kroos
English
Noun
kroos
- plural of kroo
Anagrams
- Oroks, Rooks, rokos, rooks
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch croes, ultimately from the root of kroezen (“to be tightly curled”), from Proto-Germanic *kruzlǭ (“bent or crooked object, curl”), possibly from Pre-Germanic *grus-, contracted from Proto-Indo-European *gurus- (“twist, curl”), same source as Persian گرس (gors, “braid of hair”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kroːs/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: kroos
- Rhymes: -oːs
Noun
kroos n (uncountable)
- duckweed
- Synonyms: eendengroen, eendenkroos
References
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “kroezen”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute