croque

See also: Croque and croqué

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

croque m (plural croques)

  1. synonym of croque-monsieur

Verb

croque

  1. inflection of croquer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɾɔke/ [ˈkɾɔ.kɪ]
  • Rhymes: -ɔke
  • Hyphenation: cro‧que

Etymology 1

Perhaps from Latin crocus.

Noun

croque m (plural croques)

  1. Digitalis purpurea, common foxglove, and each one of its flowers
    Synonyms: abeluria, alcroque, croquel, estalote, estraloque, milicroque, sanxoán
  • alcroque
  • croquel
  • milicroque

Etymology 2

From Old French crokier (“to slap, hit, strike”).

Noun

croque m (plural croques)

  1. a blow on the head, with its sound
    Synonym: truque
  2. a bump on the head
    Synonym: pote
    • 1932, Otero Pedrayo, Contos do camiño e da rúa, page 66:
      A moreniña fina, xentil, criada na miseria e na porcallada cun pai zapateiro borrachón, unha nai rifona, vendedora de carqueixas no portal, e un fato de irmáns enlarafuzados, sempre cheos de croques e mancaduras do frío e dos cantazos
      The thin, gentle little brunette, grown up in the misery and the filth with a drunkard father, shoemaker; a grumpy mother, seller of brushwood at the gates; and a bunch of dirty-faced brothers, always covered with bumps and injuries because of cold and pebbles

Etymology 3

Perhaps borrowed from French coque.

Noun

croque m (plural croques)

  1. cockle
    Synonym: berberecho

References

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