cruche

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *krūkka, from Proto-Germanic *krogu (“pot, pitcher”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from a Proto-Indo-European root shared with Old Armenian կարաս (karas, “pitcher, large jar”), Ancient Greek κρωσσός (krōssós, “pitcher”), but the phonetics are problematic. Also compare Old Irish croiccenn (“skin”).[1][2]

See also regional German Kruke (“crock”), Low German Kruuk (“jug”), Danish krukke (“jar”), Dutch kruik, English crock, and Icelandic krukka (“pot”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kʁyʃ/
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Noun

cruche f (plural cruches)

  1. (Belgium, Upper Normandy, North-Eastern France[3]) pitcher, jug
  2. cretin, fool, numskull

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References
  1. Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “crock”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  2. MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “cruche”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN, page crog
  3. Mathieu Avanzi, La France divisée: « pot », « cruche », « broc » ou « carafe »?

Further reading

Middle English

Noun

cruche

  1. Alternative form of crouche

Norman

Etymology

From Frankish *krûkka.

Noun

cruche f (plural cruches)

  1. (Jersey) jug

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Sardinian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin crux.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkruke/

Noun

cruche m (plural cruches)

  1. cross
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