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発音

• (General American) IPA: /ˈkɹɑkədaɪl/, [ˈkʰɹɑkədaɪɫ]
• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈkɹɒkədaɪl/
• (Dublin) IPA: /ˈkɹakədo̞ɪl/, /ˈkɹakədəɪl/, /ˈkɾakədo̞ɪl/, /ˈkɾakədəɪl/
• (Indic) IPA: /krɵkəˈdajl/, /ˌkrɔkəˌdajl/, /ˌkrokəˌdajl/
• ハイフネーション: croc‧o‧dile

語源 1

Inherited from 中期英語 cocodrill, cokadrill, cokedril, from Old French cocodril (modern French crocodile), from Medieval Latin cocodrillus, from Latin crocodilus, from Ancient Greek κροκόδειλος (krokódeilos). The word was later refashioned after the Latin and Greek forms. Doublet of krokodil.

名詞

crocodile (plural crocodiles)

1. 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.
   • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 71:

     The Roman poet Horace states that the excrement of the crocodile has aphrodisiac virtues.

   • 2005, Mwelwa Musambachime, Basic Facts on Zambia, page 97:

     Industrial and rural expansion is shrinking and destroying the Nile crocodile's natural habitat. The Nile crocodiles, in particular, have been a source of highly durable leather for a variety of products which can be crafted and manufactured.

   • 2008, Walkter B. Wood, “Chapter 16: Forensic Identification in Fatal Crocodile Attacks”, in Marc Oxenham, editor, Forensic Approaches to Death, Disaster and Abuse, page 244:

     Two species of crocodile inhabit Australian waterways: (a) the saltwater Crocodile — Crocodylus porosus, and (b) the freshwater crocodile — Crocodylus johnstoni.

   • 2011, Sam Thaker, The Crocodile's Teeth, page 31:

     One contained some brightly-coloured tropical birds, one a python and the other a large and very lively crocodile.
     I told the customer that the boxes containing the crocodile and the python were not packed to my satisfaction, as there were not enough nails securing them.

2. A long line or procession of people (especially children) walking together.
   • 1939, George Orwell, Coming Up for Air, part 2, chapter 8:

     Sometimes the kids from the slap-up boys' schools in Eastbourne used to be led round in crocodiles to hand out fags and peppermint creams to the 'wounded Tommies', as they called us.

3. (logic) A fallacious dilemma, mythically supposed to have been first used by a crocodile.
   • 1798, Maria Edgeworth, Practical Education:

     We have seen syllogisms, crocodiles, enthymemas, sorites, &c. explained and tried upon a boy of nine or ten years old in playful conversation […]

4. (Philippines, figurative) greedy or corrupt person (especially a politician or any public official)

同意語

• (predatory amphibious reptile): croc (informal)

派生語

関連する語

• crocodilian

派生した語

• → Māori: kokorotaera, karakotaera
• → Niuean: kirokotaili
• → Tokelauan: kolokotaila
• → Tongan: kalokataile
• → Welsh: crocodeil

語源 2

Derived from the noun as a calque of Esperanto krokodili.

動詞

crocodile (third-person singular simple present crocodiles, present participle crocodiling, simple past and past participle crocodiled)

1. (intransitive, slang) To speak another language than Esperanto at an Esperanto-language gathering.

参考

• alligator
• caiman, cayman
• croc
• freshie, freshy
• gator
• gavial, gharial
• mugger
• saltie

参照

• crocodile on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Crocodylidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Crocodylidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons