croûté, -e, adj., crusted, caked, crusty.
croûtelette (kroo-tlèt), n.f., little crust.
se croûter, v.r., to cake, to crust.
croûtier (-tīé), n.m., picture-broker, dealer in daubs or coarse paintings; dauber.
croûton, n.m., small crust; wretched dauber; (cook.) sippet.
croyable, adj., credible, believable, to be believed or credited; like, likely; reliable. Cela n’est pas —; that is not likely.
croyance, n.f., belief, creed, faith, persuasion; opinion; trust, credit. Fausse —; misbelief. La — des chrétiens; the belief of the Christians. La — des juifs; the Jewish creed. Cela passe toute —; that surpasses all belief.
croyant, n.m., -e, n.f., believer. Les vrais —s; true believers.
cru, n.m., growth; invention; making, fabrication. Boire du vin de son —; to drink wine of one’s own growth. Vin du —; wine of the country. Des fruits d’un bon —; fruit of a good soil. Cela n’est pas de son —; that thing is not of his own invention.
cru, -e, adj., raw, crude, uncooked; indigestible; unwrought, hard, blunt, harsh, coarse, rough; indecent, smutty, obscene, bawdy; undigested, unconcocted; stiff. Tout —; quite raw. Cuir —; undressed leather. Soie —e; raw silk. Métal —; raw metal, ore. Eau —e; hard water. Couleur —e; stiff color. Une lumière —e; a hard light.