Tom and Mary's baby had a severe bout of croup, and had to be put in a humidicrib in hospital.
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Croup
//kɹuːp//
Synonyms for "croup" (83 found)
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Related words (41)
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8 entriesTranslations
49 translations across 32 languages.
Armenian
3 entries- գավակ noun (top of the rump of a horse)
- խռիկ noun (an infectious illness of the larynx)
- խռուկ noun (an infectious illness of the larynx)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- sağrı noun (top of the rump of a horse)
Bulgarian
1 entries- спазматичен ларингит noun (an infectious illness of the larynx)
Catalan
2 entries- crup noun (an infectious illness of the larynx)
- gropa noun (top of the rump of a horse)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 嘶吼症 noun (an infectious illness of the larynx)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 哮吼 noun (an infectious illness of the larynx)
- 喉氣管支氣管炎 /喉气管支气管炎 noun (an infectious illness of the larynx)
- 嘶吼症 noun (an infectious illness of the larynx)
- 義膜性喉炎 /义膜性喉炎 noun (an infectious illness of the larynx)
Czech
1 entries- zadek noun (top of the rump of a horse)
Danish
1 entries- strubehoste noun (an infectious illness of the larynx)
Dutch
1 entries- kroep noun (an infectious illness of the larynx)
Esperanto
1 entries- krupo noun (an infectious illness of the larynx)
Finnish
3 entries- kuristustauti noun (an infectious illness of the larynx)
- lautaset noun (top of the rump of a horse)
- valekuristustauti noun (an infectious illness of the larynx)
French
2 entries- croup noun (an infectious illness of the larynx)
- croupe noun (top of the rump of a horse)
Galician
3 entries- crup noun (an infectious illness of the larynx)
- rabadilla noun (top of the rump of a horse)
- sobrecú noun (top of the rump of a horse)
German
3 entries- Kehlkopfdiphtherie (diphtheric) noun (an infectious illness of the larynx)
- Krupp noun (an infectious illness of the larynx)
- Pseudokrupp (viral) noun (an infectious illness of the larynx)
Hungarian
1 entries- krupp noun (an infectious illness of the larynx)
Irish
1 entries- tochtán noun (an infectious illness of the larynx)
Italian
1 entries- groppa noun (top of the rump of a horse)
Kumyk
1 entries- савру noun (top of the rump of a horse)
Lezgi
2 entries- бугъма noun (an infectious illness of the larynx)
- сагъри noun (top of the rump of a horse)
Macedonian
1 entries- круп noun (an infectious illness of the larynx)
Middle English
1 entries- cropoun noun (top of the rump of a horse)
Norman
1 entries- croupe noun (top of the rump of a horse)
Polish
1 entries- krup noun (an infectious illness of the larynx)
Romanian
1 entries- crupă noun (top of the rump of a horse)
Russian
2 entries- круп noun (top of the rump of a horse)
- круп noun (an infectious illness of the larynx)
Scots
1 entries- croup noun (an infectious illness of the larynx)
Spanish
3 entries- crup noun (an infectious illness of the larynx)
- garrotillo noun (an infectious illness of the larynx)
- grupa noun (top of the rump of a horse)
Swedish
1 entries- krupp noun (an infectious illness of the larynx)
Talysh
1 entries- ümbə noun (top of the rump of a horse)
Tamil
1 entries- பின்முதுகு noun (an infectious illness of the larynx)
Turkish
1 entries- krup noun (an infectious illness of the larynx)
Welsh
1 entries- crŵp noun (an infectious illness of the larynx)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
The ordinary croup of infants is spasmodic croup, and is very rarely dangerous, although the symptoms seem very alarming.
Source: tatoeba (11865754)
Tom has croup.
Source: tatoeba (11931294)
So light to the croup the fair lady he swung, / So light to the saddle before her he sprung.
Source: wiktionary
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