What is croupe?
Quick Answer
croupe is a regional beef-cut name for the sirloin cap, on the sirloin primal (top sirloin cap (coulotte)).
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What is croupe in simple terms?
What is croupe called in the United States?
US retail labels for sirloin cap appear in the names-by-country section; common forms include the mapped English terms listed there.
Where is croupe on the cow?
Is croupe steak?
It is a beef muscle sold as steak or roast depending on thickness and market—still sirloin cap anatomically.
Is croupe the same as Striploin?
How do I translate croupe for travel?
What is another name for croupe?
“croupe” is a regional beef-cut name that maps to the canonical cut Sirloin Cap (sirloin primal).
Use the names-by-country section below when shopping or ordering abroad.
Global cut guide
Where it comes from
Triangular cap on the top sirloin; prized as picanha in Brazil. It is part of the sirloin primal (top sirloin cap (coulotte)).
In menus and butcher shops it is often discussed next to Striploin, Sirloin Flap, Flank, Top Sirloin, and Tri Tip.
What it's called in other countries
- Afghanistan: sirloin cap
- Albania: sirloin cap
- Andhra Pradesh: sirloin cap
- Angola: sirloin cap
- Argentina: Colita de cuadril
- Australia: sirloin cap
- Austria: sirloin cap
- Bangladesh: sirloin cap
- Belarus: sirloin cap
- Belgium: poire
- Belize: sirloin cap
- Bhutan: sirloin cap
- Bolivia: picaña
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: sirloin cap
- Botswana: sirloin cap
- Brazil: Picanha
- Bulgaria: sirloin cap
- Burkina Faso: sirloin cap
- Cameroon: sirloin cap
- Canada: sirloin cap
- Central India: sirloin cap
- Chad: sirloin cap
- Chile: Punta de lomo (approx.)
- China: sirloin cap
- Coastal-Colonial India (Pondicherry & Daman): sirloin cap
- Colombia: Punta de anca
- Costa Rica: punta de solomo
- Côte d'Ivoire: sirloin cap
- Croatia: ruža
- Cuba: sirloin cap
- Czech Republic: sirloin cap
- Denmark: Cuvette
- Dominican Republic: sirloin cap
- DR Congo: sirloin cap
- Ecuador: picanha
- Egypt: sirloin cap
- El Salvador: punta de lomo
- Estonia: sirloin cap
- Ethiopia: sirloin cap
- Finland: sirloin cap
- France: Picanha (import) · Rumsteck (approx.)
- Germany: sirloin cap
- Goa: sirloin cap
- Greece: sirloin cap
- Guatemala: punta de puyaso
- Guyana: sirloin cap
- Haiti: sirloin cap
- Himachal Pradesh & Uttarakhand: sirloin cap
- Honduras: punta de lomo
- Hungary: hegyesfartő
- Indian Islands (Andaman, Nicobar & Lakshadweep): sirloin cap
- Indonesia: sirloin cap
- Iran: coulotte
- Ireland: sirloin cap
- Israel: picanha
- Italy: sirloin cap
- Jamaica: sirloin cap
- Jammu & Kashmir: sirloin cap
- Japan: ichibo
- Karnataka: sirloin cap
- Kazakhstan: sirloin cap
- Kenya: sirloin cap
- Kerala: sirloin cap
- Ladakh: sirloin cap
- Latvia: sirloin cap
- Lithuania: sirloin cap
- Maharashtra: sirloin cap
- Malaysia: sirloin cap
- Mali: sirloin cap
- Manipur: sirloin cap
- Meghalaya: sirloin cap
- Mexico: Bistec (context)
- Mongolia: sirloin cap
- Montenegro: sirloin cap
- Morocco: coulotte ma
- Mozambique: sirloin cap
- Myanmar: sirloin cap
- Nagaland: sirloin cap
- Namibia: sirloin cap
- Nepal: sirloin cap
- Netherlands: Staartstuk
- New Zealand: sirloin cap
- Nicaragua: punta de lomo
- Niger: sirloin cap
- Nigeria: sirloin cap
- North Macedonia: sirloin cap
- Northeast India (Other States): sirloin cap
- Norway: culotte
- Pakistan: sirloin cap
- Panama: sirloin cap
- Paraguay: Picaña (import)
- Peru: picanya
- Philippines: sirloin cap
- Poland: picanha
- Portugal: Picanha · Rabadilha
- Puerto Rico: sirloin cap
- Punjab: sirloin cap
- Qatar: sirloin cap
- Quebec: croupe
- Rajasthan: sirloin cap
- Romania: sirloin cap
- Russia: picanha
- Saudi Arabia: sirloin cap
- Senegal: sirloin cap
- Sikkim: sirloin cap
- Singapore: sirloin cap
- Slovakia: sirloin cap
- Slovenia: sirloin cap
- South Africa: sirloin cap
- South Korea: sirloin cap
- Spain: Tapa (approx.)
- Sri Lanka: sirloin cap
- Sudan: sirloin cap
- Suriname: sirloin cap
- Sweden: rumpstek
- Switzerland: tafelspitz
- Taiwan: sirloin cap
- Tamil Nadu: sirloin cap
- Tanzania: sirloin cap
- Telangana: sirloin cap
- Thailand: sirloin cap
- Trinidad & Tobago: sirloin cap
- Turkey: sirloin cap
- UAE: sirloin cap
- Uganda: sirloin cap
- Ukraine: picanha
- United Kingdom: Rump steak (context)
- United States: Coulotte
- Uruguay: Vacío overlap (verify)
- Uttar Pradesh: sirloin cap
- Uzbekistan: sirloin cap
- Venezuela: punta trasera
- Vietnam: sirloin cap
- West Bengal: sirloin cap
- Zimbabwe: sirloin cap
Cooking methods
Typical methods include high-heat searing or grilling for steaks, resting before slicing, and cutting across the grain when the muscle is fibrous. Because this cut sits on the sirloin primal (top sirloin cap (coulotte)), adjust time and temperature to thickness and marbling.
Translations across countries
- Belgium → Afghanistan (poire)
- Belgium → Albania (poire)
- Belgium → Andhra Pradesh (poire)
- Belgium → Angola (poire)
- Belgium → Argentina (poire)
- Belgium → Australia (poire)
- Belgium → Austria (poire)
- Belgium → Bangladesh (poire)
- Belgium → Belarus (poire)
- Belgium → Belize (poire)
- Belgium → Bhutan (poire)
- Belgium → Bolivia (poire)
- Belgium → Bosnia & Herzegovina (poire)
- Belgium → Botswana (poire)
- Belgium → Brazil (poire)
- Belgium → Bulgaria (poire)
- Belgium → Burkina Faso (poire)
- Belgium → Cameroon (poire)
- Belgium → Canada (poire)
- Belgium → Chad (poire)
- Belgium → Chile (poire)
- Belgium → China (poire)
- Belgium → Colombia (poire)
- Belgium → Costa Rica (poire)
- Belgium → Côte d'Ivoire (poire)
- Belgium → Croatia (poire)
- Belgium → Cuba (poire)
- Belgium → Czech Republic (poire)
- Belgium → Denmark (poire)
- Belgium → Dominican Republic (poire)
- Belgium → DR Congo (poire)
- Belgium → Ecuador (poire)
- Belgium → Egypt (poire)
- Belgium → El Salvador (poire)
- Belgium → Estonia (poire)
- Belgium → Ethiopia (poire)
- Belgium → Finland (poire)
- Belgium → France (poire)
- Belgium → Germany (poire)
- Belgium → Goa (poire)
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