crue

crue (plural crues)

1. Obsolete form of crew.
   • 1620, Edward Elton, An Exposition of the Epistle of Saint Paul to the Colossians, page 101:

     […] hee would seeme to make that to be, which is not, and so doth winne to himselfe from simple people that runne after men of that cursed crue […]

• Cure, cuer, cure, ecru, écru

From croître (“to grow”).

• IPA^(key): /kʁy/

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• Homophones: cru, crû

crue f (plural crues)

1. flood

   Synonym: inondation

   • 1894, Crafty, À travers Paris, page 26:

     Une crue un peu forte s’est produite pendant la nuit, et le fleuve a recueilli un certain nombre d’objets imprudemment déposés trop près de ses rives, poutres, futailles vides, et autres matériaux susceptibles de flotter.

     A rather strong flood occurred during the night, and the river collected a certain number of objects imprudently deposited too close to its banks, beams, empty barrels, and other materials likely to float.

2. (obsolete) growth

crue

1. feminine singular of cru

crue f sg

1. feminine singular of cru

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

• cure, curé, écru, reçu

crue

1. feminine singular of crû

crue f

1. feminine plural of cruo