creux

Uncertain. Possibly from Late Latin crosuin, from Latin corrosum, or alternatively from a Vulgar Latin *crosus, of Gaulish origin.

• IPA^(key): /kʁø/

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creux (feminine singular creuse, masculine plural creux, feminine plural creuses)

1. hollow
2. off-peak

   Les heures creuses.

• creuser

• “creux” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Of uncertain origins.

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creux m

1. (Jersey) hollow
2. (not busy) off-peak (hours)

• creusement (“hollowly”)
• creuser (“to dig”)
• creux à tchèrbon (“coal cellar”)