overwordExplorer
FRENCH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

croc.

hook

4 characters1 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/kʁo//kʁɔk/

  1. hook

    masculine

  2. fang

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French croc, from Old French croc, croke (“curved instrument, hook”), from Frankish *krōk (“hook”) or from Old Norse krókr (“hook, bend, bight”), both from Proto-Germanic *krōkaz (“hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *greg- (“tracery, basket, twist”). Cognate with Middle Dutch croec, crōc (“curl”), Middle English crōc (“crook, hook”). More at crook, crooked.

noun/kʁɔk/

  1. croc (type of shoe)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From the name of Crocs Inc., a shoe company.

intj/kʁɔk/

  1. crunch

Where this word comes from

Onomatopoeic.

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

croc has 4 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

croc studiocroc workshello, croc

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.