cruche
French, noun/kʁyʃ/
cruche is spelled C-R-U-C-H-E (6 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written French, the 27,365th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cruche is a French feminine noun meaning “pitcher, jug” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Vase de terre ou de grès, à anse, qui a ordinairement la panse large et le col étroit”.
What does cruche mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepitcher, jug
- 2
femininecretin, fool, numskull
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vase de terre ou de grès, à anse, qui a ordinairement la panse large et le col étroit. 2. Cruchée, contenu de la cruche. 3. Bouillotte. 4. Personne inintelligente, idiot.
adjective: 1. Idiot.
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 cruche
- cruches plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cruche?
- /kʁyʃ/
- \kʁyʃ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cruche
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cruche in French?
cruche appears 1.3 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).