English Online Dictionary. What means crude? What does crude mean?
English
Etymology
From Middle English crude, borrowed from Latin crūdus (“raw, bloody, uncooked, undigested, crude”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂- (“raw meat, fresh blood”). Cognate with Old English hrēaw (“raw, uncooked”). More at raw.
Pronunciation
- enPR: kro͞od, IPA(key): /kɹuːd/
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /kɹʉd/
- Rhymes: -uːd
- Homophone: crewed (except Scotland)
Adjective
crude (comparative cruder, superlative crudest)
- In a natural, untreated state.
- Synonyms: raw, unrefined, unprocessed
- Characterized by simplicity, especially something not carefully or expertly made.
- Synonyms: primitive, rough, rude, rudimentary
- Lacking concealing elements.
- Synonyms: obvious, plain, unadorned, undisguised
- Lacking tact or taste.
- Synonyms: blunt, coarse, earthy, gross, stark, uncultivated, vulgar
- (archaic) Immature or unripe.
- Synonyms: immature, unripe
- (obsolete) Uncooked, raw.
- (grammar) Pertaining to the uninflected stem of a word.
Synonyms
- (statistics: in an unanalyzed form): raw
- See also Thesaurus:raw
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “being in a natural state”): refined, processed
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Noun
crude (countable and uncountable, plural crudes)
- Any substance in its natural state.
- Crude oil.
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Portuguese: crude
Translations
Anagrams
- Druce, Ducre, cured
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkru.de/
- Rhymes: -ude
- Hyphenation: crù‧de
Adjective
crude
- feminine plural of crudo
Anagrams
- curde
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkruː.de/, [ˈkruːd̪ɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkru.de/, [ˈkruːd̪e]
Adjective
crūde
- vocative masculine singular of crūdus
References
- crude in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Middle English
Etymology 1
Verb
crude
- Alternative form of crouden
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin crūdus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkriu̯d(ə)/
Adjective
crude
- unprocessed, uncooked, unworked (in a negative way)
Derived terms
- crudelite
Descendants
- English: crude (see there for further descendants)
References
- “crūde, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-10.
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English crude (“unrefined oil”). Doublet of cru.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: cru‧de
Noun
crude m (plural crudes)
- crude oil (unrefined oil)