croque-mort
See also: croquemort
French
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editUncertain, possibly from dated verb croquer (“to make disappear”) or from croc (“hook”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcroque-mort m or f by sense (plural croque-morts)
- (informal) undertaker; mortician
- 1960, “Les Funérailles d'antan”, in Georges Brassens (lyrics), Les Funérailles d'antan:
- Au fossoyeur, au croque-mort, au curé, aux chevaux même ils payaient un verre.
- They treated the gravedigger, the undertaker, the curate, and even the horses to a drink.
See also
editFurther reading
edit- “croque-mort”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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