croc
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Noun edit
croc (plural crocs)
- (colloquial) A crocodile.
Etymology 2 edit
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 Likely influenced by the name of the material they were originally made from, Croslite.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 edit
croc (plural crocs)
- A plastic slip-on shoe.
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French edit
Etymology 1 edit
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 edit
- IPA(key): /kʁo/
- IPA(key): /kʁɔk/ (substandardised, now chiefly Belgium, compare broc)
- Rhymes: -o, -ɔ, -ɔk
Noun edit
croc m (plural crocs)
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Etymology 2 edit
From the name of Crocs Inc., a shoe company.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
croc m (plural crocs)
- croc (type of shoe)
Etymology 3 edit
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croc
Further reading edit
- “croc”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
croc oblique singular, m (oblique plural cros, nominative singular cros, nominative plural croc)
- hook
- a hook-shaped weapon
- grappling hook