kraou

Breton

Etymology

From Middle Breton crou, from Old Breton crou, from Proto-Celtic *kruwos, *kruwyos (“enclosure”), from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₁-. Cognate with Cornish krow, Irish cró, and Welsh crau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrɔw/

Noun

kraou m (plural krevier)

1. cattle shed, stable, or pigsty
2. (Christianity) Christmas crèche; Nativity scene in a stable.

Inflection

Mutation of kraou

	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
singular	kraou	graou	c'hraou	unchanged
plural	krevier	grevier	c'hrevier	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Breton.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.