cru
pronunciation
How to pronounce cru in British English:
UK [kru:]
How to pronounce cru in American English:
US [kru]
Word Origin
- cru (n.)
- from French cru "vineyard," literally "growth" (16c.), from Old French crois (12c.; Modern French croît), from croiss-, stem of croistre "growth, augment, increase," ultimately from Latin crescere "come forth, spring up, grow, thrive" (see crescent).
Example
- 1. The cru specializes in studies of climates past .
- 2. Finishes with sweet tannins and real grand cru persistence .
- 3. The row was sparked when 13 years of emails from cru scientists were hacked and released online last year .
- 4. Complaints about problems with iranian ore suppliers date back as far as 2008 , said jim lin , an analyst with consulting firm cru group .
- 5. Bloggers and others , mostly outside academia , who criticise cru 's work and other climate science tend to lay much stress on statistical shortcomings .