crocodil

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Occitan[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /kɾukuˈðil/
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Noun[edit]

crocodil m (plural crocodils)

  1. crocodile

Romanian[edit]

Crocodili de Nil
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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French crocodile, from Old French cocodril, from Medieval Latin cocodrillus, from Classical Latin crocodilus, from Ancient Greek κροκόδειλος (krokódeilos). The Old French word was later refashioned after the Latin and Greek forms.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˌkrokoˈdil/
  • Hyphenation: cro‧co‧dil

Noun[edit]

crocodil m (plural crocodili)

  1. crocodile

Declension[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Welsh[edit]

Noun[edit]

crocodil m (plural crocodiliaid or crocodilod or crocodiliod)

  1. Alternative form of crocodeil

Mutation[edit]

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
crocodil grocodil nghrocodil chrocodil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading[edit]

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “crocodil”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies