"crotte" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [French]

IPA: /kʁɔt/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-crotte.wav [France, Vosges] Forms: crottes [plural]
Etymology: Attested since the late 12th century as crotes de chievres (“goat droppings”); probably from Old Dutch *krotta, deduced from Rhine Franconian krotz (“poorly molded brick; thick earthclod; shriveled fruit; remnant”), with the original meaning being “ballshaped excrement”; compare Middle English crote (“small piece; fragment”). Unrelated to Middle Dutch krotte (“mud besmeared on clothing”), which is not attested therein a. 1599. Etymology templates: {{U|attested}} Attested, {{der|fr|odt|*krotta}} Old Dutch *krotta, {{cog|gmw-rfr|krotz||poorly molded brick; thick earthclod; shriveled fruit; remnant}} Rhine Franconian krotz (“poorly molded brick; thick earthclod; shriveled fruit; remnant”), {{cog|enm|crote||small piece; fragment}} Middle English crote (“small piece; fragment”), {{ncog|dum|krotte||mud besmeared on clothing}} Middle Dutch krotte (“mud besmeared on clothing”), {{ante2|1599|short=1}} a. 1599 Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} crotte f (plural crottes)
  1. excrement of human or animal origin; dropping; turd; dung Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-crotte-fr-noun-dUGSI-nb Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Feces Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 67 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 66 34 Disambiguation of Feces: 100 0
  2. (figuratively) a miserable or dangerous situation; shit Tags: feminine, figuratively
    Sense id: en-crotte-fr-noun-oA1NWBLR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: crotte de bique, crotte de nez, crotter, décrotter, encrotter

Noun [Italian]

Head templates: {{head|it|noun form|g=f-p}} crotte f pl
  1. plural of crotta Tags: feminine, form-of, plural Form of: crotta
    Sense id: en-crotte-it-noun-qSj7VERw Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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