krokodilo

Basque

krokodilo

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin crocodīlus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krokodilo/ [kro.ko.ð̞i.lo]

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• Rhymes: -ilo
• Hyphenation: kro‧ko‧di‧lo

Noun

krokodilo anim

1. crocodile
   • 2005, Anjel Rekalde, La República del Bidasoa, page 75:

     Tipo bat joan da psikiatrarengana eta sekulako tema zeukan sartuta buruan bere ohe azpian krokodilo bat sartuta zeukala.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2007, Mariasun Landa, Krokodiloa ohe azpian‎^[1]:
   • 2014, Txani Rodríguez, Nacho Fernández, Iparraldeko basamortuak, page 46:

     KROKODILOA!

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of krokodilo (animate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	krokodilo	krokodiloa	krokodiloak
ergative	krokodilok	krokodiloak	krokodiloek
dative	krokodilori	krokodiloari	krokodiloei
genitive	krokodiloren	krokodiloaren	krokodiloen
comitative	krokodilorekin	krokodiloarekin	krokodiloekin
causative	krokodilorengatik	krokodiloarengatik	krokodiloengatik
benefactive	krokodilorentzat	krokodiloarentzat	krokodiloentzat
instrumental	krokodiloz	krokodiloaz	krokodiloez
inessive	krokodilorengan	krokodiloarengan	krokodiloengan
locative	—	—	—
allative	krokodilorengana	krokodiloarengana	krokodiloengana
terminative	krokodilorenganaino	krokodiloarenganaino	krokodiloenganaino
directive	krokodilorenganantz	krokodiloarenganantz	krokodiloenganantz
destinative	krokodilorenganako	krokodiloarenganako	krokodiloenganako
ablative	krokodilorengandik	krokodiloarengandik	krokodiloengandik
partitive	krokodilorik	—	—
prolative	krokodilotzat	—	—

Further reading

• “krokodilo”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “krokodilo”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• IPA^(key): [krokoˈdilo]
• Rhymes: -ilo
• Hyphenation: kro‧ko‧di‧lo

Noun

krokodilo (accusative singular krokodilon, plural krokodiloj, accusative plural krokodilojn)

1. crocodile
   • 1931 December, Raymond Schwartz, “Optimismo”, in La stranga butiko, Tyresö: Inko, published 2000, →ISBN, page 7:

     Nu, — mi estas krokodilo
     Ie ajn ĉe granda Nilo

     Well, — I am a crocodile
     Anywhere in a grand Nile

Hypernyms

• reptilio (“reptile”)

Hyponyms

• virkrokodilo (“male crocodile, crocodile bull”)
• krokodilido (“young crocodile, crocodile hatchling”)
• krokodiliĉo (“male crocodile, crocodile bull”) (neologism)
• krokodilino (“female crocodile, crocodile cow”)

Holonyms

• krokodilaro (“bask of crocodiles”)

Derived terms

• krokodila (“crocodilian”)
• krokodili (“to speak a language other than Esperanto”)

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto krokodilo, from English crocodile, French crocodile, German Krokodil, Italian coccodrillo, Spanish cocodrilo, Russian крокодил (krokodil), all ultimately from Latin crocodilus, from Ancient Greek κροκόδειλος (krokódeilos).

Noun

krokodilo (plural krokodili)

1. crocodile

Lithuanian

Noun

krokodilo m

1. genitive singular of krokodilas