crue
French, noun
crue is spelled C-R-U-E (4 letters) and appears 6.5 times per million words in written French, the 9,289th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Crue is a French feminine noun meaning “flood” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of cru. With an accent, crûe is a different word: “feminine singular of the past participle of croître”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Augmentation temporaire et généralement rapide du débit ou du niveau d’un cours d’eau, liée aux…”.
What does crue mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineflood
- 2
feminineobsoletegrowth
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of cru
verb
- 1
femininefeminine singular of cru
verb
- 1
femininefeminine singular of the past participle of croître
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Augmentation temporaire et généralement rapide du débit ou du niveau d’un cours d’eau, liée aux précipitations, à la fonte des neiges ou à d’autres apports. 2. Augmentation. 3. Croissance.
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 crue
- crues plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to crue
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is crue in French?
crue appears 6.5 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).