cru
French, noun
cru is spelled C-R-U (3 letters) and appears 63 times per million words in written French, the 1,323rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cru is a French masculine noun meaning “growth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of croire. With an accent, crû is a different word: “past participle of croître”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ce qui n’est pas cuit”.
What does cru mean in English?
adjective
- 1
raw (uncooked, unprocessed)
noun
- 1
masculinegrowth
- 2
masculinevineyard; vintage
verb
- 1
past participle of croire
verb
- 1
past participle of croître
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui n’est pas cuit. 2. Très indigeste. 3. Qui ne cuit pas les légumes, qui ne dissout pas le savon, en parlant d’une eau. 4. Qui n’a pas subi de transformation.
noun: 1. Ce qui n’est pas cuit.
noun: 1. Accroissement, croissance. 2. Terroir. 3. Vignoble qui produit un vin particulier. 4. Ce vin lui-même.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cru
- crue feminine
- crus masculine plural
- crues feminine plural
- crud obsolete
- crû
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to cru
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cru in French?
cru appears 63 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).