste
Russian:
гру́бый
(grúbyj)
— lacking tact or taste
Swedish:
grov
— lacking tact or taste
Swedish:
plump
— lacking tact or taste
Swedish:
oborstad
— lacking tact or taste
Telugu:
నాటు
(nāṭu)
— lacking tact or taste
Ottoman Turkish:
یوغون
(yoğun)
— lacking tact or taste
Ottoman Turkish:
بیاغی
(bayağı)
— lacking tact or taste
Bulgarian:
суро́в
(suróv)
— statistics: in an unanalyzed form
Dutch:
ruw
— statistics: in an unanalyzed form
French:
brut
— statistics: in an unanalyzed form
German:
roh
— statistics: in an unanalyzed form
Greek:
ανεπεξέργαστος
(anepexérgastos)
— statistics: in an unanalyzed form
Hungarian:
nyers
— statistics: in an unanalyzed form
Italian:
raffazzonato
— statistics: in an unanalyzed form
Persian:
خام
(xâm)
— statistics: in an unanalyzed form
Russian:
необрабо́танный
(neobrabótannyj)
— statistics: in an unanalyzed form
Russian:
сыро́й
(syrój)
— statistics: in an unanalyzed form
Spanish:
en bruto
— statistics: in an unanalyzed form
Swedish:
obearbetad
— statistics: in an unanalyzed form
Swedish:
rå
— statistics: in an unanalyzed form
Telugu:
ముడి
(muḍi)
— statistics: in an unanalyzed form
German:
Rohstoff
— any substance in its natural state
Greek:
ακατέργαστος
(akatérgastos)
— any substance in its natural state
Greek:
αργός
(argós)
— any substance in its natural state
Hungarian:
nyers
— any substance in its natural state
Italian:
greggio
— any substance in its natural state
Italian:
grezzo
— any substance in its natural state
Swedish:
råämne
— any substance in its natural state