croc
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɹɒk/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: -ɒk
- Homophone: crock
Etymology 1
Clipping of crocodile.
Noun
croc (plural crocs)
- (colloquial) A crocodile.
Etymology 2
From the American shoe company Crocs, Inc., reportedly named for the shoe's resemblance in profile to a crocodile snout or the "multi-environment, amphibious nature" of the animal.
Alternative forms
Noun
croc (plural crocs)
- A type of EVA foam slip-on clog-style shoe with an open heel, thick sole, rounded toe, retractable heel strap, and ventilation holes on the top and sides.
- Hyponym: croc-off
Derived terms
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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)
Derived terms
Related terms
- encrouer
Etymology 2
From the name of Crocs Inc., a shoe company.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʁɔk/
Noun
croc m (plural crocs)
- croc (type of shoe)
Etymology 3
Onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʁɔk/
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
Derived terms
- acrochier
- encrochier
- encroer
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɾok/ [ˈkɾok]
- Rhymes: -ok
- Syllabification: croc
Noun
croc m (plural crocs)
- (chiefly in the plural) croc (type of shoe)