cruche

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”).^[1][2]

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

• IPA^(key): /kʁyʃ/

• Audio:

  (file)

cruche f (plural cruches)

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

• carafe
• broc
• pichet
• pot à eau

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

cruche

1. Alternative form of crouche

From Old French cruche, from Frankish *krūkā.

cruche f (plural cruches)

1. (Jersey) jug

• canne
• jarre
• jougue

• cruchot (“small boat”)

• rughe, grughe
• gruxi, ruxi (campidanese)

From Latin crux.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkruke/

cruche m (plural cruches)

1. cross