cru
/kɹuː/
cru noun: a vineyard or group of vineyards in France, especially one having a high reputation. Also the alternative spelling of crew.
Noun (1)
cru (plural crus)
- A vineyard or group of vineyards in France, especially one having a high reputation.
- Each cru has an official quality rating on a scale of 100: Grand cru vineyards all rate 100, and premier cru vineyards rank from 90 to 99 points.2009, Ed McCarthy, Mary Ewing-Mulligan, Maryann Egan, Wine All-in-One For Dummies, page 218
Proper noun capitalized: Cru
Cru
- Abbreviation of Crucis.
- Abbreviation of Crux.
Noun (2) capitalized: CRU
CRU (plural CRUs)
- Initialism of collective reserve unit.
Also used as
cru is also the alternative spelling of crew.
Forms of cru
| plural | crus |
|---|---|
| plural | CRUs |
Origin of cru
Borrowed from French cru (“growth”), from French crû, past participle of French croître (“grow”).
Words that rhyme with cru
Questions about cru
- What does cru mean?
- Cru means a vineyard or group of vineyards in France, especially one having a high reputation.
- What part of speech is cru?
- Cru can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce cru?
- Cru is pronounced /kɹuː/.
- What is the plural of cru?
- The plural of cru is crus.
Words near cru in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cru (page history and authors); Cru (page history and authors); CRU (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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