cocodril
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin cocodrillus, from crocodīlus.
Pronunciation
Noun
cocodril m (plural cocodrils)
- crocodile
- 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 8, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:
- O s'exposa al sol amb el pitram obert i els ulls tancats. Si obrís la boca seria un autèntic cocodril.
- Or she exposes herself to the sun with her breasts open and her eyes closed. If she opened her mouth she would be a real crocodile.
Further reading
- “cocodril” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “cocodril”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
Old French
Etymology
Noun
cocodril oblique singular, m (oblique plural cocodriz or cocodrilz, nominative singular cocodriz or cocodrilz, nominative plural cocodril)
- crocodile (reptile)
Descendants
- Norman: crocodile
- → Middle English: cocodrill, cokadrill, cokedril
- English: crocodile
- → Maori: kokorotaera, karakotaera
- → Niuean: kirokotaili
- → Tokelauan: kolokotaila
- → Tongan: kalokataile
- → Welsh: crocodeil
- Scots: cocadrille, cokadraill
- English: crocodile
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