cruche

French

Etymology

From Middle French cruche, from Old French crouche, kroche, cruche, from Frankish *krūkā, related to Proto-West Germanic *krōgu (“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”).

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) pitcher, jug
2. cretin, fool, numskull

Synonyms

• carafe
• broc
• pichet
• pot à eau

Derived terms

• tant va la cruche à l’eau qu’à la fin elle se brise
• tant va la cruche à l’eau qu’à la fin elle se casse

Further reading

• “cruche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle English

Noun

cruche

1. Alternative form of crouche

Norman

Etymology

From Old French cruche, from Frankish *krūkā.

Noun

cruche f (plural cruches)

1. (Jersey) jug

Synonyms

• canne
• jarre
• jougue

Derived terms

• cruchot (“small boat”)

Sardinian

Alternative forms

• rughe, grughe
• gruxi, ruxi (campidanese)

Etymology

From Latin crux.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkruke/

Noun

cruche m (plural cruches)

1. cross