croque-mitaine

See also: croquemitaine

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kʁɔk.mi.tɛn/

Noun

croque-mitaine m (plural croque-mitaines)

bogeyman (menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories)

Further reading

“croque-mitaine” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from French croque-mitaine.

Noun

croque-mitaine m (plural croque-mitaines)

(Jersey) bogeyman

Synonyms

barbou

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