croque-mort

== French == === Alternative forms === croquemort (post-1990 spelling) === Etymology === Uncertain, possibly from dated verb croquer (“to make disappear”) or from croc (“hook”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kʁɔk.mɔʁ/ === Noun === croque-mort m or f by sense (plural croque-morts) (informal) undertaker; mortician ==== See also ==== fossoyeur === Further reading === “croque-mort”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012