crocodile
Betekenis
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- Any of the predatory amphibious reptiles of the family Crocodylidae; (loosely) a crocodilian, any species of the order Crocodilia, which also includes the alligators, caimans and gavials.
- A long line or procession of people (especially children) walking together.
- A fallacious dilemma, mythically supposed to have been first used by a crocodile.
Frequentie
Met koppelteken als
croc鈥鈥ile
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/藞k晒蓱k蓹da瑟l/
Etymologie
From Middle English cocodrill, cokadrill, cokedril, from Old French cocodril (modern French crocodile), from Medieval Latin cocodrillus, from Latin crocodilus, from Ancient Greek 魏蟻慰魏蠈未蔚喂位慰蟼 (krok贸deilos). The word was later refashioned after the Latin and Greek forms. Doublet of krokodil. The verb is derived from the noun as a calque of Esperanto krokodili
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