noun, masculine/kʁɔ.kɔ.dil/plural: crocodiles
crocodile
Related: crocodile à double crête, crocodile de mer, crocodile marin, larmes de crocodile
Derived from Old French cocodril, inherited from Latin crocodīlus with metathesis, later respelled to match the Latin form. Compare English crocodile, itself respelled from Middle English cocodrill.