croc
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
croc (plural crocs)
- (colloquial) A crocodile.
Etymology 2
From the name of the American shoe company, Crocs, Inc. Apparently, this name came to the founders’ mind when they looked at their clogs from the side, and they resembled them a crocodile snout (additionally, the logo features a crocodile). The company states that it “was given the name Crocs™ after the multi-environment, amphibious nature of Crocodiles.” Likely influenced by the name of the material they were originally made from, Croslite.
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Noun
croc (plural crocs)
- A plastic slip-on shoe.
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French
Etymology 1
Inherited from Middle French croc, from Old French croc, croke (“curved instrument, hook”), from Frankish *krōk (“hook”) or from Old Norse krókr (“hook, bend, bight”), both from Proto-Germanic *krōkaz (“hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *greg- (“tracery, basket, twist”). Cognate with Middle Dutch croec, crōc (“curl”), Middle English crōc (“crook, hook”). More at crook, crooked.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʁo/
- IPA(key): /kʁɔk/ (nonstandard; now chiefly Belgium, compare broc)
- Rhymes: -o, -ɔ, -ɔk
Noun
croc m (plural crocs)
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Etymology 2
From the name of Crocs Inc., a shoe company.
Pronunciation
Noun
croc m (plural crocs)
- croc (type of shoe)
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Interjection
croc
Further reading
- “croc”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Frankish *krōk (“hook”) or alternatively borrowed from Old Norse krókr (“hook, bend, bight”), both from Proto-Germanic *krōkaz (“hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerg- (“tracery, basket, twist”).
Noun
croc oblique singular, m (oblique plural cros, nominative singular cros, nominative plural croc)
- hook
- a hook-shaped weapon
- grappling hook
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- en:Crocodilians
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