"creux" meaning in French

See creux in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /kʁø/ Audio: Fr-creux.ogg Forms: creuse [feminine], creux [masculine, plural], creuses [feminine, plural]
Etymology: Uncertain. Possibly from Late Latin crosuin, from Latin corrosum, or alternatively from a Vulgar Latin *crosus, of Gaulish origin. Etymology templates: {{unc|fr}} Uncertain, {{inh|fr|LL.|crosuin}} Late Latin crosuin, {{inh|fr|la|corrosum}} Latin corrosum, {{inh|fr|VL.||*crosus}} Vulgar Latin *crosus, {{der|fr|cel-gau|-}} Gaulish Head templates: {{fr-adj}} creux (feminine creuse, masculine plural creux, feminine plural creuses)
  1. hollow
    Sense id: en-creux-fr-adj-shsXtOzG
  2. off-peak
    Sense id: en-creux-fr-adj-t7lfXq0n Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 19 81 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 9 47 9 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 51 5 38
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: avoir la dent creuse, avoir un petit creux, creux de la vague, faire buisson creux Related terms: creuser

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "word": "avoir la dent creuse"
    },
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      "word": "avoir un petit creux"
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      "word": "creux de la vague"
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    {
      "word": "faire buisson creux"
    }
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