croquemort
French, noun/kʁɔk.mɔʁ/
croquemort is spelled C-R-O-Q-U-E-M-O-R-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 58 million words in written French, the 239,448th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Croquemort is a French feminine noun meaning “post-1990 spelling of croque-mort” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui ou celle qui est chargé(e) de transporter les morts au cimetière”.
What does croquemort mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinepost-1990 spelling of croque-mort
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui ou celle qui est chargé(e) de transporter les morts au cimetière.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of croquemort
- croquemorts plural
- croque-mort
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce croquemort?
- /kʁɔk.mɔʁ/
- \kʁɔk.mɔʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is croquemort in French?
croquemort appears about once in every 58 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).