croc

See also: croç

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɹɒk/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /kɹɑk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɒk
• Homophone: crock

Etymology 1

Clipping of crocodile.

Noun

croc (plural crocs)

1. (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

• Croc

Noun

croc (plural crocs)

1. 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

• croc-off

Translations

plastic slip-on shoe

Swedish: foppatoffel (sv) c

Further reading

Crocs on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

See also

• gator

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)

1. hook
2. fang

Derived terms

• avoir les crocs
• croc-en-jambe

Related terms

• encrouer

Etymology 2

From the name of Crocs Inc., a shoe company.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʁɔk/

Noun

croc m (plural crocs)

1. croc (type of shoe)

Etymology 3

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʁɔk/

Interjection

croc

1. crunch

Further reading

• “croc”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾˠɔk/

Noun

croc m (genitive singular croic, nominative plural croic)

1. alternative form of croca (“crock, earthenware jar”)

Declension

Declension of croc (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative croc croic vocative a chroic a chroca genitive croic croc dative croc croic forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an croc na croic genitive an chroic na gcroc dative leis an gcroc don chroc leis na croic

Mutation

Mutated forms of croc

radical	lenition	eclipsis
croc	chroc	gcroc

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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)

1. hook
2. a hook-shaped weapon
3. grappling hook

Derived terms

• acrochier
• encrochier
• encroer

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English croc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾok/ [ˈkɾok]
• Rhymes: -ok
• Syllabification: croc

Noun

croc m (plural crocs)

1. (chiefly in the plural) croc (type of shoe)